Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Prof. Dr. Hasan YAZICI

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Appreciate various genres of literature.
2) Discover lessons for politics in literature.
3) Improve critical reading and writing skills.
4) Improve classroom discussion skills.
5) Discuss and evaluate the theories about politics and literature.
6) Discuss and analyze the importance and place of literature and literacy in modern society.
7) Discuss the idea of social engineering.
8) Be able to examine identity through composing arguments and reviewing narratives.
9) Identify and evaluate the contribution of the social, political, historical, and cultural contexts in which a literary text is produced.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Learning Outcomes
	1	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	2	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	3	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	4	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	5	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	6	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	7	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	8	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	9	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Political oratory, political oratory practices, diction, body language

Course Contents

The course reviews well known Turkish novels, and will explore the contributions of literature to the study of politics, and to the formation of a more thoughtful, critical citizenship. It employs literature as a venue to examine classic and contemporary problems in politics and social life. As should be obvious from the title of the course, the class is reading intensive. Time will be allotted every meeting for classroom discussion. Every student should come to class prepared to engage in lively conversation based on the week’s reading.

Weekly Schedule

1) Meet. Course introduction: Information about course content, importance, method of operation, resources and evaluation. A general introduction
2) Politics and Literature
3) Literature and Society, Mentality
4) The Effect of Art in Political Struggle
5) Politician-Literature Relationship
6) Politics and Literature in Turkish Thought, Political Analysis in Turkish Literature
7) Exam
8) The Place of Literature in Ideology in Our Country, Literary Production and Politics in Turkey Between 1960 and 1980 Military Coups and Literature, Novels of 27 May, Novels of 12 March
9) From the 1980s to the 1990s, Novels of February 28 and the Tremors of Previous Coups
10) Literature is the Witness of Life, Right and Left are the Competition of Two Different Methods of Westernization, Religious Thought is Enriched by the Language of Literature, Literature and Art Without Politics
11) Our World of Literature and Thought is Crippled by a Kind of Voluntary Colonial Mentality, The World of Literature Does Not Have a Perspective Surrounding the Political Plane
12) Our novel and our political life between 1970-1980, Right-Left Conflict, Separatism
13) Father-Son Relationship in Terms of Politics in Turkish Novel Between 1980-2000
14) General evaluation

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Uygulamalı Hitabet, Hasan Yazıcı, Nobel
2- Hitabet ve Uygulamaları, Hasan Yazıcı
3- Dale Carnegie, Söz Söylemek ve İş Başarmak Sanatı Prof. Dr. Muharrem Ergin, Türk Dil Bilgisi GÜRZAP, Can (2008), Söz Söyleme ve Diksiyon, Remzi Kitabevi GÜRZAP, Can, Konuşan İnsan, YKY HEPÇİLİNGİRLER F., (2002); Türkçe Off YKY ŞENBAY, Nüzhet (2004), Söz ve Diksiyon Sanatı: YKY ÖÇALAN, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Muharrem, “Etkili ve Güzel Konuşma Hizmet İçi Eğitim Notları” ÖZDEM, Y. (2003), Konuşma Sanatı, Diksiyon: Kariyer TAŞER, Suat (2000), Konuşma Eğitimi, Papirüs Yay. TELLİOĞLU, Cevdet (2000); Güzel Konuşma Pratiği, Timaş TEMİZYÜREK, Fahri v.d. (2007), Konuşma Eğitimi, Öncü Kitap. Etkili ve Güzel Konuşma Sanatı, Suat Yamaner, Deniz Kitap, 2002. Türkçenin Sırları, Nihad Sami Banarlı AKSOY, Ö. Asım (1991), Dil Yanlışları, Adam Yay. BALTAŞ, A., BALTAŞ, Z., Bedenin Dili İletişim Becerinizin Anahtarı, Sessiz Diliniz: Remzi DÖKMEN, Üstün (1994), İletişim Çatışmaları ve Empati, Sistem Yay. KOYUNCU, Z. Polat (2007), Hızlı Okuma ve Algılama, Omega Yay.
4- Yazıcı, Hasan, Bahtsız Çağa Tutulan Ayna, Burak Y. Moran, Berna, Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri, Genişletilmiş 7. B., Cem Yayınevi, İstanbul, Tarihsiz Hayat Edebiyat Siyaset, Hece Dergisi, 90/91/92 Karpat, Kemal H., Çağdaş Türk Edebiyatında Sosyal Konular, 2. B,, İstanbul, Kasım 1971 Alver, Köksal (Editör), Edebiyat Sosyolojisi İncelemeleri, Hece Yayınları, Eklerle 2. Baskı, Aralık 2012 Kaya, İ. G., Divan Edebiyatı ve Toplum, Donkişot Yayınları, İstanbul 2006 Şeker, Şemsettin, Tanzimat Fikri ve Edebiyat: Siyasi Fikirlerin Türk Romanına Yansıması, Dergah Yayınları Kıymaz, Ahmet, 1918-1928 Arası Romanda Milli Mücadele, Kasım 1991 Ankara Turan, Medet, Türk Romanında 12 Mart, Dönence, Şubat 2009 İstanbul Özgül, M. Kayahan, Türk Edebiyatında Siyasi Rüyalar, 1. Baskı, Nisan 2004 Tural, Sadık Kemal, Zamanın Elinden Tutmak, 1. B., İstanbul, 1982 Sartre J. P., Yazarın Sorumluluğu, Der: Emin Özdemir, Düşüncenin Toprağı (içinde) (Çev: S. Eyyüboğlu, V. Günyol) İstanbul, İnkılâp Kitabevi, 1990 Edebi Metinler

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Brain Storming
6) Self Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	30%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	70%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required

Course Unit Title	Course Unit Code	Type of Course Unit	Level of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	ECTS Credits
Politics and Literature	SBK324	Elective	Bachelor's degree	3	Spring	4