COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 2029 EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR CARL JEFFREY BOON

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

Covering the colonial and revolutionary years of America, this course is designed to expose the student to the canonical literary work marking the intellectual and historical agenda of the time. The focus will be on readings that highlight the Puritan origins and Enlightenment mind of the New World.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Give historical data on American colonies, first settlers of America, and the American political mind from 17th to the first quarter of the 19th century.
2   Identify the concepts and ideas that shape the intellectual and social life in colonial and revolutionary America.
3   Comment on the fundamental literary and political writings that modify the social mind from the onset of American letters to the Romantic Age
4   Define the intellectual progress of ideological milestones that establish the groundwork of American culture.
5   Compare the secular and spiritual potentials of colonial and early revolutionary America with the American values today.
6   Describe the significance of ideas and ideals that have steered the American political mind to becoming a nation, and the origins of these ideas in the history of European thinking.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Introduction to the course material and chronology of activities.
2 Historical background Recollecting the American history from the first settlers to the Enlightenment
3 Southern colonies and the literaure produced by the writers of the time. The characteristics of the literature produced by the writers of the time.
4 Thomas Harriot Textual analysis of Thomas Harriot's works.
5 Captain John Smith Textual analysis of John Smith's works.
6 William Bryd II Textual analysis of William Bryd's works.
7 George Snadys and William Strachey Thextual analysis of George Sandys' and Willam Strachery's works.
8 MIDTERM MIDTERM
9 New England colonies and the literature produced by the writers of the time. Puritanism
10 William Bradford Textual analysis of the works written by William Bradford
11 John Winthrop Textual analysis of the works written by John Winthrop
12 Political criticism "The Declaration of Independence" by Thomas Jefferson, "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine.
13 American Enlightenment Benjamin Franklin
14 General Evaluation General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Text books:
Berkovitch, Sacvan. The Puritan Origins of the American Self. Yale U P, 1975.
Campbell, Neil, Alasdair Kean. American Cultural Studies: An Introduction to American Culture. New York: Routledge, 1997.
Ruland, R., M. Bradbury. From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature. London: Routledge, 1991.
The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Third Ed., Vol. 1. New York: W.W.Norton, 1989.
2. Lectures: Visual presentations and films projected in class as a secondary course material

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Courses: Courses are the primary components of instruction among teaching strategies to lay the theoretical basis of subject and introduce the reading material relevant to the studied topic. Courses display a central role in getting to know the terms and concepts defining the topic.
2. In-Class discussions: In-class discussions aim at questioning the applicability of course material to diverse situations and thus increasing the factual tangibility of the information. The last hour of each weekly lecture is reserved for discussions.
3. Visual presentations and films: It includes the in-class projection of visual data such as pictures, illustrations, photographs, and maps as well as films and documentaries complementing the topic.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Exams are to inquire the correct use of terms and concepts profiling the course material and question the major thinking patterns acquired in the course.

Assessment Criteria

1. Midterm exam covers the topics instructed in class from the beginning of semester to the day of the exam.
2. Final exam covers the topics instructed in class after the midterm exam to the end of the semester, with some vital references to the content of the midterm exam.
3. Students are required to complete the exam in the given period of time.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are required to attend 70% of the course schedule.
2. No textbooks or notes are allowed during the exam.
3. No dictionaries are allowed during the exam. All vocabulary used in the exam are covered previously in the class and expected to be familiar to the student.
4. Any form of cheating in the exam will result in a zero grade and also in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Nuray Önder
nuray.onder@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15553
LO.2255
LO.35544
LO.43554
LO.54444
LO.654454

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