COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN GOTHIC TRADITION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 2010 AMERICAN GOTHIC TRADITION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM BAŞARIR

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

Examine gothic literary conventions and canonical works of American gothic literature in comparison with European gothic tradition.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Correlate the Gothic literary history with the social and cultural incentives that have prepared for the emergence of Gothic novel in Europe.
2   Use archetypal patterns of gothic fiction as a literary convention in understanding the evolutionary process of gothic mode and analyzing gothic texts.
3   Define the shared traditional narrative patterns that have shaped gothic fiction from past to present.
4   Comment on the American gothic writers and their prominent work.
5   Evaluate the differences between European and American gothic traditions with reference to the underlying social, regional and cultural elements.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 From Folktales to Gothic Narratives Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
2 Women as the Uncanny Edgar Allan Poe, "Ligeia" Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Rappaccini's Daughter"
3 Men as the Uncanny Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart"
4 Family Curse and Secrets of the Past Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher" Francis Marion Crawford, "The Dead Smile"
5 Mad Scientist and the Forbidden Quest Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Birthmark" Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"
6 Nature as the Uncanny Edgar Allan Poe, "The Black Cat" Ambrose Bierce, "The Damned Thing"
7 MIDTERM EXAM MIDTERM EXAM
8 Nature as the Uncanny Ray Bradbury, "The Wind"
9 Ghosts and Spirits Francis Marion Crawford, "The Upper Berth" Ralph Adams Cram, "In Kropfsberg Keep"
10 Ghosts and Spirits Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" Henry James, "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes"
11 Ghouls, Zombies and Vampires H.P Lovecraft, "The Outsider"
12 Ghouls, Zombies and Vampires Anne Rice, "Freniere"
13 Remote, Isolated, and Abandoned Herman Melville, "The Tartarus of Maids" H P Lovecraft, "The Picture in the House"
14 Strange Kids, Strange Communities Shirley Jackson, "The Lottery" Ray Bradbury, "The Veldt"
15 Death as the Ultimate Mystery Stephen King, "The Reach"
16 FINAL EXAM FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

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.
Oates, Joyce Carol, ed. American Gothic Tales. Plume, 1996.
Punter, David, ed. A Companion to the Gothic. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2000.
Punter, David. The Literature of Terror: A History of Gothic Fictions from 1765 to the Present Day, Vol I, 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. Lectures: Lectures are the primary components of instruction among teaching strategies to lay the theoretical basis of subject and introduce the reading material relevant to the studied topic. Lectures play 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 when necessary.

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


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. Midterm exam covers the topics instructed in class from the beginning of semester to the day of the exam.
2. 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.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are required to attend 70% of the course schedule.
2. No textbooks or notes are allowed during the exam.
3. No dictionaries are allowed during the exam. All vocabulary used in the exam are covered previously in the class and expected to be familiar to the student.
4. Any form of cheating in the exam will result in a zero grade and also in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.basarir@deu.edu.tr
Office phone: (232) 301 8513

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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