COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEMAN GIRESUNLU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course examines in detail some of the key poets and texts of the New American Poetry, focusing on Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance and the New York School, the three central schools of American mid-century modernist poetics. As well as understanding the oeuvres of the poets involved in these schools we will consider the societal contexts of the period, contributions from visual artists and composers and the nature of canon building.

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

Textbook(s): Donald Allen (ed.) The New American Poetry
Supplementary Book(s): Donald Allen (ed.) The Poetics of the New American Poetry

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Discussion
Textual Analysis
Student Presentations

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Assessment will involve one take-home essay at mid-term, one examination at the final and one in-class presentation. In essays and examinations it is important that students achieve coherence of thought, understanding of course topics and contexts and synthesis of the ideas and topics on the course. MLA formatting should be followed in the take-home paper and references should be made only to reputable sources and properly cited. During presentations students should display the same understanding and synthesis, as well as concision and good presentation skills. There should be no plagiarism in any of these topics, and any students who do not submit any of these assessments will fail.

All students are expected to contribute coherently to class discussion and provide in depth and sensible analyses of the texts that we have read.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Any attempt at plagiarism at research papers will result in failure in this course and start a legal process against the student. The minimum attendance requirement for this class is 70 %.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.basarır@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes