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ÇAĞ UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Learning Outcomes of the
Course
Code
Course Title
Credit
ECTS
ELT 524
World Cultural History
(3-0) 3
7
Prerequisites
None
Language of Instruction
Mode of Delivery
Face to face
English
Type and Level of Course
Graduate
Lecturers
Name(s)
Lecture Hours
Office Hours
Contacts
Course Coordinator Inst. Dr. Kimble Raymond
13.00-16:00
Friday 14:00-15:00
[email protected]
Humiston
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Course Objective
Students will develop an overview of the most significant contributions to the arts and humanities
of traditions of world cultures. The course examines thematic content in world art, literature,
music and philosophy in an attempt to demonstrate the continuity of knowledge in world cultural
traditions.
Relationship
Participants will be able to:
Prog. Output
Net Effect
1
Recognize parallel thematic content in global traditions of
6,7,8
3,3,5
knowledge
2
Demonstrate an understanding of interdisciplinary connections
6,7,8
3,3,5
in world cultural traditions
3
Understand the temporal parallels among the traditions of
6,7,8
3,3,5
knowledge in world cultural traditions
4
Connect developments in earlier stages of cultural development
6,7,8
3,3,5
to the present
5
Develop global cultural literacy through exposure to selected,
6,7,8
3,3,5
definitive texts from each of the cultural traditions
Course Description: The course shows the thematic connections among the interdisciplinary and intercultural traditions
in world art, literature, music and philosophy from the ancient world to the presence. As a world literature based course,
students examine the most significant contributions to world literature and parallel streams of knowledge in world cultural
traditions.
Course Contents:( Weekly Lecture Plan )
Weeks
Topics
Preparation
Teaching Methods
1
Introduction: The Concept of Culture
Kluckhohn article
Lectures
2
Arts and Humanities of the Ancient World
Selected Readings
Lectures
Greek Antiquity
Homer, Aristotle
3
Arts and Humanities of the Ancient World:
Selected Readings
Lectures
Greek Antiquity
Herodotus
4
Arts and Humanities of the Ancient World:
Selected Readings
Lectures
Roman Antiquity
Marcus Aurelius,
Epictetus, Lucretius
5
Arts and Humanities of the Ancient World:
Selected Readings
Lectures
İndian, Chinese Antiquity
Bhagavad Gıta,
Confucius
6
Arts and Humanities of the Middle Ages:
Selected Readings
Lectures
Western Europe
Dante
7
Arts and Humanities of the Middle Ages:
Selected Readings
Lectures
Western Europe
Chaucer
8
Arts and Humanities of the Middle Ages:
Selected Readings
Lectures
Japan
The Tale of Genji
9
Arts and Humanities of the Middle Ages:
Selected Readings
Lectures
Middle East
Arabian Nights
10
Arts and Humanities of the Modern World:
Selected Readings
Lectures
18th Century Enlightenment in Western
Rousseau, Voltaire,
Europe
Montesquieu,
Beethoven
11
Arts and Humanities of the Modern World:
Selected Readings
Lectures
19th Century
Dostoevsky
12
Arts and Humanities of the Modern World:
Selected Readings
Lectures
20th Century
T. S. Eliot
13
Arts and Humanities of the Modern World:
Selected Readings
Lectures
20th Century
Kerouac and the Beat
Generation
14
Review
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Textbook
REFERENCES
Aristotle, The Poetics
Fleming’s Arts and İdeas, Volume 2, 10th Edition
Wallace, William. Michelangelo, The Complete Sculpture, Painting and Architecture.
Recommended Reading
Alighierı, Dante. The Divine Comedy
Aurelius, Marcus. The Meditations
Beethoven and His World
Related links
http://www.everyculture.com/
http://eawc.evansville.edu/
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/29/index-d.html
Activities
Midterm Essay
Effect of The Activities
Effect of The Final Exam
Number
1
Contents
Hours in Classroom (Face-to-face)
Hours out Classroom
Homework
Presentation
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Effect
Notes
50%
50%
50%
ECTS TABLE
Number
14
14
20
4
2
1
Hours
3
3
1
5
20
50
Total
Total / 30
ECTS Credit
Total
42
42
20
20
40
50
214
=214/30
7