COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODERNISM IN AMERICA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 3020 MODERNISM IN AMERICA COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM BAŞARIR

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

Make a comparative analysis of canonical texts presenting modern worldview and postmodern models of thinking in diverse fields of study such as language and culture, fine arts, architecture, sociology, economics, theology, and philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the intellectual and ideological standpoints of the social and political changes that have been labeled as Modernism in the late 19th century.
2   Describe the modernist attitude as given in relevant critical theories with reference to its specific terms and concepts.
3   Distinguish the pioneering movements that have finally led to modernism and the terms of continuity from Enlightenment to modern era.
4   Comment on opposing cultural strategies of modern and postmodern worldview in establishing ideas and values.
5   Analyze the components that make up "modern" and "postmodern" America in relation to "tradition" and "continuity."

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Modern Period 1910-1945
2 The Modern Artist "The Painter of Modern Life" (1863), Charles Baudelaire "Tradition and the Individual Talent" (1919), T.S. Eliot
3 The Lost Generation and the Expatriates "Susie Asado" (1913), "Preciosilla" (1913), Gertrude Stein "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915), T.S. Eliot "L'Art" (1916), "A Retrospect" (1918), Ezra Pound
4 The Lost Generation and the Expatriates "Hills Like White Elephants" (1927), E. Hemingway "Babylon Revisited" (1935), F.S. Fitzgerald
5 The International Theme "Trans-National America" (1916), Randolph Bourne
6 Modernism in the American Soil "Barn Burning" (1938), William Faulkner "The Harness" (1938), John Steinbeck
7 Modernism in American Soil "The Little Convent Girl" (1893), Grace King "Blue Winds Dancing" (1938), Thomas S. Whitecloud "The Happiest Man on Earth" (1938), Albert Maltz
8 MIDTERM MIDTERM
9 Women in the Canon "Smoke" (1917), Djuna Barnes "Flowering Judas" (1930), "The Grave" (1944) Katherine Anne Porter
10 Women in the Canon "Anunciation" (1935), Meridel LeSueur "Roman Fever" (1936), Edith Wharton
11 Women in the Canon "The Standard of Living" (1941), Dorothy Parker "The Professional Instinct" (published posthumously 1962), Ellen Glasgow
12 The Harlem Renaissance "The New Negro" (1925), Alain Locke
13 The Harlem Renaissance "Blood-Burning Moon" (1923), Jean Toomer "Sweat" (1926), Zora Neale Hurston
14 General Evaluation General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Butler, Christopher. Modernizm. Istanbul: Dost, 2013.
Cahoone, L. ed. From Modernism to Postmodernism. Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell, 1996.
Childs, Peter. Modernism (The New Critical Idiom). London: Routledge, 2000.
Sarup, Madan. An Introductory Guide to Poststructuralism and Postmodernism. U of Georgia P, 1993.
Wellek, R. A History of Modern Criticism 1750-1950. Vol 6: American Criticism, 1900-1950. Yale U P, 1986.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Courses: Courses are the primary components of instruction among teaching strategies to lay the theoretical basis of subject and introduce the reading material relevant to the studied topic. Courses display a central role in getting to know the terms and concepts defining the topic.
2. In-Class discussions: In-class discussions aim at questioning the applicability of course material to diverse situations and thus increasing the factual tangibility of the information. The last hour of each weekly lecture is reserved for discussions.
3. Visual presentations and films: It includes the in-class projection of visual data such as pictures, illustrations, photographs, and maps as well as films and documentaries complementing the topic.

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Exams are to inquire the correct use of terms and concepts profiling the course material and question the major thinking patterns acquired in the course.

Assessment Criteria

1. Midterm exam covers the topics instructed in class from the beginning of semester to the day of the exam.
2. Final exam covers the topics instructed in class after the midterm exam to the end of the semester, with some vital references to the content of the midterm exam.
3. Exam questions are made up of four categories: multiple choice, fill in blanks, true and false, match up columns.
4. There is only one answer for each question
5. In match up columns, correlations between concepts, terms and names are questioned.
6. Students are required to complete the exam in the given period of time.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are required to attend 70% of the course schedule.
2. No textbooks or notes are allowed during the exam.
3. No dictionaries are allowed during the exam. All vocabulary used in the exam are covered previously in the class and expected to be familiar to the student.
4. Any form of cheating in the exam will result in a zero grade and also in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.basarir@deu.edu.tr
phone: 232 301 8677

Office Hours

Monday 14:00-15:00
Friday 14:00-15:00

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 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.135342
LO.25
LO.3344434
LO.44435
LO.55543

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