This course focuses on some of the major literary figures responsible for innovating literature's political role in society and redefining the responsibility of artists and critics in the twentieth century. The euphoria created by the struggles against colonization and racial and class oppression in various parts of the world led artists to reevaluate the political possibilities of literature. The study of a group of writers at the nexus of these struggles will incorporate a critical dialogue on cultural studies. Accordingly, the course puts the emphasis on the theoretical debates on how culture, ideology, 'race', ethnicity and class have been defined and/or represented. An important learning outcome is to equip the student with the conceptual tools to analyze a variety of literary texts with respect to politics, ideology and resistance
Literature, Ideology and Resistance (LIT 359)
| Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
| Cultural Studies | * | ||
| Cultural Studies | * | ||
| Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design | * | ||
| Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design | * |
CONTENT
OBJECTIVE
To give an overview of the political poetry of the 1930s and 40s, and to discuss the problems associated with politics and art.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- ability to explore the ways in which political themes emerge in literary texts
- awareness of the relationships between forms of writing and politics
- ability to interpret and analyze literary texts in their social and political contexts
- awareness of how literature contributes to and critiques political discourses
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others. 5
2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice. 3
3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects; have the ability to continue to educate him/herself. 3
4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 5
5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. 3
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the multiple methodologies and interpret different approaches, concepts, and theoretical legacies in the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Studies. 5
2. Identify interconnections of knowledge within and across the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, literature, visual studies, philosophy, and geography. 4
3. Cultivate a critical approach to the study of culture, articulating the relations between culture, power, and history; exploring cultural diversity and socio-cultural change at the local, national and global level; and exploring the corresponding demands for rights and social justice. 5
4. With the use of appropriate technologies, be able to present advanced oral and written evaluations of developments in the realm of cultural production, consumption, and representation. 5
1. Demonstrate safe working habits and a general understanding of materials and processes in the visual arts. 1
2. Demonstrate knowledge of representational processes using visual as well as audial material as mediums of representation. 3
3. Show working knowledge of the process of transforming abstract/textual concepts into concrete, audio/visual forms. 1
4. Appreciate and express the cultural significance of art and understand its evolution and purposes. 4
5. Develop an awareness of compositional and organizational strategies for the effective deployment of formal elements of visual art. 2
6. Read visual texts with a deep knowledge of art history and theory and the ability of situating the content and form of the visual representation both in a historical and thematic context. 1
7. Employ necessary background knowledge regarding art administration in the body of museums and galleries. 1
8. Show a practical and technical command of materials and methods in one or more media of the visual arts. 1