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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Popular Literature TDE325 Elective Bachelor's degree 3 Fall 4

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Pelin ASLAN AYAR

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Students will understand the relation between popular culture and popular literature.
2) Students will discuss genre conception, popular genres and the relation between these genres and the market.
3) Through analysis of selected texts from popular literature like detective fiction, fantastic fiction, science fiction and underground literature students will have knowledge about the society in which these texts are produced

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Learning Outcomes
1 Low High Middle Middle Middle Low Low High Middle High High
2 Low High Middle Middle Middle Low Low High Middle High High
3 Low High Middle Middle Middle Low Low High Middle High High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

This course focuses on popular literature. It seeks the construction of literary and popular and the relation between popular culture and popular literature. It studies genre conception, popular genres and the relation between these genres and the market.

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods



Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

40%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

60%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required