COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED STUDIES IN AMERICAN NOVEL II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 6054 ADVANCED STUDIES IN AMERICAN NOVEL II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

American Culture and Literature (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEMAN GIRESUNLU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature (English)

Course Objective

This course focuses on prominent American novelists from the Turn of the Century onwards

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1) The student acquires new information, about prominent American novelist within respective literary historical and cultural contexts, and literary movements from the Turn of the Century onwards (from Modernism through Postmodernism to current times)
2   2) The student acquires new information, regarding thematic issues, character development and setting as part of the study of American Novel II.
3   3) The Student by means of the study of critical literary trends, will not only acquire a critical edge towards literary texts, but also display skills in written expression: through asigned projects..
4   4) The student will become able to draw inferences out of critical and literary texts, and develop genuine responses.
5   5) The student will also learn to demonstrate acquired skills in literary text analysis (close reading); genuine argument construction; research capabilities, and synthesis towards a well developed research project.
6   6) The student will acquire necessary information in writing, and proper documentation through the MLA style sheet and will abide by the academic code of ethics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1) Introduction
2 2) A historical perspective into cultural issues at the Turn of the Century America Documentary watching, lecture and Class discussion
3 3) Henry James, The Golden Bowl Realism;changing cultural values though history, Transatlantic encounters Lecture and Class discussion
4 4)F.Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Modernism in Literature and the arts 1920s Lecture and Class discussion
5 5) Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises , Modernism in Literature and the arts 1920s Lecture and Class discussion
6 6) Faulkner, As I lay Dying; Modernism and The South in the 1930s Lecture and Class discussion
7 7) Zora Neal Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God Modernism and The South in the 1930s Lecture and Class discussion
8 8) Midterm
9 9) Critical theory and American novel through the 50s and 60s Lecture and Class discussion
10 10) Structuralism Claude Levi Strauss; Roland Barthes Lecture and Class discussion
11 11) Poststructralism: Deconstruction Foucault; Derrida Lecture and Class discussion
12 12) Postmodernism Ihab hassan; Brian Mc Hale; Frederick Jameson; Lecture and Class discussion
13 13) Postmodernism; Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow; Lecture and Class discussion
14 14) Postmodernism Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow; The Crying Lot of 49 Don Delilo, White Noise Lecture and Class discussion
15 15) Wrap up -closing remarks

Recomended or Required Reading

Henry James, The Golden Bowl; F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby; Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises , Faulkner, As I lay Dying
Zora Neal Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Claude Levi Strauss; Foucault; Derrida
Roland Barthes, Ihab Hassan; Brian Mc Hale; Frederick Jameson; Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow; The Crying Lot of 49; Don Delilo, White Noise;Stewart hall; Judith Butler;
This reading list is updated prior to each semester

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) All selected course material and class schedule will be posted on the course blog site; any changes into the tentative syllabus will be announced prior to classes.

2) The online course syllabus (blog) will also host course related audio visual content.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.35 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.35 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams:
Throughout the semester there will be two (2) exams
1) Midterm (%50)
Midterm exam will be administered as an in-class exam, comprising of essay type questions; and or a brief question and answer type exam.
2) Final (%50)
Final exam maybe administered as an in-class exam, comprising of essay type questions; and or a brief question and answer type exam.
However a final Project and its in-class presentation will be expected to fullfill the Final exam requirement.

ASSESMENT CRITERIA
1. Midterm and final exams asses knowledge.
Essay type questions asses knowledge presented as part of a well developed composition prepared in English.
2. Question and answer type exams expecting brief answers, do asses knowledge.
3. Research paper and presentation assignments require adherence to academic research and writing standards following the MLA style guide, and adherence to academic ethics.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1) Class participation is compulsory (%70). Students are expected to be prepared to participate into class discussions.

2). Research paper and presentation assignments require adherence to academic research and writing standards following the MLA style guide, and abide by the academic code of ethics.

3) Late assignments will be subject to deduction in grades as notified in class syllabus.

4) Students held exempt from class participation, are expected to stay updated with the current year's course content.

5) Students are expected to adhere with the academic code of ethics at all time.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Faculty of Letters

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 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Project Assignment 1 24 24
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.25545
LO.35455
LO.454
LO.5555
LO.6

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