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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS AKE 6035 DIALECTICS OF ENLIGHTENMENT IN AMERICAN LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NEVZAT KAYA

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to study American Literature in terms of the dialectics of Enlightenment and to analize the mythic elements that are paradoxically inherent to Enlightenment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To distinguish counter-discourses inherent to literary works, 2   To interpret American literature in the frame of philosophy, 3   To analize the mythical structures of literary texts, 4   To analize the potential of the transition from rationality to myth, 5   To analize literary texts by culturally-critical methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Rationality of Myths 2 The Myth of Rationality 3 Odysseus and the Hero Mastering Nature 4 America: Time-Lapsed Rationality 5 Text Analysis 6 Text Analysis 7 Text Analysis 8 Midterm 9 Dialogicity 10 Abjection 11 Grotesque 12 Nostrocentricism and Rationality 13 Text Analysis 14 Wrap-Up

Recomended or Required Reading

Adorno/Horkheimer: Dialectics of Enlightenment

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussions, analysis.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Assessment Criteria

1. Mid-term exam assesses learning outcomes 1.-3. 2. Final exam assesses learning outcomes 4.-5.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory. 2. Participation to in-class activities, mid-term and final exam is to be expected.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.kaya@deu.edu.tr, Tel. 02323019494

Office Hours

To be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 3 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Reading 4 20 80 Midterm 1 3 3 Final 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 203

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 PO.17 LO.1 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 LO.2 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 LO.3 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 LO.4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 LO.5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4