POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (ENGLISH)
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

General Information about the Course

Course Code: IKU-VI-313
Course Title: Introdution to Modernism
Course Semester: 8. Semester / Spring
Course Credits:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
2 0 2 3
Language of instruction: EN
Prerequisite of the course: No
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Level of course:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Course Lecturer(s): Ahmet Ergenç

Purpose and content of the course

Course Objectives: This course explores the effects of modernist notions and practices in literature, visual arts, and cinema. At the beginning of the 20th century, the modes of thinking underwent a radical change and this resulted in new experimentations in various fields of literature and visual arts. To grasp this ‘radical change’ we will read key modernist thinkers (starting from Marx, Nietzsche and Freud, reaching to Benjamin, Adorno and others) and examine the radically new and ‘avant- garde’ movements like Dadaism, Futurism, Expressionism, and Surrealism which changed the trajectory of modern thought and practice. Writers like Baudelaire, Kafka, Beckett, and Woolf, groundbreaking artists like Duchamp, Malevich and Picasso and, filmmakers like Bunuel, Vertov and Godard will be among the ‘modernist’ practitioners examined to comprehend the full effect of modernism and modernity in contemporary thought. In the end, students will be asked to write comprehensive essays discussing modernism and what it means to be 'modern' through movements, writers, artists, or filmmakers examined throughout the course.
Course Objective: Students completing this course will be able to:
• Understand key modernist notions and theories.
• Understand the ‘radical’ sociological, cultural and political changes brought by modernist notions. Examine and appreciate the modernist strategies in literature, visual arts and cinema.
• Have a basic knowledge of modernist movements like Dadaism, Futurism, Expressionism and Surrealism that changed the trajectory of 20th century.
• Discuss what it means to ‘modern’ today in 21th century in various fields.
• Read, think and write critically.
Mode of Delivery:

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge (Described as Theoritical and/or Factual Knowledge.)
  1) Bu dersi tamamlayan öğrenciler aşağıdaki becerilere sahip olacaklardır: • Modernizmin temel kavramlarını ve teorilerini anlayabileceklerdir. • Modernist düşüncelerin getirdiği ‘radikal’ sosyolojik, kültürel ve siyasi değişimleri anlayabilecek, edebiyat, görsel sanatlar ve sinemadaki modernist stratejileri inceleyip takdir edebileceklerdir. • 20. yüzyılın seyrini değiştiren Dadaizm, Fütürizm, Ekspresyonizm ve Sürrealizm gibi modernist akımlar hakkında temel bilgiye sahip olacaklardır. • 21. yüzyılda çeşitli alanlarda ‘modern’ olmanın ne anlama geldiğini tartışabileceklerdir. • Eleştirel okuma, düşünme ve yazma becerileri geliştireceklerdir.
Skills (Describe as Cognitive and/or Practical Skills.)
Competences (Described as "Ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills autonomously with responsibility", "Learning to learn"," Communication and social" and "Field specific" competences.)

Course Topics

Week Subject
Related Preparation Pekiştirme
1) 1. Giriş: Modernizm Nedir? Modernizm: 1760 – 1939 Geç Modernizm: 1940 – 1968 Modern / Modernite / Modernizm 2. Arka Plan 1: Karl Marx • Feuerbach Üzerine Tezler • Komünist Manifesto • Atanan metinlerin okunması, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 3. Arka Plan 2: Friedrich Nietzsche • İyinin ve Kötünün Ötesinde • Ahlakın Soykütüğü Üzerine • Atanan metinlerin okunması, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 4. Arka Plan 3: Sigmund Freud • Düşlerin Yorumu • Atanan metinlerin okunması, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 5. Edebi Modernizm I: Charles Baudelaire • “Modern Hayatın Ressamı” • Kötülük Çiçekleri • Walter Benjamin: Modern Hayatın Yazarı • Atanan metinlerin okunması, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 6. Edebi Modernizm II: Virginia Woolf • Mrs. Dalloway • Atanan metinlerin okunması, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 7. Edebi Modernizm III: F. Kafka / S. Beckett • Dönüşüm • Godot’yu Beklerken • Bkz: Saçma Tiyatrosu • Atanan metinlerin okunması, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 8. Görsel Sanatlarda Modernizm I: Pablo Picasso • Avignonlu Kadınlar • Guernica • Bkz: Dışavurumculuk • Bkz: Sürrealizm • Atanan metinlerin okunması, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 9. Bahar Tatili 10. Görsel Sanatlarda Modernizm II: Marcel Duchamp • Çeşme • Bkz: Dadaizm • Atanan metinlerin okunması, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 11. Görsel Sanatlarda Modernizm III: Kazimir Malevich • Siyah Kare • Bkz: Fütürizm ve Süprematizm • Bkz: Fütürist Manifesto • Bkz: Güneşe Karşı Zafer • Atanan metinlerin okunması, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 12. Sinemada Modernizm I: Fritz Lang / Charlie Chaplin / Luis Buñuel • Fritz Lang: Metropolis • Luis Buñuel: Bir Endülüs Köpeği • Charlie Chaplin: Modern Zamanlar • Atanan filmlerin izlenmesi, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 13. Sinemada Modernizm II: Dziga Vertov / Jean-Luc Godard • Vertov: Kameralı Adam • Godard: Serseri Aşıklar • Atanan filmlerin izlenmesi, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 14. Türkiye’de Modernizm: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar ve Orhan Pamuk • Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü • Kara Kitap • Atanan metinlerin okunması, sınıf içi tartışmalara hazırlık 15. Genel Değerlendirme • Final projesine hazırlık
References: Butler, C. (1994). Early modernism: Literature, music and painting in Europe, 1900–1916. Clarendon Press.

Everdell, W. R. (1997). The first moderns: Profiles in the origins of twentieth‑century thought. University of Chicago Press.

Eysteinsson, Á. (2003). The concept of modernism. Cornell University Press.

Gay, P. (2007). Modernism: The lure of heresy. Random House.

Korg, J. (1979). Language in modern literature: Innovation and experiment. Barnes & Noble Books.

Kovács, A. B. (2007). Screening modernism: European art cinema, 1950–1980. University of Chicago Press.

Makowsky, J. A. (2019). Modernism, fiction and mathematics. arXiv.

McParland, R. P. (Ed.). (2013). Film and literary modernism. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

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Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları

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Program Outcomes
1) He/She has theoretical knowledge in the fields of politics, management, political history, economy and law. They can compare and express them in writing. Follows national and international developments in the field of Political Science and Public Administration, knows the main problems.
2) Follows national and international developments in the field of Political Science and Public Administration, knows the main problems. Can use qualitative and quantitative Social Science research methods.
3) Gains the sensitivity of being a responsible individual towards the society, social environment and himself/herself.
4) He/She works individually on the subjects in the field of Political Science and Public Administration.
5) Uses research techniques, analytical thinking ability and knowledge related to the field.
6) Can look at concepts, theories and global issues objectively and critically.
7) Develops strategies and policies in case-oriented studies.
8) Has the ability to make interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary interpretation and analysis, and can establish relationships between different social sciences.
9) Expresses analysis results and research findings in various formats, primarily articles, reports and presentations.
10) He/She is ready to adapt comfortably to professional, academic and civil society.
11) Have sufficient awareness of the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture and protection of cultural values, environmental protection, occupational health and safety.

Course Teaching, Learning Methods

Q & A
Case Problem Solving/ Drama- Role/ Case Management
Laboratory
Quantitative Problem Solving
Fieldwork
Group Study / Assignment
Individual Assignment
WEB-based Learning
Internship
Practice in Field
Project Preparation
Report Writing
Seminar
Supervision
Social Activity
Occupational Activity
Occupational Trip
Application (Modelling, Design, Model, Simulation, Experiment et.)
Reading
Thesis Preparation
Field Study
Student Club and Council Activities
Other
Logbook
Interview and Oral Conversation
Research
Watching a movie
Bibliography preparation
Oral, inscribed and visual knowledge production
Taking photographs
Sketching
Mapping and marking
Reading maps
Copying textures
Creating a library of materials
Presentation

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance % 0
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Practice Exam % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation % 0
Project % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Field Study % 0
Article Critical % 0
Article Writing % 0
Module Group Study % 0
Brainstorming % 0
Role Playing + Dramatizing % 0
Out of Class Study % 0
Preliminary Work, Reinforcement % 0
Application Repetition etc. % 0
Homework (reading, writing, watching movies, etc.) % 0
Project Preparation + Presentation % 0
Report Preparation + Presentation % 0
Presentation / Seminar Preparation + Presenting % 0
Oral examination % 0
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
Practical Final % 0
Report Submission % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Bütünleme Pratik % 0
Kanaat Notu % 0
Committee % 0
Yazma Ödev Dosyası % 0
Portfolio % 0
Take-Home Exam % 0
Logbook % 0
Participation % 0
Discussion % 0
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

Calculation of Workload and ECTS Credits

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Laboratory
Application
Practice Exam
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Article Critical
Article Writing
Module Group Study
Brainstorming
Role Playing + Dramatizing
Out-of-Class Study (Pre-study, Reinforcement, Practice Review, etc.) 13 33
Homework (reading, writing, watching movies, etc.)
Project Preparation + Presentation
Report Preparation + Presentation
Presentation / Seminar Preparation + Presenting
Oral examination
Preparing for Midterm Exams 7 7
MIDTERM EXAM (Visa) 1 2
Preparing for the General Exam 14 14
GENERAL EXAM (Final) 1 2
Participation
Discussion 10 10
Portfolio
Take-Home Exam
Logbook
Total Workload 110
ECTS (30 saat = 1 AKTS ) 3