After a survey of feminist literary theories, selected works of women writers of different nationalities will be discussed from a comparative viewpoint. Authors such Ingeborg Bachmann, Tezer Özlü, and Sevgi Soysal will be studied.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1) To provide a historical and cultural framework for feminist literary theories and to introduce literary trends, movements, authors and texts on feminist writing. | 1,2,3 | B,C |
| 2) To equip the students with knowledge of the development of feminist literature (women’s literature) under the influence of social, political, spiritual and economic forces and various literary trends, schools and movements. | 1,2,3 | B,C |
| 3) To develop an understanding of how various feminist literary works evolved and developed throughout history. | 1,2,3 | B,C |
| 4) For the students to gain knowledge in women’s literature and to become acquianted with the concepts and terminology used in the identification and analysis of sample literary texts. | 1,2,3 | B,C |
| 5) To equip the students with the necessary critical faculties, analytical approach, interdisciplinary vision and analytical, interpretative and inference skills for a successful understanding of feminist literature. | 1,2,3 | B,C |
| 6) To read, study, analyze and evaluate texts representative of feminist literature. | 1,2,3 | B,C |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | General Introduction | Course materials provided by instructor for the duration of the course |
| 2 | Approaches to a Feminist Reading of Women’s Literature | |
| 3 | What is Comparative Literature? | |
| 4 | Tezer Özlü “Eski Bahçe Eski Sevgi” (Short Stories) | |
| 5 | Tezer Özlü “Çocukluğun Soğuk Gecesi” (Novel) | |
| 6 | Tezer Özlü | |
| 7 | Ingeborg Bachmann “Malina” | |
| 8 | Ingeborg Bachmann | |
| 9 | Ingeborg Bachmann | |
| 10 | Sevgi Soysal “Tante Rosa” (Short Stories), | |
| 11 | Sevgi Soysal | |
| 12 | Reading and Analysing of Sylvia Plath | |
| 13 | “Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams” | |
| 14 | Sylvia Plath | |
| 15 | Conclusion | |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | Warhol, Robyn R./Price Herndl, Diana(eds.): Feminisms, An Anthology of Literary Theory and Criticism, New Jersey 1991. |
| Additional Resources |
Aytaç, Gürsel: Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat Bilimi, Ankara 1997.
Bachmann, Ingeborg: Malina, çev. Ahmet Cemal. Benstock, Shari (ed.): Feminist Issues in Literary Scholarship, Indiana University Press, 1987. Cixous, Hélène: The Laugh of the Medusa (1975), in: Warhol/Price Herndl, pp. 334-349. Eagleton, Mary: Feminist Literary Criticism, London/New York 1991. Felski, Rita: Beyond Feminist Aesthetics, Feminist Literature and Social Change, New York 1989. Flammang, Janet A.: „Feminist Theory: The Question of Power“, in: Forsas-Scott, Helena (ed.): Textual liberation: European feminist writing in the twentieth century, London 1991. Gardiner Kegan, Judith: „Mind mother: psychoanalysis and feminism“, in: Greene/Coppélia, pp. 113-145. Gilbert, Sandra M./Gubar, Susan: The Madwoman in the Attic, 1979. Greene, Gayle/Kahn, Coppélia (eds.): Making a Difference: Feminist Literary Criticism, London/New York 1985. Humm, Maggie: Feminist Criticism: Women as Contemporary Critics, London 1986. Irigaray, Luce: „This Sex Which Is Not One“ (1977), in: Warhol/Price Herndl, pp. 350-356. Kaplan, Cora: „Pandora’s box: subjectivity, class and sexuality in socialist feminist criticism, in: Greene/Coppélia, pp. 146-176. Kaplan, Janet Sydney: „Varieties of feminist cirticism“, in: Greene/Coppélia, ibid., pp. 37-58. Kristeva, Julia: „Women’s Time“ (1981), in: Warhol/Price Herndl, pp. 443-462. Moi, Toril: Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory, London 1985. Özlü, Tezer: Çocukluğun Soğuk Gecleri, Özlü, Tezer: “Eski Bahçe Eski Sevgi” (Short Stories) Plath, Sylvia: Ariel, Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1974. Showalter, Elaine (ed.): Speaking of Gender, New York/London 1989. Showalter, Elaine: „The Female Tradition“ from „A Literature of Their Own“ (1977), in: Warhol/Price Herndl, pp. 269-288. Showalter, Elaine: “A Criticism of Our Own: Autonomy and Assimilation in Afro-American and Feminist Literary Theory“, in: Warhol/Price Herndl, pp. 168-288. Soysal, Sevgi: Tante Rosa,
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Material Sharing
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Presentation | 1 | 30 |
| Class Performance | 1 | 30 |
| Final Paper | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL PAPER TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Assessment
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAMME | |||||||
| No | Programme Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | The ability to apply knowledge of English and world literature and social sciences to topics including culture, society, ethics, politics etc. | X | |||||
| 2 | The ability to review, analyse and apply the relevant literature. | X | |||||
| 3 | The ability to carry out interdisciplinary reading and analysis. | X | |||||
| 4 | The ability to utilise the basic concepts and issues of literary theories in developing life strategies | X | |||||
| 5 | Awareness of professional ethics and responsibility | X | |||||
| 6 | Effective communication skills. | ||||||
| 7 | A sufficiently broad education to understand the global and social impact of literary movements. | X | |||||
| 8 | An awareness of the importance of lifelong learning and the ability to put it into practice. | X | |||||
| 9 | A knowledge of issues in contemporary literature and of the cultural issues of the period. | X | |||||
| 10 | The ability to use sources and modern tools in order to carry out research in the areas of literature and aesthetics. | X | |||||
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAMME | |||||||
| No | Programme Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | The ability to apply knowledge of English and world literature and social sciences to topics including culture, society, ethics, politics etc. | X | |||||
| 2 | The ability to review, analyse and apply the relevant literature. | X | |||||
| 3 | The ability to carry out interdisciplinary reading and analysis. | X | |||||
| 4 | The ability to utilise the basic concepts and issues of literary theories in developing life strategies | X | |||||
| 5 | Awareness of professional ethics and responsibility | X | |||||
| 6 | Effective communication skills. | ||||||
| 7 | A sufficiently broad education to understand the global and social impact of literary movements. | X | |||||
| 8 | An awareness of the importance of lifelong learning and the ability to put it into practice. | X | |||||
| 9 | A knowledge of issues in contemporary literature and of the cultural issues of the period. | X | |||||
| 10 | The ability to use sources and modern tools in order to carry out research in the areas of literature and aesthetics. | X | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final Paper | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Total Work Load | 115 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 4.6 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 | ||