COURSE UNIT TITLE

: JEWISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 3027 JEWISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR AYŞEGÜL GÜNDOĞDU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course examines the experiences of the Jewish American individual and Jewish American culture in America through discussions of basic concepts and themes in the novels of major Jewish American writers.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students are expected to know major Jewish American writers and their novels
2   to grasp the major concepts and themes dominant in the formation of the Jewish American and in the Jewish American culture
3   to analyze the conflicts in the Jewish American individual and culture between being traditional or modern as a result not only of the Holocaust trauma but also of the changes and transformations experienced in America
4   to analyze the conflicts of Jewish American individual between being a Jewish American and an American.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course Introduction to the course
2 Goodbye Columbus Discussion of the text
3 Breadgivers Discussion of the text
4 Breadgivers Discussion of the text
5 The Shawl Discussion of the text
6 Everything is Illuminated Discussion of the text
7 Everything is Illuminated Discussion of the text
8 Midterm Exam
9 Seize the Day. Discussion of the text
10 American Pastoral Discussion of the text
11 American Pastoral Discussion of the text
12 American Pastoral Discussion of the text
13 Tell me a Riddle Discussion of the text
14 Wrap up

Recomended or Required Reading

Roth, Philip. Goodbye Columbus and Five Short Stories.
Yezierska, Anzia. Breadgivers
Ozick, Cynthia.The Shawl.
Foer, Jonathan, Safran. Everything is Illuminated.
Bellow, Saul. Seize the Day.
Roth, Philip. American Pastoral
Olsen, Tillie. Tell Me a Riddle.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and discussion

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

None

Assessment Criteria

Student's knowledge of the major themes and concepts realting to Jewish American culture studied in the novels.
Student's analysis of these themes and concepts in selected novels with an analytical approach.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

%70 attendance is compulsory
Plagiarism will be punished.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

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 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25555
LO.3455
LO.455

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