COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MASCULINITY IN AMERICAN LITERATURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 4051 MASCULINITY IN AMERICAN LITERATURE 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

The aim of this course is to analyse various presentations and representations of masculinity in American culture and literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have information about different genres in American literature in which the social construction of masculinity is presented, criticized and subverted
2   To understand the social, cultural and historical contexts of the selected texts
3   To analyse the selected texts according to the theoretical evaluations of masculinity
4   To make connections between different works and ideas
5   To analyze the selected texts 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 Masculinities Discussion
3 Masculinity as Homophobia Discussion
4 Wilson, August. Fences Discussion
5 Wilson, August. Fences Discussion
6 Rabe, David. The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel Discussion
7 MIDTERM
8 Rabe, David. The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel Discussion
9 Bordo, Susan. Beauty (Re)discovers Male Body Discussion
10 Hemingway, Ernest. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber Discussion
11 Proulx, Annie. Brokeback Mountain Discussion
12 Bly, Robert. Iron John Discussion
13 Palahniuk, Chuck. Fight Club Discussion
14 Anderson, Paul Thomas dir. Magnolia Discussion
15 General Evaluation Discussion
16 FINAL

Recomended or Required Reading

Selected short stories, novels, plays, poems
Connell, R.W. The Men and The Boys. Sydney: Allen&Unwin, 2000.
Connell, R.W., James W. Messerschmidt. Hegemonic Masculinity: Rethinking the Concept. Gender and Society 19.6 (2005): 829-859.
Flood, Michael, et al.,ed. International Encyclopaedia of Men and Masculinities. London: Routledge, 2007.
Kimmel, Michael, Amy Aronson. Men and Masculinites: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: Abc Clio, 2004.

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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