Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Law | |||||
| Bachelor | Length of the Programme: 4 | Number of Credits: 240 | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF: Level 6 |
Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri
| School/Faculty/Institute | Faculty of Law | ||||
| Course Code | HUK 123 | ||||
| Course Title in English | Law, Literature and Art | ||||
| Course Title in Turkish | Hukuk, Edebiyat ve Sanat | ||||
| Language of Instruction | TR | ||||
| Type of Course | Lecture | ||||
| Level of Course | Seçiniz | ||||
| Semester | Fall | ||||
| Contact Hours per Week |
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| Estimated Student Workload | 60 hours per semester | ||||
| Number of Credits | 2 ECTS | ||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | ||||
| Pre-requisites | None | ||||
| Expected Prior Knowledge | None | ||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Registration Restrictions | None | ||||
| Overall Educational Objective | To re-discuss the concepts of justice, crime, judgement, punishment, right/injustice, etc., which are dealt with by law based on literary works, outside the norms of law | ||||
| Course Description | In this course, the relationship of life and law will be examined through the perspective of literature. | ||||
| Course Description in Turkish | Yasa/Yaşam ilişkisine edebiyatın perspektifinde bakmak |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) Upon successful completion of the course, students are expected to 1. Approach law and the concepts discussed in law from new/different perspectives. 2) Upon successful completion of the course, students are expected to 2. Think analytically and multidimensionally. 3) Upon successful completion of the course, students are expected to 3. empathise with the different. 4) Upon successful completion of the course, students are expected to 4. Understand and comprehend some basic values of literature. |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) The ability to recognize and apply basic principles and theories of law, legal methodology, and interpretation methods. | ||||
| 2) The ability to follow, evaluate, interpret and apply the current developments and legislative amendments. | ||||
| 3) The ability to locate and use legal resources; to follow and evaluate current legislative amendments, legal science, and court decisions. | ||||
| 4) The ability to internalize social, scientific and ethical values while evaluating legal information. | ||||
| 5) The ability to recognize, examine and resolve legal issues with respect to general principles of law, de lege feranda and de lege lata; to take into consideration both national and international aspects of law; and to acknowledge the importance of personal conviction while making decisions. | ||||
| 6) The ability to critically analyze legal disputes, legislation, court decisions and different views in the legal science; to form his/her own opinions; to detect legal lacuna and suggest alternative solutions. | ||||
| 7) The ability to understand issues regarding different fields of law; to characterize and propose solutions to complex issues arising from legal practice. | ||||
| 8) The ability to participate in and organize legal projects and activities as a socially responsible individual; to put his/her legal knowledge and skill to use efficiently (in the public or private sector). | ||||
| 9) The ability to use a foreign language at least on a B2 Level on the European Language Portfolio, to follow legal developments and communicate with colleagues in that language; to use computer software and information and communication technologies necessary in the law field at an Advanced Level of the European Computer Driving License. | ||||
| 10) Adoption of a positive approach to the concept of lifelong learning. | ||||
| 11) The ability to understand the development, evolution, and problems of the society and to contribute to the solution of these problems by legal methods. | ||||
| 12) The ability to understand the structure, organization, and functioning of law on the national and international level; to contribute to the development thereof. |
Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | The ability to recognize and apply basic principles and theories of law, legal methodology, and interpretation methods. | S | Exam |
| 2) | The ability to follow, evaluate, interpret and apply the current developments and legislative amendments. | N | |
| 3) | The ability to locate and use legal resources; to follow and evaluate current legislative amendments, legal science, and court decisions. | N | |
| 4) | The ability to internalize social, scientific and ethical values while evaluating legal information. | S | |
| 5) | The ability to recognize, examine and resolve legal issues with respect to general principles of law, de lege feranda and de lege lata; to take into consideration both national and international aspects of law; and to acknowledge the importance of personal conviction while making decisions. | N | Exam |
| 6) | The ability to critically analyze legal disputes, legislation, court decisions and different views in the legal science; to form his/her own opinions; to detect legal lacuna and suggest alternative solutions. | N | |
| 7) | The ability to understand issues regarding different fields of law; to characterize and propose solutions to complex issues arising from legal practice. | S | Exam |
| 8) | The ability to participate in and organize legal projects and activities as a socially responsible individual; to put his/her legal knowledge and skill to use efficiently (in the public or private sector). | S | Exam |
| 9) | The ability to use a foreign language at least on a B2 Level on the European Language Portfolio, to follow legal developments and communicate with colleagues in that language; to use computer software and information and communication technologies necessary in the law field at an Advanced Level of the European Computer Driving License. | N | |
| 10) | Adoption of a positive approach to the concept of lifelong learning. | H | Exam |
| 11) | The ability to understand the development, evolution, and problems of the society and to contribute to the solution of these problems by legal methods. | S | Exam |
| 12) | The ability to understand the structure, organization, and functioning of law on the national and international level; to contribute to the development thereof. | N |
| Prepared by and Date | SÜHEYLA ACAR , January 2024 |
| Course Coordinator | SÜHEYLA ACAR |
| Semester | Fall |
| Name of Instructor | Öğr. Gör. SÜHEYLA ACAR |
Course Contents
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Culture/art in Ancient Greece and the Defence of Socrates by Plato |
| 2) | The dilemma of humanity since Sophocles' Antigone 2500 years ago: Law or conscience? |
| 3) | Europe's rediscovery of Ancient Greece 2000 years after the dark Middle Ages: The Renaissance in England and the questioning of power ambition and justice through William Shakespeare's Richard III |
| 4) | The rapidly changing relations of power and law in the French Revolution through the eyes of literature: Charles Dickens and A Tale of Two Cities |
| 5) | The Dreyfus Case in France: Emile Zola, who said "I accuse" in one of the greatest stories of marginalisation in history, and a strange trial in the Ottoman Empire at the same time through his article Literature and Law |
| 6) | Radical readings on the state of two neighbouring empires, the Ottoman Empire and Tsarist Russia, as Europe was changing rapidly on the threshold of a new century, and the subversion of the law in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment when the revolution was still far away |
| 7) | Kafkaesque interpretation of law in the darkness of the First War: The Trial |
| 8) | Midterms |
| 9) | The mood of post-WWII Europe and reflections on justice and conscience in Albert Camus' The Fall |
| 10) | Latin America, a strange tale of crime and punishment by Marquez: Red Monday |
| 11) | The relationship between law and power in the East of the world: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Afghan writer Khaled Hosseini |
| 12) | A young but powerful protest rising from the working class suburbs of France: Who Killed My Father by Eduard Louis |
| 13) | Turkey: As a new country is being built, Yaşar Kemal's elegy/saga about the law of exchange and starting life anew: Euphrates Water Flows Blood |
| 14) | General Evaluation |
| Required/Recommended Readings | Platon, Sokrates’in Savunması, İş Bankası Yayınları Sofokles, Antigone, İş Bankası Yayınları William Shakespeare, III.Richard, İş Bankası Yayınları Charles Dickens, İki Şehrin Hikayesi, Can Yayınları Emile Zola, Suçluyorum, Can Yayınları Dostoyevski, Suç ve Ceza, İş Bankası Yayınları Franz Kafka, Dava, Can Yayınları Albert Camus, Düşüş, Can Yayınları Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kırmızı Pazartesi, Can Yayınları Khaled Hosseini, Bin Muhteşem Güneş, Everest Yayınları Eduard Louis, Babamı Kim Öldürdü, Can Yayınları | ||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Reading and discussion of literary texts, text evaluations | ||||||||||||
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| Course Administration |
acars@mef.edu.tr +902123953600 Ofis Saatleri: Lütfen e-mail ile randevu alınız. Office Hours: Upon appointment via e-mail. |
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ECTS Student Workload Estimation
| Activity | No/Weeks | Hours | Calculation | ||||
| No/Weeks per Semester | Preparing for the Activity | Spent in the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | ||||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 2 | 42 | |||
| Midterm(s) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Final Examination | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Total Workload | 60 | ||||||
| Total Workload/25 | 2.4 | ||||||
| ECTS | 2 | ||||||