COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SHORT STORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 3026 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SHORT STORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ESRA ÇÖKER

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to analyze short stories from the 20th century onwards that have played a prominent role in the development of the short story tradition in the United States.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Examine the social and cultural factors as well as the historical development of the short story tradition in the United States beginning from the 20th century onwards
2   Identify the traditional narrative paradigms that have shaped the short story by comparing its theories with that of the novel.
3   Identify the formal and stylistic characteristics of the short story in the chosen texts.
4   Comment on the significant writers and the texts that have played a prominent role in the development of the short story.
5   Analyze short stories from different critical angles.
6   Gain competency in reading and analytical skills.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The History of the Contemporary American Short Story Historical development of the short story starting from the 20th century
2 Short Story Theories Short Story Theories (Reading Packet 1)
3 20th Century American Short Story On the Road ----Langston Hughes
4 20th Century American Short Story Hands and Paper Bills (Winesburg Ohio)-----Sherwood Anderson
5 20th Century American Short Story A Clean Well-Lighted Place Ernest Hemingway
6 20th Century American Short Story Mr. Green Saul Bellow
7 20th Century American Short Story Welcome to the Monkey House ----Kurt Vonnegut
8 Mid-term
9 Modern American Short Story "The Management of Grief"--- Bharati Mukherjee
10 Modern American Short Story "The Things They Carried" Tim O'Brien
11 21st Century American Short Story "Bears Discover Fire" Terry Bisson
12 21st Century American Short Story "Paper Menagerie" Ken Liu
13 21st Century American Short Story "Success Stories" Russsel Bank
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:

May, Charles E. New Short Story Theories. Athens, Ohio UP, 1994.

Bendixen, Alfred and James Nagel, eds. A Companion to the American Short Story. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell,
2010.

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.Some exam questions are essay type questions that require students to use their analytical and comprehension skills.
4. Students are expected to reference the primary sources that they use.
5. 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)

korpez@hotmail.com

Office Hours

Wed: 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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