Description of Individual Course Units
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Offered By |
American Culture and Literature |
Level of Course Unit |
Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree) |
Course Coordinator |
PROFESSOR DOCTOR NILSEN GÖKÇEN ULUK |
Offered to |
American Culture and Literature |
Course Objective |
This course is designed to analyze in the selected works of American literature the construction of the individual and the relationship between the individual and society. Since the topic to be handled initially involves the processes of the formation of the individual, Psychoanalytical, Archetypal, and Feminist-Psychoanalytical theories will provide the required background. The theories of Ethics ranging from Aristoteles to Levinas will help illuminate the processes that involve the transformation of the subject to the individual and the constructive and destructive functions of society. Finally, inner and external dynamics that motivate individuals confronted with ethical dilemmas will be examined. |
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 |
Kuram: |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
Lecture |
Assessment Methods |
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Further Notes About Assessment Methods |
will be annouced. |
Assessment Criteria |
Either the midterm or the final of this course will involve writing a research paper. The minimum criteria in the evaluation of this assignment will be the sensibleness and coherence of the argument, fluency of the development of ideas and thoughts, the quality and range of research, the intellectual level of the analyses and syntheses of the sources, their integration to the main idea, and the success in the accuracy, fluency in the idiomatic usage of language. The latest version of the MLA documentation style shall be employed in the research paper. The Wrks Cited must include at least ten secondary sources. Study aids such as Cliffsnotes, Sparksnotes will not be accepted as part of the Works Cited. |
Language of Instruction |
English |
Course Policies and Rules |
Any attempt at plagiarism at research papers will result in failure in this course and start a legal process against the student. |
Contact Details for the Lecturer(s) |
Address:Faculty of Letters Building Office A 220 |
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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