COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODERN AMERICAN NOVEL I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YDI 5011 MODERN AMERICAN NOVEL I ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

English Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

The development of the students ability of speaking,interpreting and expressing themselves in English through the selected novels of American Literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The contribution to the skills of remembering,interpreting,re-ordering and assessing of the students.
2   Enabling the students to be knowledgable about the dialects and variety of regional variations and applicating these in teaching strategies
3   The contribution of the students gaining experience of life through the interaction of the characters and dialogues in the novels.
4   The development of the skills of drawing conclusions,inferring and seeing patterns.
5   The establishment of critical point of view to the national and universal concepts.
6   The development of the abilities of being disciplined and using the power of interpretation and applying them to the teaching strategies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is novel A general introduction of the history of the novel.
2 The techniques of studying novel(theme,point of view,character analysis )
3 A general look at the map of The Modern Amerikan Novel the groups.
4 Beloved by T. Morrison
5 Continued
6 Completed.
7 Of Mice and Men by J.Steinbeck
8 Mid-term exam
9 Completed.
10 Their Eyes were Watching God by Z.N. Hurston
11 Continued
12 Completed.
13 A Farewell to Arms by E.Hemingway
14 The presentation and analysis of the novel
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

: Beloved by Toni Morrison. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck,Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston,A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion,lecturing.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ayfer.onan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparing presentations 13 5 65
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 185

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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