TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will exhibit an understanding of and appreciation for key works in world literature
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to introduce students to a selection of literary works produced in different parts of the world. Its goal is to familiarize students with a variety of world literatures, as well as with methods of studying literatures and cultures across national and linguistic borders. At the end of the course, students will be able to assess the value of literature from a global perspective.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to the course Module 1: Science Fiction 2nd Week ?Nightfall? (1941) by Isaac Asimov (American) 3rd Week Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley (English) 4th Week Brave New World cont. 5th Week Module 2: Fantasy Literature ?A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings? (1955) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombian) 6th Week Coraline (2002) by Neil Gaiman (English) 7th Week Coraline cont. 8th Week MIDTERM 9th Week Module 3: Existentialism and Literature Waiting for Godot (1953) by Samuel Beckett (Irish) 10th Week A Hero of Our Time (1840) by Mikhail Lermontov (Russian) 11th Week ?Prufrock? (1915) by T.S.Eliot (English) 12th Week ?Ben Ruhi Bey Nasılım?? (1976) by Edip Cansever (Turkish) 13th Week Madonna in a Fur Coat (1943) by Sabahattin Ali (Turkish) 14th Week Revision
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Buckner B., Trawick. World Literature. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1957 D?Haen, Theo, Cesar Dominguez, and Mads Rosendahl Thomsen. World Literature: A Reader. London and New York: Routledge, 2013. Lawall, Sarah. Reading World Literature: Theory, History, Practice. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Attendance 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No