COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DISABILITY IN AMERICAN FICTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 2034 DISABILITY IN AMERICAN FICTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR AYŞEGÜL GÜNDOĞDU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature (English)

Course Objective

This course aims to discuss and understand how disability in its different forms such as physical, emotional and mental is presented and discussed in various literary texts like novels, stories, plays and movies in American Literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To analyze different presentations of disability in American Literature in different texts
2   To analyze the stereotypical and different presentations of disability
3   To question the concepts of normal and not-normal by discussing the presentations of disability
4   To discuss the ways we perceive and understand disability by analyzing how the language is used and disability is presented in texts
5   To write essays with a critical mind by making academic research on this topic

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Discussion
2 The Birth Mark Discussion
3 The Birth Mark Discussion
4 Good Country People Discussion
5 Good Country People Discussion
6 The Glass Menagerie Discussion
7 Vize Discussion
8 The Glass Menagerie Discussion
9 Of Mice and Men Discussion
10 Of Mice and Men Discussion
11 Children of a Lesser God Discussion
12 Children of a Lesser God Discussion
13 The Sound and the Fury Discussion
14 The Sound and the Fury Discussion
15 Evaluation Discussion
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability (Clare Barker&Stuart Murray), The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability (Alice Hall), The Birth Mark (Nathaniel Hawthorne), Good Country People (Flannery O'Connor), The Sound and The Fury (William Faulkner), Of Mice and Men (John Steinback), The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams), Children of a Lesser God (Mark Medoff)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion of disability in different literary texts in American Literature

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 understand and analyze the presentations of disability in different texts in American Literature and to develop a critical mind regarding the concepts of disability and normalcy.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is compulsory
Plagiarism will be punished.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysegul.gundogdu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced to students each term.

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 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.355
LO.4555
LO.5555555

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