Course Details Language of Instruction English Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree Department / Program BA Program in Comparative Literature Type of Program Formal Education Type of Course Unit Elective Course Delivery Method Face To Face Objectives of the Course Learning objectives * acquiring an initial familiarity with 50-100 major works of art, dealing (from various angles) with some major events or aspects of 20th century history (so as to be able to remember, recall and list these works of art and literature) * through these same works of art, acquiring an emotional as well as factographical familiarity with 15-20 major facts, events and processes of the 20th century (so as to be able to remember, recall and list them) * identifying (and distinguishing between) the various ideologies, world views, political choices and standpoints embodied in these works of art * relating these events, and the works of art reflecting them, to the underlying ideo-political choices * comparing and contrasting the ideo-political choices at play through their human consequences (as reflected in art) * being able to describe and discuss the human impact of extreme phenomena (such as: war and civil war, revolution, depression, poverty, dictatorship, Fascism, Nazism, Communism, racism, genocide, the secret police, torture, show trials, concentration camps, militarism, invasion, occupation, hunger and starvation) in concrete, tangible, personalized terms * constructing a vision of multiple human lives unfolding through the 20th century Course Content This course seeks not to familiarize students with a basic factography of the 20th century, but to guide them into explorations of the infinite variety of its human conditions               -- perceived through great European art, literature and films pertaining to its immense tragedies, bunched around the horror of trench warfare; the promise and failure of revolutions; Fascism, Nazism and Stalinism; totalitarianisms and their camp systems; occupations and resistance; atrocities and genocides; life in the shadow of nuclear weapons; readings and meanings of the collapse of Communism; the rise, degeneration and fall of the Third World. But the narrative is not reducible to eulogy, idealization, or remorse. We will deal critically not only with how art intensifies reality, but also with how it distorts and manipulates reality. Course Methods and Techniques Prerequisites and co-requisities None Course Coordinator None Name of Lecturers Prof. Halil Berktay Assistants None Work Placement(s) No Recommended or Required Reading Resources Academic ethics Ibn Haldun University is very strict on academic ethics. Cheating on quizzes or exams will cause you to flunk at least that exam. If it appears that such cheating was premeditated and prepared in advance, you are likely to flunk the whole course, and also to be taken before the Disciplinary Board. Plagiarism, which basically means intellectual stealing, will also be dealt with in stringent fashion. Every assignment, response paper or essay that you submit should be an original piece of writing, presenting your own ideas in your own words unless otherwise noted. Everything you borrow from books, articles, visual materials or the internet(including those in the syllabus or the course web site) should be properly cited. Copying-and-pasting is absolutely taboo. On the other side of the coin, you are free to use sources outside of the course materials as long as you reference them. You are also free (in fact, encouraged) to discuss your papers and research ideas with othe The University has seen it fit to introduce the following revised, updated version of the IHU Code of Honor, to be duly certified by students on their exam papers: As part of the pride I take in being an IHU undergraduate, I fully recognize and accept that academic ethics has always been much more a matter of individual responsibility than of institutional control. I also understand that we are living under very exceptional circumstances, which necessitate a further shift from the usual proctoring mechanisms to a personal, internalized code of conduct. In particular, I know that online or take-home exams admit of using any and all published or internet sources  -- but not in copy-paste fashion, and certainly not of receiving any personal help. I hereby declare that I have not so much as consulted anybody else  -- whether from my class, or from elsewhere at IHU, or from outside the university  -- while doing this exam, and that the following represents only and only my own words and my Other class norms and expectations * Attendance is mandatory. Over 14 weeks, each 2 absences will result in a one-notch decrease in your letter grade (from A to A-, or from B+ to B, etc). * In the course of online teaching, your laptop camera must be open and your face visible at all times. * Again in the course of online teaching, you must make sure beforehand that there will be no background noise or interference of any kind. * You may use your laptops or cell phones in class purely for academic purposes (such as taking notes, writing short essays, or looking up information on the internet). * Deadlines are deadlines. Late submission will result in a 5 percent cut per day for the first five days. After five days, it will no longer be acceptable. * Medical excuses: These are notoriously misused. Try to control yourself against the impulse to obtain a one-day report for “headache” or “tension” or “diarrhea” simply in order to put off a response paper or presentation. Such transparent Study tips As mature young men and women, you should not have to be told all this, but I will say it anyway. * You are full-time students. This is your principal business, occupation, and vocation. So get organized, steer clear of unproductive distractions, and concentrate. * In terms of subject matter, HUM 406 is likely to cover ground that you are probably least familiar with. You will have to pay extra attention to visuality above all, and then also to factography and chronology. * Prepare on time. Come to class having studied gthe visuals, the films, and the readings for that week. This is where Turkish student culture is at its weakest: students expect the instructor to just lecture and explain everything, so that they don’t really have to read. Forget it. Make a clean and absolute surgical break with this backward notion. You yourselves will have to explain and discuss the main materials that have been assigned. * Learning begins in class, and not afterwards. Devel Contact information Instructor: Prof. Halil Berktay E-mail: halil.berktay@ihu.edu.tr, halil.berktay@emeritus.sabanciuniv.edu (please use both) Office: İTBF, Z-51 Class hours: Wednesday 17-20, with possible extensions for film showings Classroom: Office hours (under online conditions): Subject to appointment by email Course prerequisites SPS 101-102, HUM 101-102 Learning resources (a) All works listed under each week (as well as many others in an additional and supplementary role) are available in electronically scanned pdf format, organized into the following separate folders, on the course web site. Folder 00.The Twentieth Century – An Overview Folder 01.WWI in European art and Literature Folder 01a.WWI and its aftermath in Turkish art and literature Folder 02.Revolution and Civil War in Russia Folder 03.The Interwar Years and the Great Depression Folder 04.Fascism and Nazism Folder 05.Stalin and the Soviet Union Folder 05a.David King, The Commissar Vanishes Folder 06.Axis aggression and the Spanish Civil War Folder 07.WWII in world and Turkish art and literature Folder 08.Occupation, Collaboration, Resistance Folder 09.Genocide Folder 09a.The Warsaw Ghetto Folder 10.The Cold War Folder 11.Postwar Communism Folder 11a.Chinese propaganda posters from the Mao era Folder 12.Decolonization, anti-imperialism, and the Cold War in the Third World Folder 13.China, Korea, Vietnam Folder 14a.The Middle East Folder 14b.Latin America (b) All films listed below are also accessible on the course web site, as well as generally available on the internet. 8-16 May 2021 Spring Vacation and Bayram combined MIDTERM EXAM 11-12-13 May takehome 48 or 72 hours covering weeks 1-9 FINAL EXAM 18-19-20 June takehome 48 or 72 hours covering weeks 8-14 https://canvas.ihu.edu.tr/ https://canvas.ihu.edu.tr/ https://canvas.ihu.edu.tr/ Course Category Social Sciences %100

 





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