COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 1004 SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE II COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IŞIL ÖZCAN

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

To analyze American literature between 19th century(realistic period starting with industrial revolution) to the present, to focus on American Realism in literature, industrial revolution, local colorists, Civil War, Modernism, and a brief introduction to Postmodernism respectively, and to analyze the individual writers/poets/thinkers of their own periods and their works, opinions, the relevant trends, social and historical events of those periods..

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have general knowledge on American literary history from 1850s to the present
2   Identify how literature reflected the socal life in which it was produced
3   Explain and interpret the written works of fiction and nonfiction from industrial revolution to the present
4   . Generate ideas on American literature both locally and globally
5   Generate ideas on American identity both locally and globally

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 ROMANTIC PERIOD: Transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance" Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
2 ROMANTIC PERIOD: Dark side Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart" Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
3 REALISM AND NATURALISM: Mark Twain, Jumping Frog Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
4 REALISM AND NATURALISM: Henry James, The Real Thing Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
5 MODERNISM AND EXPERIMENTATION: POETRY Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
6 CHICAGO SCHOOL OF POETRY Carl Sandburg, Chicago Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken William C. Williams, Red Wheelbarrow Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
7 MIDTERM
8 CHICAGO SCHOOL OF POETRY
9 HARLEM RENAISSANCE: Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
10 AMERICAN POETRY: ANTI TRADITION (up to 1990s): Sylvia Plath, Lady Lazarus Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
11 AMERICAN LITERATURE: POST WW II Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
12 BEAT POETS: Allen Ginsberg, "America" Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
13 BEAT POETS Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
14 MULTIETHNIC LITERATURE
15 EVALUATION Discussion
16 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Richard Gray, A History of American Literature
Kathryn VanSpanckeren, Outline of American Literature

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To get prepared and read the assigned material before coming to class, to participate in-class discussions, to support what s/he has read through secondary sources, to make presentations

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

One midterm exam, one final exam.

Assessment Criteria

Students are supposed to:
1. have critical perspective(s)
2. think analytically
3. justify what s/he has learned about American literature (terms, concepts, trends, etc.) on their exam papers
4. Make quotations to support their ideas

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. to be punctual
2. to read the assigned material
3. to join class discussions
4. to ask questions
5. to attend classes as much as possible
6. to switch off the mobiles

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

email: erkan.avci@deu.edu.tr
Office: 18650

Office Hours

Everyday

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
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.15545232
LO.255552
LO.35545253555
LO.4553
LO.51111555

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