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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS AKE 4027 COMPARATIVE LITERATURE I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

HAKAN DIBEL

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to study how different cultures and literatures are being perceived and acquired comparatively from the perspective of American culture and literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To distinguish some of the origins of American literature. 2   To recognize how foreign literatures are being "Americanized". 3   To analyse the reception of classical Western culture in American literature. 4   To interpret major works of world art and literature. 5   To use textual analysis in tandem with cultural context analysis.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Orestes and Oedipus: Matricides and Mother's Boys Discussion 2 Oresteses and Oedipuses of American literature Discussion 3 The Sphinx or the grotesque Discussion 4 American Romanticisim and the chthonian Discussion 5 American Theatre of the 20th Century and its origins Discussion 6 Classical Western Literature and its metamorphoses in American Literature Discussion 7 Tennessee Williams: Suddenly last summer Discussion 8 Midterm exam 9 The motive of America in World Literature Discussion 10 Hegel's America Discussion 11 America vs. Europe Discussion 12 Postmodernism: American Modernism Discussion 13 Globalization and the end of national literatures Discussion 14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Camille Paglia: Sexual Personae, New York, 1992. 2. Claudio Guillén: The Challenge of Comparative LIterature, Cambridge, 1993. 3. Selected Works

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading, discussion, writing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Kaya nevzat.kaya@deu.edu.tr

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 6 78 Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8 Preparation for final exam 1 6 6 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 5 5 5 LO.2 5 LO.3 5 5 5 5 LO.4 5 LO.5 5 5