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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ILA410.30B2Religion and MythologyElective483
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
.The aim of this course, which is based on mythology and culture; to gain a conceptual perspective on mythology as a discipline; to inform about the birth of mythology, its meaning and its effects on the history of civilization; The aim is to examine the reflections of mythology on art and advertising by discussing mythology in the context of its interaction with culture.
Name of Lecturer(s)
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Learning Outcomes
1The importance of mythology on life practices and intellectual life.
2To have knowledge about myth and myth types, world mythologies
3To have knowledge about myth and myth types, world mythologies
4To have knowledge about mythology, art, advertisement relationship and to learn about mythological
Mode of Delivery
Second Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
none
Recommended Optional Programme Components
none
Course Contents
.Mythology, Its Origin, Meaning and Effects * Myth and Its Types * Classical Mythology and World Mythologies * Mythology, Art and Symbolism * Mythology, Culture and Ideology * Mythology and Advertising
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1What is Mythology? The Birth, Meaning and Effects of Mythology Concept of mythology: Mythos, Logos and Ethos; The functions of mythology, the effects of mythology on the history of civilization...
2What is Mythology? The Birth, Meaning and Effects of Mythology Concept of mythology: Mythos, Logos and Ethos; The functions of mythology, the effects of mythology on the history of civilization...
3Mesopotamian and Egyptian Mythologies Mesopotamian civilizations and culture; Sumerian civilization, culture and mythology; Babylonian civilization, culture and mythology; The Epic of Gilgamesh; Egyptian civilization, culture and mythology...
4Introduction to Classical Mythology Antiquity, Hellenism, Greek civilization and culture, Roman civilization and culture, Greek and Roman mythologies...
5Classical Mythology: Greek and Roman Mythologies Greek mythology, Homer and Homer's Epics, Heseidos; Roman mythology, Virgil, Ovid...
6Middle Eastern mythologies Middle Eastern civilizations and culture; Jewish mythology and the Torah; Christian myths and the Bible; Armenian mythology; Iranian mythology.
7Anatolian mythology Anatolian civilization and culture; Hittite civilization, culture and mythology; The cult of the mother goddess; Anatolian legends...
8Midterms
9East Asian and Turkish mythologies East Asian civilization and culture: Chinese civilization, culture and mythology; Japanese civilization, culture and mythology; Turkish civilization, culture and mythology, Dede Korkut Stories...
10Mythology and Its Reflections on the Modern World Moles and the concept of 'Dynamic myth', Jung and the concept of 'Archetype', Symbolism, Modern myths...
11Mythology and Art Art, Icon, Iconography, The effects of mythology on Western art and analysis on works of art...
12What is Culture? Concept of culture, Relationship between culture and life, Analysis and sociology of culture, Oral and Written culture...
13Culture-Ideology Relationship Cultural theory, Ideology, Culture-ideology relationship...
14Finals
Recommended or Required Reading
Barthes, Roland (1990). Çağdaş Söylenler. Çeviren: Tahsin Yücel. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları. Bayat, Fuzuli (2005). Mitolojiye Giriş. Çorum: Karam Yayıncılık. Bayladı, Derman (1996). Efsaneler Dünyasında Anadolu- Anadolu Mitolojisi. İstanbul: Say Yayınları. Bilgin, Nuri (2003). Sosyal Psikoloji Sözlüğü-Kavramlar, Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: Bağlam Yayıncılık. Binyazar, Adnan (1996). Dede Korkut. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. Blanck, Horst (1999). Eski Yunan ve Roma’da Yaşam. Çeviren: İslam Tanrıkut. İstanbul: Arion Yayınevi. Bonnard, André (2004). Antik Yunan Uygarlığı 1-İlyada’dan Parthenon’a. Çeviren: Kerem Kurtgözü. İstanbul: Evrensel Basım Yayın. Bremmer, Jan N. (1987). Interpretations of Greek Mythology. New York: Taylor and Francis. Brandau, Birgit ve Schickert, Hartmut (2004). Hititler-Bilinmeyen Dünya İmparatorluğu. Çeviren: Nazife Mertoğlu. Ankara: Arkadaş Yayınları. Campbell, Joseph (2003). Doğu Mitolojisi. Çeviren: Kudret Emiroğlu. İstanbul: İmge Yayınevi. Campbell, Joseph (1993). Yaratıcı Mitoloji-Tanrı’nın Maskeleri. İstanbul: İmge Yayınevi. Can, Şefik (1997). Klasik Yunan Mitolojisi. İstanbul: İnkilâp Kitabevi. Carpenter, Thomas H. (2002). Antik Yunan’da Sanat ve Mitoloji. Çeviren: Bensen B. Ünlüoğlu. İstanbul: Homer Kitabevi. Cavendish,Richard. (1980). Mythology: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York: Rizolli. Cömert, Bedrettin (1980). Mitoloji ve İkonografi. Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları. Çığ, Muazzez İlmiye (2002). Gilgameş-Tarihte İlk Kral Kahraman. İstanbul: Kaynak Yayınları. Çığ, Muazzez İlmiye (2002). Kur’an, İncil ve Tevrat’ın Sümer’deki Kökeni. İstanbul: Kaynak Yayınları. Çığ, Muazzez İlmiye (2003). Ortadoğu Uygarlık Mirası. İstanbul: Kaynak Yayınları. Çoruhlu, Yaşar (2002). Türk Mitolojisinin Anahatları. İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi. Dinçmen, Kriton (1997). Psikiyatri ve Mitos. İstanbul: Eti Kitapları. Dowden, Ken (2002). The Uses of Greek Mythology. New York: Routledge. Eliade, Mircea (1992). İmgeler ve Simgeler. Çeviren: Mehmet Ali Kılıçbay. Ankara: Gece Yayınları. Eliade, Mircea (1993). Mitlerin Özellikleri. Çeviren: Sema Rifat. İstanbul: Simavi Yayınları. Eliade, Mircea (1994). Ebedi Dönüş Mitosu. Çeviren: Ümit Altuğ. İstanbul: İmge Yayınevi. Erhat, Azra (2003). Mitoloji Sözlüğü. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi Yayınları. Estin, Colette ve Laporte, Héléne (2003). Yunan ve Roma Mitolojisi. Çeviren: Musa Eran. Ankara: Tübitak Popüler Bilim Kitapları.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
none
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Self Study61590
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)93
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High