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| IDE6960 | British Utopian Fiction | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Tuncer YILMAZ | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To explore the historical evolution and ideological functions of British utopian fiction and analyze how the genre reflects and critiques cultural, political, and technological developments. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | identify defining features of utopian fiction and its major subgenres. | 1 | 1,3,5,6, | | PO - 2 : | analyze British utopian texts in relation to their historical, social, and political contexts. | 2 | 1,3,5,6, | | PO - 3 : | evaluate the transformation of utopian ideals into dystopian and post-utopian narratives. | 2,3 | 1,3,5,6, | | PO - 4 : | engage with theoretical frameworks related to utopia, ideology, and literature. | 5,10 | 1,3,5,6, | | PO - 5 : | develop original arguments through close reading, discussion, and critical writing. | 3,9 | 1,3,5,6, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course examines the tradition of British utopian fiction from the Renaissance to the 21st century. We will explore how British authors have imagined ideal societies in response to political, economic, and technological transformations. Through close readings of key texts, students will consider how utopian fiction intersects with philosophy, science, colonialism, gender, and ecology, and how utopia has evolved into dystopian and post-utopian modes in modern literature. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Utopia: Definitions, History, Functions | | | Week 2 | Thomas More?s Utopia: Foundations of the Genre | | | Week 3 | Utopian Socialism and the 19th Century: News from Nowhere | | | Week 4 | Scientific Utopianism: H.G. Wells? A Modern Utopia | | | Week 5 | Utopia and Gender: Feminist Readings of Early Utopias | | | Week 6 | Dystopian Turn I: Huxley?s Brave New World | | | Week 7 | Dystopian Turn II: Orwell?s Nineteen Eighty-Four | | | Week 8 | Discussions and Essay Proposals | | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 10 | Utopia and Ecology: Oryx and Crake (Part I) | | | Week 11 | Posthumanist Utopias and Bioethics: Oryx and Crake (Part II) | | | Week 12 | Utopian Theory: Fredric Jameson?s Archaeologies of the Future | | | Week 13 | Political Utopias: Gregory Claeys and the History of the Idea | | | Week 14 | The Concept of Utopia Today: Ruth Levitas and Cultural Critique | | | Week 15 | Final Discussion and Research Presentations | | | Week 16 | Final Presentations | | | |
| 1 | Jameson, F. 2005; Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions, Verso, London.
| | | 2 | Levitas, R. 2010; The Concept of Utopia, Peter Lang, Oxford. | | | 3 | Claeys, G. 2011; Searching for Utopia: The History of an Idea, Thames & Hudson, London. | | | 4 | More, T. 2003; Utopia, Penguin Books, London. | | | 5 | Wells, H.G. 2005; A Modern Utopia, Penguin Classics, London. | | | 6 | Morris, W. 2004; News from Nowhere, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
| | | 7 | Orwell, G. 2008; Nineteen Eighty-Four, Penguin Books, London. | | | 8 | Huxley, A. 2007; Brave New World, Harper Perennial, London. | | | 9 | Atwood, M. 2003; Oryx and Crake, Anchor Books, New York. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | | Presentation | 12 | | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 16 | 64 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Ödev | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Proje | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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