COURSE UNIT TITLE

: 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 4041 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEMAN GIRESUNLU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course aims to analyze selected literary works (novels, essays, drama, poetry,etc.) alongside established classical and theoretical perspectives. Throughout the course an American culture and literature focus will prevail as well in the study of novel as a literary genre. Thus alongside classical perspectives, a comparative approach will prevail in the study of novels deemed to range throughout 20th and 21st centuries.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will further their understanding of the novel genre and will learn to analyze intertextual references on a comparative basis in contemporary works of Amerikan Literature from the 2000s onwards.
2   Students will learn to analyze contemporary literary works alongside critical theoretical texts.
3   Students while analyzing a literary text alongside a themathic perspective, they will learn to synthesize new material.
4   Students will further their understanding of novels in terms of theme, character construction, plot, point of view etc.
5   Students will assess current concepts in contemporary literary texts based on race, class, and gender categories.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Henry James art and works
2 Henry James, Aspern Papers Henry James, Aspern Papers Lecture-space, character analysis--themes
3 Henry James, The Golden Bowl Henry James, The Golden Bowl Lecture-space, character analysis--themes
4 Continued--discussion Henry James Lecture-space, character analysis--themes
5 Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49 Postmodern Novel-- Thomas Pynchon Lecture-space, character analysis--themes
6 Paul Auster, Invisible Paul Auster Lecture-space, character analysis--themes Invisible
7 Paul Auster, Leviathan Paul Auster, Leviathan Lecture-space, character analysis--themes
8 Midterm
9 Continued--discussion Paul Auster Lecture-space, character analysis--themes
10 Jonathan Franzen, Freedom Jonathan Franzen, Freedom Lecture-space, character analysis--themes
11 continued--discussion Paul Auster, Sunset Park Lecture-space, character analysis--themes
12 Paul Auster, Sunset Park James, Pynchon, Paul Auster and Jonathan Franzen Lecture-space, character analysis--themes
13 Continued--discussion Paul Auster and Jonathan Franzen Lecture-space, character analysis--themes
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Henry James, The Turn of the Screw; Aspern Papers; The Golden Bowl; The Art of the Novel Paul Auster, Invisible; Leviathan; Jonathan Franzen, Freedom . Syllabi maybe altered with due notice.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Classes
1. All selected teaching material; written and visual are to be notified prior to the semester.
Syllabi maybe altered with due notice. Lectures maybe inclusive of power point presentations black board use, and handouts.
2. Teaching material is posted on the blog site (online), as well as Sakai education platform for online courses,
allowing for duly class preparation.
3. Documentaries paused at intervals, constitute of audio/visual aid in learning.
Computer applications:
The Course Blog as well as Sakai education platform will display class related corresponding audio visual texts,
as well as class related announcements.

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:
Throughout the semester there will be two (2) exams
1) Midterm (%50)
Midterm exam will be administered as an in class exam, comprising of essay type questions and or brief question and answers.
2) Final (%50)
Final exam will be administered as an in class exam, comprising of essay type questions and or brief question and answers. As needed home work (research paper) maybe assigned.

Assessment Criteria

1. Midterm and Final exams assess knowledge. Essay type questions assess knowledge presented as part of a well developed composition in English.
2. Question and answer type exams expecting brief answers assess knowledge.
3. Research paper assignments require adherence to academic research writing rules in MLA style.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Class attedance is compulsory (%70). Students are expected to participate in class discussion.
2. Research paper assignments require adherence to academic research rules in MLA Style, and adherence to academic code of ethics.
3. Late assignments are subject to grade deduction, to be announced prior to the semester.
4. Students who are held exempte from participation to class are expected to stay informed with the current semester's course content.
5. Students are expected to adhere with academic code of ethics.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Faculty of Letters

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 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 11 11
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15541555555455
LO.254155
LO.315
LO.41
LO.5155

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