| Teaching Staff
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Akasya Kansu Karadağ |
| Language of Instruction |
İngilizce (English) |
| Type Of Course |
Elective |
| Prerequisites |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
The aim of the course is to explore the intersection of law and literature by approaching narratives in four areas: literary texts as legal texts; legal texts as literary texts; the literary turn in legal scholarship; and the regulation of literature by law |
| Course Content |
This course will introduce the students to read the literature critically in the intersection of law and humanities. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
1.Evaluate the key texts with legal themes and literary and legal theory 2. Analyze legal themes in literary works by applying critical theory onto legal texts 3. Learn about the different law systems that control of our societies. 4. Understand the humanities 5. Analyze legal themes in literary, filmic, and other kinds of artistic texts |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
01 Reflections of Law in Literature |
| 2. Week |
02 Law’s Beginnings: Revenge as Legal Prototype and Literary Genre |
| 3. Week |
03 Antinomies of Legal Theory |
| 4. Week |
04 The Limits of Literary Jurisprudence |
| 5. Week |
05 Two Legal Perspectives on Kafka |
| 6. Week |
06 Penal Theory in “Paradise Lost” |
| 7. Week |
07 Midterm |
| 8. Week |
08 Improving Trial and Appellate Advocacy |
| 9. Week |
09 But Can Literature Humanize Law? |
| 10. Week |
10 Has law a gender? |
| 11. Week |
11 The Regulation of Literature by Law |
| 12. Week |
12 Copyright, Plagiarism, and Creativity |
| 13. Week |
13 Law and Literature: A Manifesto |
| 14. Week |
14 General review |
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
40 |
| Quizes (%) |
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| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
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| Practice (%) |
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| Labs (%) |
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| Projects/Field Work (%) |
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| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
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| Final (%) |
60 |
| Other (%) |
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| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
Richard A. Posner, Law and Literature, Harvard University Press, 2009. |
| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
Program Learning Outcomes Matrix | | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 | PQ12 | PQ13 | | O1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | O2 | 3 | 1 | | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | O3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | O4 | | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | O5 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | |
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