Information Package / Course Catalogue
War Literature II
Course Code: İDE326
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

THIS COURSE AIMS: 1. to introduce students to a range of war novels and memoirs of World War I, and to map the moods of observation of the war depending on the status of the soldiers who fought during World War I; 2. to consider the extent to which the production and interpretation of war novels are conditioned by cultural, social and political factors; 3. to evaluate the importance of religion and nationality which become driving force for the soldiers.

Course Content

This course examines the responses of soldiers of different nations, namely German, Turkish and English, to the conflict, from the beginning of the Great War to the end. How these writing soldiers felt and observed the war and their thoughts on war are the subject matters. Each nation and each soldier created his own point of view in terms of national interest in this war, and consequently they developed different attitudes towards the war. The course will enable the students to view soldiers of different nations as writers of war novels.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Mustafa GÜLLÜBAĞ
Learning Outcomes
1.On completion of this module students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a range of war novels of World War I by different nationalities;
2.demonstrate an awareness of how war writing by writers of different backgrounds stands in relation to a 'tradition' of war writing';
3.demonstrate an awareness of the cultural and political factors which conditioned the writers;
4.demonstrate an awareness how religious and nationalsitic feelings have impact on their volition to fight;
5.have opinion about the problems the home-coming soldiers had.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Remarque, Erich Maria, Batı Cephesinde Değişen Birşey Yok, İstanbul: Oda, 2002
2.Selçuk, ilhan, Yüzbaşı Selahattin’in Romanı, İstanbul: Çağdaş Y., 1973
3.Graves, Robert, Goodbye to All That, London: Penguin, 1960
4.Sassoon, Siegfried, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, London: faber and faber, 2000
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to the course. Discussion: What makes war writing different than fiction?
Week 2 - Theoretical
Captain Selahattin's Memoir
Week 3 - Theoretical
Captain Selahattin's Memoir (continued)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Captain Selahattin's Memoir (continued)
Week 5 - Theoretical
All Quiet on the Western Front
Week 6 - Theoretical
All Quiet on the Western Front (continued)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Goodbye to All That
Week 8 - Theoretical
Goodbye to All That (continued)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Goodbye to All That (continued)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Goodbye to All That (continued)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
Week 12 - Theoretical
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (continued)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (continued)
Week 14 - Theoretical
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Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Assignment18513
Individual Work62224
Midterm Examination1628
Final Examination16410
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
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5
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