COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MAJOR AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 3031 MAJOR AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EVRIM ERSÖZ KOÇ

Offered to

American Culture and Literature (English)

Course Objective

This course concentrates on the selected American playwrights who have shaped contemporary American drama. The selected American dramatists intellectual and aesthetic positions will be analysed within both the social contexts of American history and the movements and changes in theatrical conventions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have information about the major plays and playwrights of American theatre
2   To understand the social, cultural and historical contexts of the selected plays
3   To explain a variety of forms and styles used in drama
4   To make connections between different works and ideas
5   To analyze the selected plays from different perspectives such as race, gender, class, religion, etc.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Introduction
2 Rice, Elmer. The Adding Machine Discussion
3 Rice, Elmer. The Adding Machine Discussion
4 Treadwell, Sophie. Machinal Discussion
5 Treadwell, Sophie. Machinal Kennedy, Adrianne. Funnyhouse of a Negro Discussion
6 Kennedy, Adrianne. Funnyhouse of a Negro Discussion
7 MIDTERM
8 Megan Terry. Viet Rock Discussion
9 Megan Terry. Viet Rock Discussion
10 Shepard, Sam. The Curse of the Starving Class Discussion
11 Shepard, Sam. The Curse of the Starving Class Discussion
12 Fornes, Maria Irene. Mud Discussion
13 Fornes, Maria Irene. Mud Finley, Karen. We Keep Our Victims Ready Discussion
14 Finley, Karen. We Keep Our Victims Ready Discussion
15 General Evaluation
16 FINAL

Recomended or Required Reading

Selected plays
Brockett, Oscar G. The Essential Theatre. 5th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Pub., 1991.
Esslin, Martin. An Anatomy of Drama. New York: Hill and Wang, 1976.
Mauforty, Marc, ed. Staging Difference: Cultural Pluralism in American Theatre and Drama. New York: Peter Lang, 1995.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, text analysis, class discussions, visual presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students are expected to
1. have critical perspectives on the major issues discussed in the lectures
2. think analytically
3. refer to the primary texts in order to support their arguments.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Students are expected to
1. attend 70% of the course schedule.
2. participate to in-class discussions
3. come to the classes having read the assigned text.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

evrim.ersoz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.2555
LO.355
LO.4555
LO.555555

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