COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN GOTHIC

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 5022 AMERICAN GOTHIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM BAŞARIR

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

Examine the leading American writers of gothic tradition and their major work.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the literary conventions and archetypal forms in gothic literature.
2   Specify the differences of American gothic literature from European gothic.
3   Make the textual analysis of American gothic writing and its critical layout.
4   Evaluate the common nature of thematic and fictional patterns in American gothic story-telling.
5   Discuss the ideological and philosophical framework of gothic literature.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Origins of gothic mode and its evolution Gothic style in architecture, fine arts, and popular culture. Graveyard poetry and sensation novel.
2 History of gothic literature and theory Literary archetypes of gothic romance in Europe and gothic stereotypes. Ghost stories.
3 19th century American Gothic "Rip Van Winkle" (Washington Irving) "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (Washington Irving)
4 19th century American Gothic "Metzengerstein" (Edgar Allan Poe) "Ligeia" (Edgar Allan Poe)
5 19th century American Gothic "The Fall of the House of Usher" (Edgar Allan Poe) "The Black Cat" (Edgar Allan Poe)
6 19th century American Gothic "The Birth Mark" (Nathaniel Hawthorne) "Young Goodman Brown" (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
7 19th century American Gothic "The Tartarus of Maids" (Herman Melville) "The Yellow Wallpaper" (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
8 19th century American Gothic The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
9 20th century American Gothic "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" (Henry James)
10 20th century American Gothic "The Moonlit Road" (Ambrose Bierce) "The Damned Thing" (Ambrose Bierce)
11 20th century American Gothic "The Outsider" (H.P. Lovecraft) "The Veldt" (Ray Bradbury)
12 20th century American Gothic "The Lottery" (Shirley Jackson) "Schrödinger's Cat" (Ursula Le Guin)
13 20th century American Gothic "Freniere" (Anne Rice) "The Reach" (Stephen King)

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook:
Oates, Joyce Carol, ed. American Gothic Tales. Plume, 1996.
Supplementary Book(s):
Punter, David, ed. A Companion to the Gothic. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2000.
References:
Carroll, Noel. The Philosophy of Horror, or the Paradoxes of the Heart. New York: Routledge, 1990.
Ellis, Markman. The History of Gothic Fiction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh U P, 2000.
Punter, David. The Literature of Terror: A History of Gothic Fictions from 1765 to the Present Day, Vol, The Gothic Tradition. New York: Longman, 1996.
Punter, David. The Literature of Terror: A History of Gothic Fictions from 1765 to the Present Day, Vol II, The Modern Gothic. New York: Longman, 1996.
Williams, Anne. Art of Darkness: A Poetics of Gothic. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1995.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Courses: Of the teaching strategies, courses are the primary components of instruction 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 MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

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. Exam questions aim at measuring student's performance on discussing the social, cultural and ideological controversies, and helping him develop an analytical and critical viewpoint.
2. Depending on analytical approach, question may require multiple responses.
3. Questions examine the student's ability for combining theory with literary and intellectual history in handling issues of discussion.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are required to attend 70% of the course schedule.
2. Exam questions are based on open-book and open-note principle to improve students' thinking abilities and encourage them for higher cognitive responses.
3. Any form of cheating in the exam will result in a zero grade and also in disciplinary action.
4. Midterm exam covers the topics instructed in class from the beginning of semester to the day of the exam.
5. 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.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.basarir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 3 5 15
Reading 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 173

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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