Course Information

Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
MYTHOLOGY II	LAT316	6. Semester	2 + 0	2.0	2.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery	Lecture
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Instructors
Assistants
Goals	The purpose of this course is to teach the students that the use of the myths in literature has an importance as great as its use in plastic arts has; that a myth is just like a piece of clay or dough which you can shape and use for your own particular purpose in many different ways as you wish; that the different fields of the classical literature such as history, geography, philosophy rhetorics, epic and lyric poetry, tragedy, Old and Middle Comedy, elegy, hymns and epigrams are full of the examples of such uses ,which involve in general previous knowledge to understand and appreciate them and it is the purpose of this course to provide them with this knowledge so that they may not be at a loss when they come upon a passage where a myth is related in a certain context, in a certain way and for a certain purpose; that they may better understand not only the classical authors but also the authors such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Molier, Dante, Goethe, etc. after the conclusion of this course.
Course Content	Purposes and ways of use of the myths in different fields of literature
Learning Outcomes	1) Contribution to learning the Latin Language by way of comparison with Turkish and another langueage derived from Latin 2) Contribution to students’ learning the Latin Language by way of comparison with Turkish and a language originated from Latin 3) Contribution to improving students’ knowledge of vocabulary and ethymology of Latin words and furnishing the students with the basic knowledge to learn an European language originated from Latin or improve their knowledge of such a language if they have already started to learn 4) Contribution to students’ knowledge and discernment of Greco-Latin literature and its continuation in the literary tradition of Europe 5) Contribution to students’ knowledge of Roman civilization and their ability to see its importance as the origin of the European civilization 6) Cotibution to students’ discernment of Greko- Roman humanistic mentality and its importance as a sourse of common European culture 7) Contribution to students’ knowledge and discernment of Roman political and social history and ability to compare reoccurring conditions, events and personalities in history 8) Contribution to students’ gaining the ability to do independent and objecting reserch with a critical eye

Weekly Topics (Content)

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Use of myths in tragedy: Aeschylus and Sophocles	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week	Use of myths in tragedy: Euripides and Seneca; comparison of their Medeas from different point of views	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week	Use of myths in lyric poetry: Sappho, Alcaeus, Erinna, Stesichorus, Simonides, Bacchalides, Pindar, Horatius	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week	Use of the myths in hymns: Hymns in hexameter; hymns in lyric verse	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week	Use of the myths in epigrams: Greek and Latin epigrams of riddles and love	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week	Use of the myths in satirical works: Seneca and Lucian	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week	Use of the myths in works of elegiac couplets: Ovid’s Fasti and Letters	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week	Use of the myths in Love elegy: Hellenistic love elegy and Ovid’s heroides	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week	Use of the myths in Latin Love elegy: Gallus, Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid’s Amores, Ars amatoria and Remedia amoris	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
10. Week	Use of the myths in Latin Love elegy: examplary use of myths for rethorical purposes to colour or stengthen the effect of a scene or description or an idea; comarative use for the same purpose; use to support an idea, alegoric use	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week	Use of the myths in Latin Love elegy: to express the degree of emotions such as love, beauty, etc. Hortative use; argumentative use, sembolic use	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week	Use of the myths in Latin Love elegy: bringing to a myth a new interpretation; expending a myth for a new interpretation; use of the myths to teach or draw a lesson ; the use of myths to criticize the bad habits of the time; the style of treatment that makes the myths seem as if real	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week	Metonymic uses of the gods; the uses of the gods’ attributes, symbolic animals and plants, of their physical parts for a purpose; the use of gods’ motive of thinking and acting for a purpose; the use of the heroes	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week	Use of myths in Greek and Latin literature for political purposes	Lecture; Question Answer Brainstorming; Opinion Pool Brain Based Learning	Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course

Recommended Sources

Klasik metinlerden seçmeler

Assessment

Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques

midterm and final

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies

Program Requirements	Contribution Level	DK1	DK2	DK3	DK4	DK5	DK6	DK7	DK8
PY1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PY2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PY3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PY4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

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ECTS credits and course workload

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	3	42
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	14	2	28
Midterm Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	7	1	7
Final Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Final Exam	7	1	7
	1	2	2
Dönem Sonu Sınavı (DSS)	1	2	2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30

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Course Information

Course Information
Weekly Topics (Content)
Sources Used in This Course
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
ECTS credits and course workload