Information Package / Course Catalogue
Romantic Philosophy
Course Code: FEL380
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

It is aimed to realize the basic philosophical problems of Romanticism in daily life.

Course Content

With reference to romantic philosophers, romantic themes such as nature, art, love, death, melancholy and nostalgia are analyzed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Erdal İSBİR
Learning Outcomes
1.Learns the basic problems of Romanticism.
2.Explores the philosophical dimensions of problems in daily life.
3.Through reading novels, he sees how these problems relate to life.
4.gains a philosophical perspective on subjects such as nature, art, humanity, love, death, nostalgia and melancholy.
5.Gain an awareness of one's own life.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Huch, Ricarda. Alman Romantizmi, Çev.: Gürsel Aytaç, Ankara: Doğu Batı Yayınları, 2005
2.Heine, Heinrich. Romantizm Okulu, çev. Ömer B. Albayrak, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2015.
3.Berlin, Isaiah. Romantikliğin Kökler, Ed. Henry Hardy, Çev. Mete Tunçay, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2004.
4.Adorno, Theodor. W. Minima Moralia Reflections on a Damaged Life, Trans. E. N. F. Jephcott, London, New York: Verso. 2005.
5.Beiser, Frederick. C. The Romantic Imperative, the Concept of Early German Romanticism, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Harvard University Press. 2003.
6.Goethe, Johann. W. Genç Werther’in Acıları, Çev. Nihat Ünler, İstanbul: Can Yayınları. 2007.
7.Hölderlin, Friedrich. Hyperion and Selected Poems, Ed. Eric L. Santner, New York: Continuum. 1990.
8.Novalis. Philosophical Writings, Trans. Margaret Mahony Stoljar, Albany: State University of New York Press. 1997.
9.Schiller, Friedrich. İnsanın Estetik Terbiyesi Üzerine Mektuplar, Çev. Melahat Özgü, Ankara: Mf. V. 1943.
10.Schlegel, Friedrich. Philosophical Fragments, Trans. Peter Firchow, Minneapolis, London: University of Minnesota Press. 1991.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The origins of romanticism
Week 2 - Theoretical
Romanticism and philosophy
Week 3 - Theoretical
Romanticism and nature
Week 4 - Theoretical
Romanticism and art
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 5 - Theoretical
Romanticism and human
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 6 - Theoretical
Romanticism and history: the story of the person
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 7 - Theoretical
Romantic love
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 8 - Theoretical
Romantic irony
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 9 - Theoretical
Life theme
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 10 - Theoretical
Death theme
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 11 - Theoretical
Love theme
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 12 - Theoretical
Nostalgia theme
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 13 - Theoretical
Melancholy and grief theme
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Reading
Week 14 - Theoretical
General evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Reading100220
Midterm Examination1213
Final Examination1213
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)54
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