Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of American Literature II
Course Code: İDE224
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Familiarize the students with the major names, works, and issues in American literature from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.

Course Content

Examples from American poetry, drama, novel and short fiction written in the period between 1850 and 1990 will be read and discussed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Hafize Gül KOPARANOĞLU ARTUÇ
Learning Outcomes
1.Have general knowledge on American literary history from 1850s to the present
2.Identify how literature reflected the socal life in which it was produced
3.Generate ideas on American identity both locally and globally
4. Explain and interpret the written works of fiction and nonfiction from industrial revolution to the present
5.Describe and conclude how to read a piece of literary work in English in a scientific manner
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Baym, Nina, et al. eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 8th ed. Package 2. NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. Print.
2.Lauter, Paul (ed.) The Heath Anthology of American Literature Vol.I&II New York: D.C. Heath and Company, 1994.
3.Norton, Mary Beth, et al. A People and a Nation: History of the United States .7th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. Print.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction; review of course content and requirements
Week 2 - Theoretical
Romanticism: Transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance"
Week 3 - Theoretical
Romanticism: N.Hawthorne- “Young Goodman Brown"
Week 4 - Theoretical
American Gothic: E.A.Poe "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Masque of Red Death"
Week 5 - Theoretical
Realism and Local Color Fiction - Mark Twain & Bret Harte
Week 6 - Theoretical
Naturalism
Week 7 - Theoretical
Jack London "To Build a Fire"
Week 8 - Theoretical
Modernism
Week 9 - Theoretical
Robert Frost "Fire and Ice," "Desert Places," Carl Sandburg "Chicago" e. e. Cummings "[ l(a)]," "[O sweet spontaneous]"
Week 10 - Theoretical
Ernest Hemingway "Soldier's Home"
Week 11 - Theoretical
Postmodernism, Culture and Identity
Week 12 - Theoretical
The Rise Of Multiethnic Fiction
Week 13 - Theoretical
Amy Tan "Fish Cheeks"
Week 14 - Theoretical
Creative Nonfiction: Memoir and Autobiography
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Assignment18513
Individual Work62224
Midterm Examination1628
Final Examination16410
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
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OÇ-5
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