İDE204

School of Humanities \ English Language and Literature

3

6

Elective

English

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Undergraduate

Literature and power inherently intersect with other disciplines such as sociology, political science, gender studies and cultural studies. This course will enable students to engage with current debates and issues. encourages critical thinking and encourages students to apply literary analysis to real-world contexts.

The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism
Sara Ahmed The Cultural Politics of Emotion
Ruth Wodak and Michael Meyer The Power of Discourse and the Discourse of Power

This course aims to examine the relations between literature and power, how power is represented in literary works, how literature affects power, how power shapes literature, and how literature maintains or subverts existing power relations and how these issues are represented in literary works from various theoretical perspectives.

1. Students will be able to critically analyze literary texts in relation to power structures and dynamics, hierarchies of power, power struggles and the ways in which power is represented and challenged in literature students will develop the ability to identify pathways.
2. Students will learn about postcolonialism, feminism, Marxism and gain a solid understanding of different theories and concepts of power, such as intersectionality, and apply theories to the analysis of literary works.
3. Students, manipulation used in literature, identify and analyze various strategies and tactics of power, such as coercion, resistance and subversion and learn to evaluate their effectiveness.

Week 1: Introduction to the concept of Power/Power: commonalities and differences between various disciplines
Week 2: Introduction to the concept of Power/Power: commonalities and differences between various disciplines
Week 3: Theoretical approaches to the concept of power
Week 4: Theoretical approaches to the concept of power
Week 5: Representation of the concept of power in literature
Week 6: Representation of the concept of power in literature
Week 7: Representation of the concept of power in literature
Week 8: Representation of the concept of power in literature
Week 9: Analyzing representations of power in literature from a theoretical perspective
Week 10: Analyzing representations of power in literature from a theoretical perspective
Week 11: Analyzing representations of power in literature from a theoretical perspective
Week 12: General Review

• Midterm 30 %
• Final 40 %
• Final Assignment 30 %