COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

American Culture and Literature (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEMAN GIRESUNLU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature (English)

Course Objective

This course introduces to selected trends in American Literature (Realism, Naturalism, Modernism and Postmodernism) from the American civil war onwards. Literary expression envisaged through the historical and cultural context invites towards a thorough understanding of the American experience
Prior to each semester the course topic, reading list and syllabus maybe subject to change and are announced on the DEU distance learning portal Sakai

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Reading list and tentative syllabus is subject to alteration prior to each semesterand is announced on DEU Distance Learning Syllabus site.

American Philosophers series...documentary Youtube
American Pragmatists
Ceceilia Tichi, Shifting Gears
Dewey, _Art as Experience_;
Mark Twain, Sarah Orne Jewett,
William Dean Howells, Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser,
Stephen Crane, Willa Cather, William Faulkner F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes. Henry James
T.S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein Wallace Stevens Richard Wright, Ralph Elison
Barth, Barthelme, Gass
Plath, Pynchon, Don DeLillo,
Paul Auster

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. All selected reading material, written and visual, are notified prior to the semester on DEÜ distance learning portal Sakai's interactive site. The syllabus maybe altered with due notice.
2. Students are expected to attend class sessions prepared for a rigorous discussions.
3. All assigned homework and book reports are due prior to the start of each class session.
4. All required assignments must be submitted/completed by stated due dates. Grades will be deducted from late papers.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students are expected prepare book reports during the course. Additionally two in-class exams will be administered. (midterm and final) Additionally a final project will be due at the finals' week (10 pages max.) The Midterm exam comprises of all topics covered during the class and requires students to display ability in discussing major issues relevant to the seminar's topic. Students will be expected to display rigorous practice of academic research: preparing a paper outline; developing a working paper proposal; submitting a paper draft as a working project for evaluation half-way prior to final paper submission; and a class presentation of the respective final project. Students are also expected to present book reports in class, and help lead class discussions throughout the semester. They are to submit written book reports prior to midterm and final exams. Research paper: ( 10 pages max. in MLA style ) The final project requires the selection of an issue relevant to the course, and display ability to pursue scholarship. The final project and all other academic undertakings throughout the course necessitates adherence to academic code of ethics. Also a final in class exam may evaluate student's ability to grasp academic discussions based upon topics relevant to the seminar's topic. Class participation involves of weekly book reports and rigorous class discussions.

Assessment Criteria

1. Class participation is compulsory. (%70) Students are expected to participate prepared into class discussions.
2. Research paper and all presentation assignments require adherence to academic research and writing standards following the MLA style guide.
3. Grades will be deducted from late assignments as indicated in the syllabus.
4. Students held exempt from class participation from a previous semester, are responsible with the current year's course content.
5. Students are expected to adhere with the academic code of ethics at all time.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Class attendance is compulsory (%70)
2. Students held exempt from class participation from a previous semester, are responsible with current semester's course content.
3) All student conduct, projects, class assignments, should adhere with academic rules of ethics

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Faculty of Letters

Office Hours

Fridays 13:00-14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes