COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MAJOR AMERICAN AUTHORS FROM 1945 II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 4026 MAJOR AMERICAN AUTHORS FROM 1945 II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR ERKAN AVCI

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

To focus on one major American author/period and to analyze the works of fiction (examples from novels, stories, and/or poems, if there are any)

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   know the genre(s) and the theme(s) they have studied
2   . identify the intellectual, literary, and/or philosophical trends the author belongs to
3   possess critical thinking for, generate hypothesis on, and draw up a conclusion from what they have analyzed
4   make literary criticism
5   describe and determine the impact(s) of a piece of literary work in a personal, social, and cultural frame

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Postmodern Literature Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
2 Postmodern Literature Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
3 Pastiche Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
4 "Junky's Christmas", William Burroughs Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
5 "Entropy", Thomas Pynchon Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
6 Metafiction Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
7 "Harrison Bergeron", Kurt Vonnegut Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
8 MIDTERM
9 Fabulation "The babysitter", Robert Coover Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
10 Magical Realism Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
11 "The Mourning Door", Elizabeth Graver Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
12 Paranoia Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
13 "The Machine Stops", E. M. Forster Lecture on the period, in-class discussion, problem-solving, question and answer
14 WRAP-UP SESSION CLASS DISCUSSION

Recomended or Required Reading

The list that is shown in the course content

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

to get prepared and read the assigned material before coming to class, to participate in-class discussions, to support what s/he has read through secondary sources, to make presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1 Midterm
1 Final Exam

Assessment Criteria

Students are supposed to:
1. have critical perspective(s)
2. think analytically
3. justify what s/he has learned about American literature (terms, concepts, trends, etc.) on their exam papers
4. Make quotations to support their ideas

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. to be punctual
2. to read the assigned material
3. to join class discussions
4. to ask questions
5. to attend classes as much as possible
6. to switch off the mobiles

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erkan.avci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155254555
LO.255
LO.35455555
LO.4555
LO.5333455545

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