COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YEŞIM BAŞARIR

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course examines in detail some of the key authors and artists of Modernism in Europe and the U.S.

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

Wilson, Edmund. Axel's Castle: A Study of Imaginative Literature 1870-1930. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Student presentations and discussion
Textual Analysis

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment will involve one mid-term and one final exam. In examinations it is important that students achieve coherence of thought, understanding of course topics and contexts and synthesis of the ideas and topics on the course.
All students are expected to prepare a presentation of their choice from the course topics, contribute coherently to class discussion, and provide in depth and sensible analyses of the texts that we have read.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The minimum attendance requirement for this class is 70 %.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.basarir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes