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    FFD 571 | Course Introduction and Application Information

    Course Name
    Literary Spaces
    Code
    Semester
    Theory
    (hour/week)
    Application/Lab
    (hour/week)
    Local Credits
    ECTS
    FFD 571
    Fall/Spring
    3
    0
    3
    7.5

    Prerequisites
    None
    Course Language
    English
    Course Type
    Elective
    Course Level
    Second Cycle
    Mode of Delivery -
    Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
    Q&A
    Field trip / Observation
    Guest Speaker
    Lecture / 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
    #
    Content
    PC Sub
    * Contribution Level
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    1Students who successfully complete the course will be able to:
    2explain spatial experience employing literary instruments.
    3translate spatial information into narrative form.
    4critically interpret the lived experience of space through literary texts.
    5analyze different media using literary devices as creative design research methods.
    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.

     



    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 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

     

     

    EVALUATION SYSTEM

    Semester Activities Number Weighting LO 1 LO 2 LO 3 LO 4 LO 5
    Participation
    1
    10
    Laboratory / Application
    Field Work
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    Portfolio
    Homework / Assignments
    1
    30
    Presentation / Jury
    1
    20
    Project
    1
    40
    Seminar / Workshop
    Oral Exams
    Midterm
    -
    -
    Final Exam
    -
    -
    Total

    Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    60
    Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    40
    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
    14
    8
    112
    Field Work
    0
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    0
    Portfolio
    0
    Homework / Assignments
    1
    30
    30
    Presentation / Jury
    1
    10
    10
    Project
    1
    25
    25
    Seminar / Workshop
    0
    Oral Exam
    0
    Midterms
    -
    -
    0
    Final Exam
    -
    -
    0
        Total
    225

     

    COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

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    PC Sub Program Competencies/Outcomes
    * Contribution Level
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    1

    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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    -
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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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    -
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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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    *1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

     


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