Description of Individual Course Units
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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 |
This course is designed to build an intellectual and cultural framework for the American literary canon from the colonial years to the American revolutionary war and early Romantic period. |
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Mode of Delivery |
Face -to- Face |
Prerequisites and Co-requisites |
None |
Recomended Optional Programme Components |
None |
Course Contents |
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Recomended or Required Reading |
Bercovitch, Sacvan. The Puritan Origins of the American Self. Yale U P, 1975. |
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. |
Assessment Methods |
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Further Notes About Assessment Methods |
Exams 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. |
Language of Instruction |
English |
Course Policies and Rules |
1. Students are required to attend 70% of the course schedule. |
Contact Details for the Lecturer(s) |
yesim.basarir@deu.edu.tr |
Office Hours |
By appointment |
Work Placement(s) |
None |
Workload Calculation |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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