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 |
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEMAN GIRESUNLU |
Offered to |
American Culture and Literature |
Course Objective |
This course examines in detail some of the key poets and texts of the New American Poetry, focusing on Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance and the New York School, the three central schools of American mid-century modernist poetics. As well as understanding the oeuvres of the poets involved in these schools we will consider the societal contexts of the period, contributions from visual artists and composers and the nature of canon building. |
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 |
Textbook(s): Donald Allen (ed.) The New American Poetry |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
Lectures |
Assessment Methods |
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Further Notes About Assessment Methods |
Will be announced. |
Assessment Criteria |
Assessment will involve one take-home essay at mid-term, one examination at the final and one in-class presentation. In essays and examinations it is important that students achieve coherence of thought, understanding of course topics and contexts and synthesis of the ideas and topics on the course. MLA formatting should be followed in the take-home paper and references should be made only to reputable sources and properly cited. During presentations students should display the same understanding and synthesis, as well as concision and good presentation skills. There should be no plagiarism in any of these topics, and any students who do not submit any of these assessments will fail. |
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. The minimum attendance requirement for this class is 70 %. |
Contact Details for the Lecturer(s) |
yesim.basarır@deu.edu.tr |
Office Hours |
To be announced. |
Work Placement(s) |
None |
Workload Calculation |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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