Description of Individual Course Units
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Offered By |
American Culture and Literature |
Level of Course Unit |
First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree) |
Course Coordinator |
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IŞIL ÖZCAN |
Offered to |
American Culture and Literature |
Course Objective |
To analyze American literature between 15th (colonial period after the exploration of the continent) and mid 19th centuries, to focus on colonial period, period of independence, age of enlightenment, and romantic period respectively, and to analyze the individual writers/poets/thinkers of their own periods and their works, opinions, the relevant trends, social and historical events of those periods. |
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Mode of Delivery |
Face -to- Face |
Prerequisites and Co-requisites |
None |
Recomended Optional Programme Components |
None |
Course Contents |
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Recomended or Required Reading |
Malcolm Bradbury, From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
To get prepared and read the asigned material before coming to class, to participate in-class discussions, to support what s/he has read through secondary sources, to make presentations |
Assessment Methods |
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*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable. |
Further Notes About Assessment Methods |
One midterm exam, one final exam. |
Assessment Criteria |
Students are supposed to: |
Language of Instruction |
English |
Course Policies and Rules |
1. to be punctual |
Contact Details for the Lecturer(s) |
To be announced. |
Office Hours |
Everyday |
Work Placement(s) |
None |
Workload Calculation |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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