Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FDB-23-216Elective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
It is aimed that students can discuss the future problem through examples of utopia and dystopia.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Abdullah DEMİR
Learning Outcomes
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
none
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
By giving the definition of the concepts of utopia and dystopia, basic utopian works will be discussed within the framework of the future problem.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1What is utopia?
2Utopia and Philosophy
3Golden Age
4The Problem of Future
5More: Utopia
6Bacon: The New Atlantis
7midtermexam
8Campanella: Land of the Sun
9What is dystopia?
10dystopia and philosophy
11Zamyatin: We
12Huxley: Brave New World
13Orwell : 1984
14Evaluation of utopian and dystopian texts in terms of future problem
Recommended or Required Reading
More, ÜTOPYA - Callenbach,EKOTOPYA- Zamyatin,BİZ- Orwell,1984- Gilman,KADINLAR ÜLKESİ- Atwood, DAMIZLIK KIZIN ÖYKÜSÜ- Huxley, CESUR YENİ DÜNYA Yan kaynaklar : Claeys,ÜTOPYA EDEBİYATI; Gordin vd.,ÜTOPYA/DİSTOPYA; Cioran, TARİH VE ÜTOPYA; Kumar,ÜTOPYACILIK; Kumar,MODERN ZAMANLARDA ÜTOPYA VE KARŞI ÜTOPYA; Mannheim, İDEOLOJİ VE ÜTOPYA
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
none
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Discussion133
Question-Answer133
Criticising Paper133
Self Study14040
Individual Study for Mid term Examination12020
Individual Study for Final Examination14040
Reading12020
Homework14040
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)173
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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1
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9
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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