Course Name |
Literary Spaces
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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FFD 571
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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7.5
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Prerequisites |
None
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Course Language |
English
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Course Type |
Elective
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Course Level |
Second Cycle
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Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionQ&AField trip / ObservationGuest SpeakerLecture / Presentation | |||||
National Occupation Classification | - | |||||
Course Coordinator | ||||||
Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to introduce literary approaches as a means for spatial thinking. Making connections between literature and spatial experience, the course will emphasize the presence of spatial concepts in specific works of literature as well as highlight literary approaches that address experiential features of space. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes |
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Course Description | The course is structured around readings and discussions with an emphasis on literary descriptions of space to provide an understanding of spatial experience and a critical interpretation of spatial research and design through literary tools. |
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Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Related Preparation | Learning Outcome |
1 | Introduction to Course | ||
2 | Space, Place, Non-Place | Certeau, M. (1988). The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley: University of California Press. Lefebvre, H. (1991). The Production of Space, London: Blackwell Publishing. Augé, M. (1995). Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity, London/New York: Verso. | |
3 | A Literary Approach to Experience, Use and Imagination of Space | Havik, K. (2018). How Places Speak: A Plea for Poetic Receptivity in Architectural Research, in Sioli, A. & Jung, Y. (eds.), Reading Architecture: Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, New York: Routledge, pp. 61-71. Dionne, C. (2018). We Build Spaces with Words: Spatial Agency, Recognition, and Narrative, in Sioli, A. & Jung, Y. (eds.), Reading Architecture: Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, New York: Routledge, pp. 157-170. | |
4 | Literary Analysis of Space | Overdijk, M. (2017). Monuments and Mental Maps: Narrating the City and Its Periphery. Narrating Urban Landscapes, OASE, (98), pp. 31-42. Havik, K. & Wit, S. (2017). Narrating Places Beyond the Subjective: Delft University of Technology Graduation Projects, Narrating Urban Landscapes, OASE, (98), pp. 92-94. Havik, K. (2019). TerriStories. Literary Tools for Capturing Atmosphere in Architectural Pedagogy, Ambiances, (5), pp. 1-15. | |
5 | Representation of Space in Literary Descriptions | Gomel, E. (2014). Narrative Space and Time: Representing Impossible Topologies in Literature, New York: Routledge. Sioli, A. & Jung, Y. (eds.), Reading Architecture: Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, New York: Routledge | |
6 | Narrating Across/Through Space and Time | Grillner, K., & Hughes, R. (2006). Room within a View: A conversation on Writing and Architecture. Architecture & Literature. Reflections/Imaginations, OASE, (70), pp. 56–69. Bodenhamer, D. J. (2015). Narrating Space and Place, in Bodenhamer, D. J., Corrigan, J., Harris, T. M. (eds.), Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives, Bloomington; Indianapolis: Indianopolis University Press, pp. 7-27. Rendell, J. (2006). From architectural history to spatial writing, in Altan, E., Arnold, D., Turan, B. (eds.), Rethinking Architectural Historiography, London: Routledge, pp. 135-150. | |
7 | Between the Real and the Imaginary: Literary Fiction for Spatial Interpretation | Psarra, S. (2009). “‘The book and the labyrinth were one and the same’: narrative and architecture in Borges’ fictions”, in Psarra, S., Architecture and Narrative: The formation of space and cultural meaning, New York: Routledge, pp. 67-88. Miles, M. (2019). Cities and Literature. New York: Routledge. Shonfield, K. (2000) The use of fiction to interpret architecture and urban space, The Journal of Architecture, 5:4, pp. 369-389, Koolhaas, R. (1994). Delirious New York. A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan, New York: The Monacelli Press. | |
8 | Project Proposal Presentations | ||
9 | Spatial Settings and the Use of Space in Literature: Literary Urbanism | Borden, I., Kerr, J., Rendell, J., & Pivaro, A. (Eds.). (2000). The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space. Cambridge, London: MIT Press. | |
10 | Translation of Literary Narratives to Urban Experience | Field Trip Aytaç Sönmez S. & Doğu, T. (2021), “Kenti Yeniden Deneyimlemek: Zaman-Mekân Kesişiminde Yeni Kent Anlatıları”, Ege Mimarlık, Vol 3(111), pp. 72-79. | |
11 | Transposing Urban Experience to Literary Narratives | Borden, I., Kerr, J., Pivaro, A., Rendell, J. (1995). Strangely Familiar: Narratives of Architecture in the City, London: Routledge. Certeau, M. (1988). The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley: University of California Press. Lefebvre, H. (1991). The Production of Space, London: Blackwell Publishing. Jung, Y. (2018). The Architecture of Another Man’s Room: Unveiling Stories of Seoul’s Apartments, in Sioli, A. & Jung, Y. (eds.), Reading Architecture: Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, New York: Routledge, pp. 38-46. | |
12 | Discussion of the Term Project | ||
13 | Discussion of the Term Project | ||
14 | Term Project Submission and Presentation | ||
15 | Review of the Semester | ||
16 | Overall Evaluation of the Course |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Augé, M. (1995). Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity, London/New York: Verso. ISBN 9781844673117 Borden, I., Kerr, J., Rendell, J., & Pivaro, A. (Eds.). (2000). The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space. Cambridge, London: MIT Press. Borden, I., Kerr, J., Pivaro, A., Rendell, J. (1995). Strangely Familiar: Narratives of Architecture in the City, London: Routledge. ISBN 0-203-97808-0 Certeau, M. (1988). The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0520271459 Eisenman, P. (2004). “Architecture as a second language: The texts of between", INSIDE OUT. Selected Writings 1963-1988, New Haven/London: Yale University Press, pp. 227-237. Gomel, E. (2014). Narrative Space and Time: Representing Impossible Topologies in Literature, New York: Routledge. ISBN13: 978-0-415-70577-6 Havik, K. (2014). Urban Literacy: Reading and Writing Architecture, nai010 publishers. ISBN: 9462081212 Koolhaas, R. (1994). Delirious New York. A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan, New York: The Monacelli Press. Lefebvre, H. (1991). The Production of Space, London: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN: 9780631181774 Psarra, S. (2009). Architecture and Narrative: The formation of space and cultural meaning, New York: Routledge. ISBN: 0-415-34375-5 Shonfield, K. (2000) The use of fiction to interpret architecture and urban space, The Journal of Architecture, 5:4, pp. 369-389. Siokoli, A., Jung, Y. (2018). Reading Architecture: Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, New York: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-138-22426-1 |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
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Semester Activities | Number | Weighting | LO 1 | LO 2 | LO 3 | LO 4 | LO 5 |
Participation |
1
|
10
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|||||
Laboratory / Application | |||||||
Field Work | |||||||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||||||
Portfolio | |||||||
Homework / Assignments |
1
|
30
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|||||
Presentation / Jury |
1
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20
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|||||
Project |
1
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40
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|||||
Seminar / Workshop | |||||||
Oral Exams | |||||||
Midterm |
-
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-
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Final Exam |
-
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-
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Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
60
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Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
40
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Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
|
0
|
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Study Hours Out of Class |
14
|
8
|
112
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Field Work |
0
|
||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
|
||
Portfolio |
0
|
||
Homework / Assignments |
1
|
30
|
30
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Presentation / Jury |
1
|
10
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10
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Project |
1
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25
|
25
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Seminar / Workshop |
0
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||
Oral Exam |
0
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Midterms |
-
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-
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0
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Final Exam |
-
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-
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0
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Total |
225
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PC Sub | Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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To be able to advance specialized architectural knowledge based on qualifications acquired at the undergraduate level. |
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2 |
To be able to conceive the interdisciplinary nature of the architectural field and apply such knowledge and analytical capacity to interdisciplinary studies. |
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3 |
To be able to apply specialized knowledge in architecture in theoretical or practical work. |
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4 |
To be able to produce new knowledge by integrating architectural knowledge with knowledge in other disciplines. |
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5 |
To be able to diagnose and evaluate a specific problem in architecture and to relate this ability to publishing or practice. |
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6 |
To be able critically evaluate knowledge peculiar to the architectural field, facilitate self-directed learning and produce advanced work independently. |
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7 |
To be able to communicate contemporary developments in architecture and one’s own work in professional and interdisciplinary environments in written, oral or visual forms. |
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8 |
To be able to consider, control and communicate social, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation, publication and/or application of architectural data. |
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9 |
To be able to critically analyze the norms that inform spatial relationships and their social implications and to develop original thesis according to guidelines. |
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10 |
To be able to keep up with developing knowledge in Architecture and participate in academic and professional discussions using at least one foreign language. |
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