Information Package / Course Catalogue
Authors and Texts IV
Course Code: FDE326
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: French
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

To provide that students should read at least one of the works by the 18th century writers collaterally with the course of French History of Literature and should discuss it in the class. Examining at least one of these works together with the students in the class and informing them about the work

Course Content

Two novels in full text by two 18th century writers are examined by applying literary critical methods in this course

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Mehmet BAKİ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to identify the 18th century writers.
2.To be able to analyse a work of at least one writer and having knowledge about it.
3.To be able to examine the work and its writer
4.To be able to examine the texts by ‘explication of text’
5.To be able to examine the texts by ‘commentary’
6.To be able to examine the texts by ‘presentation’
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Montesquieu: Lettres Persanes, Folio, Paris, 1985
2.Jean Jacques Rousseau: Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire, Livre de poche, Paris, 2001
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
An overview on the 18th century literature
Week 2 - Theoretical
Montesquieu’s life and works
Week 3 - Theoretical
Montesquieu: Lettres Persanes: Methodology
Week 4 - Theoretical
Lettres Persanes: 1- Explication of text
Week 5 - Theoretical
Lettres Persanes: 3- Exposé
Week 6 - Theoretical
Lettres Persanes: 3- Presentation
Week 7 - Theoretical
Jean Jacques Rousseau and his contemporaries
Week 8 - Theoretical
Jean Jacques Rousseau: his life and works
Week 9 - Theoretical
Jean Jacques Rousseau and preromanticism
Week 10 - Theoretical
Jean Jacques Rousseau: Rêveries du promeneur solitaire
Week 11 - Theoretical
Rêveries: 1- Explication of text
Week 12 - Theoretical
Rêveries: 2- Commentary
Week 13 - Theoretical
Rêveries: 3- Presentation
Week 14 - Theoretical
Rêveries: 4- Exposé
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Midterm Examination1112
Final Examination1224
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)76
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
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PÇ-12
OÇ-1
5
5
4
3
2
4
4
4
OÇ-2
5
5
4
3
2
4
4
4
OÇ-3
5
5
4
3
2
4
4
4
OÇ-4
5
5
4
3
2
4
4
4
OÇ-5
5
5
4
3
2
4
4
4
OÇ-6
5
5
4
3
2
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026