Information Package / Course Catalogue
World Literature
Course Code: TRO450
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To have knowledge about the development of national literatures that make up the world literature. To be able to recognize and interpret the great writers and works of world literature. Examining selected works from world classics using contemporary criticism methods.

Course Content

World literature from the first examples to the present, world classics; literary movements; Major writers / poets and works of Western literature (Russian, German, French, English etc.); Major writers / poets and works of Eastern literature (Arab, Persian, Indian etc.); Examination of a selection of world classics in line with contemporary literature analysis approaches.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Yüksel GİRGİN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to interpret the debates around the concept of world literature
2.Explaining the effects of thought movements on world literature
3.Ranking the universal values ??produced by world literature
4.Being able to exemplify the classical works of world literature
5.To be able to interpret the interactions of national literatures that make up the world literature
6.To be able to use the classics of world literature as an educational tool
7.To explain the place of Turkish literature in world literature
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Cemil Meriç, Bir Dünyanın Eşiğinde, İstanbul, 2010.
2.Kolcu, Ali İhsan, Batı Edebiyatı, Salkımsöğüt Yay.
3.Homeros, İlyada, Can Yay.
4.Damrosch, David, Dünya Edebiyatı Nasıl Okunmalı,(Çev. Devrim Çetinkasap) İstanbul Bilgi Ün. Yay.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic Stages in World Literature
Week 2 - Theoretical
Western Literature and Literary Movements
Week 3 - Theoretical
Greek Literature: Homer-Iliad
Week 4 - Theoretical
Latin Literature: Virgilius-Aeneas
Week 5 - Theoretical
Italian Literature: Dante-Divine Comedy
Week 6 - Theoretical
Spanish Literature: Cervantes-Don Quixote
Week 7 - Theoretical
French Literature: Moliere-Miser
Week 8 - Theoretical
English Literature: Shakespeare-Hamlet (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
German Literature: Schiller-Wilhelm Tell
Week 10 - Theoretical
Russian Literature: Dostoevsky-Crime and Punishment
Week 11 - Theoretical
American Literature: Steinbeck-Mice and People
Week 12 - Theoretical
Arabic Literature: A Thousand and One Nights
Week 13 - Theoretical
Iranian Literature: Şehname
Week 14 - Theoretical
Turkish World Literatures
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143498
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
OÇ-1
5
4
5
OÇ-2
4
OÇ-3
5
5
OÇ-4
5
4
OÇ-5
5
4
OÇ-6
5
OÇ-7
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026