PHIL548 TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE

Course Code:2410548
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Philosophy
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. ŞEREF HALİL TURAN
Offered Semester:Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives


Course Content

How can we understand language in general? What is distinctive about the language of literature? Some major statements on language and literature in twentieth-century thought; the central role of Kafka for that thought; thought expressed in philosophy and in literature; the influential concept of a `minor` literature; philisophical writers, e.g. Rilke, Beckett.


Course Learning Outcomes


Program Outcomes Matrix

Level of Contribution
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1Do independent academic research in order to be successful in academic studies.
2Have knowledge about contemporary philosophical issues, concepts and problems.
3Make original philosophical interpretations on the topic specialized.
4Have verbal and written presentation and effective communication skill.
5Do interdisciplinary readings and associate them to philosophical problems.
6Have knowledge about ethical code which is a requirement for doing academic research and publishing it.

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