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    GEAR 211 | Course Introduction and Application Information

    Course Name
    Communication, Literature and Philosophy
    Code
    Semester
    Theory
    (hour/week)
    Application/Lab
    (hour/week)
    Local Credits
    ECTS
    GEAR 211
    Fall/Spring
    3
    0
    3
    5

    Prerequisites
    None
    Course Language
    English
    Course Type
    Service Course
    Course Level
    First Cycle
    Mode of Delivery -
    Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course -
    National Occupation Classification -
    Course Coordinator
    Course Lecturer(s)
    Assistant(s) -
    Course Objectives This module aims to introduce students to analytic thinking and philosophizing via short readings and analysis of literary and media texts.
    Learning Outcomes

    The students who succeeded in this course;

    • Will be able to define a philosophical argument and distinguish it from narrative, opinion or personal judgement.
    • Will be able to explain philosophical themes through literary and media texts.
    • Will be able to establish thematic and conceptual connections between different types of texts.
    • Will be able to evaluate literary and media texts in light of literary concepts.
    • Will be able to interpret short stories, films or TV series episodes in the context of the philosophical questions they address.
    Course Description This course will examine Western philosophy in relation to literature, art, and culture and communication fields in general.
    Related Sustainable Development Goals

     



    Course Category

    		Core Courses
    Major Area Courses
    Supportive Courses
    Media and Management Skills Courses
    Transferable Skill Courses

     

    WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

    Week Subjects Related Preparation
    1 Introduction, getting to know each other, presentation of course learning outcomes and evaluation criteria
    2 What is philosophy? Why read literature? What is a classic? Nigel Warburton – Philosophy: The Basics (Introduction) Mario Vargas Llosa – Why literature? Italo Calvino – Why read the classics?
    3 Truth Nigel Warburton – Philosophy: The Classics, Chapter 1: Plato, The Republic Ray Bradbury – The Veldt The Truman Show (1998)
    4 Love and Beauty Nigel Warburton – Philosophy: The Classics, Chapter 1: Plato, The Republic Oscar Wilde - The Nightingale and The Rose
    5 Virtue Ethics and Happiness Nigel Warburton – Philosophy: The Basics, Chapter 2: Right and Wrong Nigel Warburton – Philosophy: The Classics, Chapter 2: Aristotle- Nicomachean Ethics Gabriel Garcia Marquez - A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
    6 Duty Ethics Nigel Warburton – Philosophy: The Basics, Chapter 2: Right and Wrong Nigel Warburton – Philosophy: The Classics, Chapter 14: Immanuel Kant - Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals Young Sheldon S1.E3: “Poker, Faith and Eggs”
    7 Utilitarianism and Consequentialism Nigel Warburton – Philosophy: The Basics, Chapter 2: Right and Wrong Nigel Warburton – Philosophy: The Classics, Chapter 17: John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism The Good Place S3E06 – “A Fractured Inheritance”
    8 Midterm Exam 4-12 April 2026
    9 Freedom Jean Paul Sartre - Existentialism is a Humanism, The Truman Show
    10 Absurd Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus Anton Checkhov – The Bet
    11 Absurd Theater Martin Esslin — The Theatre of the Absurd Samuel Beckett – Waiting for Godot
    12 Boredom Georg Simmel – The Metropolis and Mental Life Hemingway – Cat in the Rain American Psycho
    13 Alienation Karl Marx – Estranged Labour American Psycho
    14 Utopia and Dystopia Ruth Levitas – The Concept of Utopia (Introduction) The Truman Show (1998) Ray Bradbury – The Veldt The Good Place - Season 1, Episode 1: “Everything is Fine”
    15 Review of the Semester
    16 Final Exam 6-15 June 2026

     

    Course Notes/Textbooks

    *All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources.
    Suggested Readings/Materials

     

    EVALUATION SYSTEM

    Semester Activities Number Weigthing
    Participation
    1
    15
    Laboratory / Application
    Field Work
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    1
    15
    Portfolio
    Homework / Assignments
    Presentation / Jury
    Project
    Seminar / Workshop
    Oral Exams
    Midterm
    1
    30
    Final Exam
    1
    40
    Total

    Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    3
    100
    Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    Total

    ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

    Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
    Theoretical Course Hours
    (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
    16
    3
    48
    Laboratory / Application Hours
    (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
    16
    0
    Study Hours Out of Class
    16
    3
    48
    Field Work
    0
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    1
    14
    14
    Portfolio
    0
    Homework / Assignments
    0
    Presentation / Jury
    0
    Project
    0
    Seminar / Workshop
    0
    Oral Exam
    0
    Midterms
    1
    15
    15
    Final Exam
    1
    25
    25
        Total
    150

     

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