COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR LEMAN GIRESUNLU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course focuses on modern poetry. Distinguishing features, and issues of modernism will be revisited with an emphasis on the genre's techniques
that will be covered along varied literary critical perspectives.
The meaning of art and poetic expression in modern poetry will be grounded on a historical and aesthetic understanding.
From World War I onwards ranging from prominent British and Irish poets to American Imagist poetry through the Harlem Renaissance,
some of the authors to be covered will include the following:
T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Hart Crane,
William Carlos Williams, Edna St.Vincent Millay, Wallace Stevens...

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry Vol. 1 Modern Poetry. New York: Norton Company 2003
Additional sources will be uploaed onto the class blog.
To be announced and updated prior to class meetings.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures will provide theoretical knowledge applicable to the course content.
2. Study groups and class discussions will enhance acquired knowledge; ensure understanding, and engage students into meaningful argumentation.
3. Class blog will introduce and update most recent discussions, interpretation, and resources available in the area.
4. Midterm examination will evaluate student proficiency in the knowledge acquired until the midterm.
5. Final examination will evaluate student proficiency in the area throughout the semester.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

At the end of this course, students will
1. acquire knowledge concerning modern poetry.
2. establish a critical understanding of the genre within American poetic tradition
3. acquire skills of poetic analysis and interpretation.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1) Students are expeced to attend and participate to classes on a regular basis.
2) Students are expected to abide by academic code of ethics.
3) Students are expected to follow course content and stay updated with class requirements.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced prior to class meeting and to be updated in the class blog.

Office Hours

To be announced prior to class meeting and to be updated in the class blog.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes