COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN NOVEL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 3023 AMERICAN NOVEL COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEMAN GIRESUNLU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course analyses major American novels and literary trends.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will become familiar with major American Novels and trends from the second half of 19th century until 1980s.
2   Students will discern parts of fiction essential in analysis: i.e. theme, character, plot, etc.
3   Students will acquire critical perspective of literary texts studied.
4   Students will asses learned concepts and infer new meaning in response to questions addressed.
5   Students will acquire research skills. The class blog page will constitute as a teaching tool in this matter.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 The Art of the Novel/an introduction/major themes issues, movements-integrated to the class throughout the semester Lecture on major literary trends and eras
3 N. Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown; Rappaccini s Daughter; Yazar N. Hawthorne and works Lecture on Young Goodman Brown; Rappaccini s Daughter; themes, and criticism.
4 N. Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter N. Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter themes, and criticism.
5 H. Melville, Moby Dick H. Melville, Moby Dick; themes, and criticism.
6 Henry James, The Aspern Papers; Henry James, The Aspern Papers themes, and criticism.
7 Henry James, The Golden Bowl Henry James, The Golden Bowl themes, and criticism.
8 Midterm
9 F.Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby themes, and criticism.
10 F.Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby themes, and criticism.
11 W. Faulkner, As I Lay Dying; The Bear W. Faulkner, As I Lay Dying; The Bear themes, and criticism.
12 J. Barth, Lost in the Funhouse, metaficiton and a Poetics of postmodernism; a theory of parody; intertextuality T. Pynchon, Paul Auster J. Barth, Lost in the Funhouse, metaficiton and a Poetics of postmodernism; a theory of parody; intertextuality T. Pynchon, Paul Auster themes, and criticism.
13 J. Barth T. Pynchon, Paul Auster--continued Wrap up
14 Final evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

N. Hawthorne, H. Melville, M.Twain, H.James, F.S.Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, J.Barth, T.Pynchon, P.Auster. T. Morrison. Vb. Syllabi maybe altered with due notice.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Classes
1) All selected teaching material; written and visual will be notified prior to each semester. Syllabi maybe altered with due notice.
Lectures maybe inclusive of power point presentations; black board use, and handouts.
2) Teaching material is posted on the blog site (online) allowing for duly class preparation.
Computer applications:
The Course Blog constitutes of a teaching aid disseminating corresponding audio visual texts, as well as class related announcements.

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

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams:
Throughout the semester there will be two (2) exams
1) Midterm (%50)
Midterm exam will be administered as an in class exam, comprising of essay type questions and or brief question and answers.
2) Final (%50)
Final exam will be administered as an in class exam. Final exam will comprise of essay type questions and or brief question and answers. As needed home work (research paper) maybe assigned.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
1.Midterm and Final exams assess knowledge. Essay type questions assess knowledge presented as part of a well developed composition in English.
2. Question and answer type exams expecting brief answers assess knowledge.
3. Research paper assignments require adherence to academic research writing rules in MLA style.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1) Class attendance is compulsory (%70). Students are expected to be prepared to class discussion.
2) Research paper assignments require adherence to academic research writing rules in MLA style, and adherence to academic code of ethics.
3) Late assignments will be subject to lower grades.
4) Students held exempt from participation to class, are expected to stay updated with current year's course content.
5) Students are expected to adhere with academic code of ethics.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Faculty of Letters

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 29 29
Final 1 6 6
Midterm 1 6 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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