COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FÜSUN ÇOBAN DÖŞKAYA

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course is about women travel writers who wrote exclusively about Turkey. It aims to contribute to the understanding of a certain period of time in Turkish history by dealing with the works of women travel writers. The concentration of the course is on the representation of the Turkish women.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Lady Montague (The Turkish Embassy Letters)
Esme Scott-Stevenson (Our Home in Cyprus)
Julia Pardoe (The City of the Sultan and Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1836)
Grace Ellison (An Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem)
Ruth Frances Woodsmall (Moslem Women Enter a New World)
Zeynep Hanım (A Turkish Woman s European Impressions)
Mary Mills Patrick (Under Five Sultans)
Demetra Vaka Brown (Haremlik: Some Pages from the Life of Turkish Women)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be based on lectures and class discussions.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To abide by ethical criteria in academic work.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

%70 class attendance is required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fusun.doskaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes