İDE323

School of Humanities \ English Language and Literature

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Elective

English

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Undergraduate

This course will critically examine the concept of "gender" in society, and will provide an interdisciplinary field of study in literature. examines how it is handled. Gendered reflected in literary works themes of performance and power are interpreted from a critical perspective.

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House; Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye; James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room
R. W. Connell's Masculinities
J. Browne's Dialogue, Politics and Gender
J. Butler's Gender Trouble

The primary aim of this course is to analyze the historical and social contexts that have been examined in the field of gender studies. to introduce students to current issues, problems and debates.

1. Understand the central debates in the field of gender studies
2. To analyze the concept of gender by using primary and secondary sources
3. To learn the basic concepts related to the field
4. To see the reflections of gender studies in literature

Week 1: Introduction Historical Development of Gender Studies
Week 2: Introduction Basic Concepts of Gender Studies
Week 3: Gender Roles; Weisstein, N. "Kinder, Küche, Kirche as Scientific Law: Psychology Constructs the Female."
Week 4: Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House
Week 5: Gender, Race and Women's Movements: Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?"
Week 6: Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye
Week 7: Midterm & T. Morrison's The Bluest Eye
Week 8: Queer Bodies: Chapters from J. Butler's Gender Trouble
Week 9: James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room
Week 10: James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room
Week 11: Different Masculinities: Excerpts from R. W. Connell's Masculinities & William Faulkner's Sanctuary
Week 12: William Faulkner's Sanctuary

• Midterm 30 %
• Final 40 %
• Homework 20 %
• Participation 10 %