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| ELL2038 | American Culture and Literature | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE (%100 English) | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Arş. Gör. Özlem ÇAKMAKOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The main goal of the course is to adapt students understanding of American culture to contemporary American poetry, novels, art, and music. Students will have the opportunity to evaluate the works of different authors from artistic, cultural, and sociopolitical perspectives. They will also understand the importance of various American authors and eras in relation to different literary genres, give presentations on American culture and literature, and connect different literary genres. In this way, students will be able to develop a comprehensive understanding of American literature. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Students will be able to interpret American literary works within their historical, cultural, and literary contexts by using critical thinking and analytical skills. | 1 - 2 - 4 | 1,2,3,5, | | LO - 2 : | Students will be able to analyze the linguistic and stylistic features of American literary texts and apply them in foreign language teaching to promote cultural and linguistic awareness. | 1 - 2 - 5 - 9 | 1,2,3,5, | | LO - 3 : | Students will be able to evaluate American literary texts in the context of intercultural communication, transfer meaning across different languages and cultures, and produce qualified content through translation. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 11 - 12 | 1,2,3,5,6, | | LO - 4 : | Students will be able to examine American literature through interdisciplinary approaches and critically and analytically apply the knowledge they acquire in academic research and writing processes. | 1 - 2 - 5 - 6 - 15 | 1,2,5,6, | | LO - 5 : | Students will be able to compare American literary texts with their counterparts in their mother language and its cultural elements, recognizing linguistic and cultural differences. | 8 - 15 | 1,2,3,5,6, | | LO - 6 : | Students will be able to analyze the structural and functional aspects of language in American literary texts and relate them to fundamental linguistic concepts and theories. | 5 - 9 - 13 - 15 | 1,2,5,6, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Students who choose the course voluntarily have the opportunity to learn about America s location on a map and its states through an online game. From the history of the American flag to indigenous culture, from the Revolutionary War to the Harlem Renaissance and the Apollo Space Race, each student analyses America through their presentations, exploring the socio-cultural impacts of historical, social, psychological, environmental, cultural, and political aspects on the country's structure. In addition to the historical background, the course also covers the chronology of American literature, from Poe to Miller and from Whitman to Steinbeck. Genres such as poetry, novels, films, plays, prose, painting, music, short stories, and fairy tales are discussed in terms of form and content within the scope of the selected works. In light of these analyses, students rediscover literary terms and figures of speech, enriching their knowledge of the field. Their analyses are not merely based on reading, but rather on internalising the theoretical background of the main literary movements in American literature. In conclusion, throughout the course, students examine the interrelationships and development of American culture and literature across periods through a thematic and chronological framework. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | -Meet and Greet
-Where is America and the Capital City?
-The Chronological Order of American History and Literature
-Distribution of the Presentations | | | Week 2 | 1. The Native Culture 1490-1700
2. The Discovery 1492 (Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci)
3. The Pilgrims 1500-1670
4. The Colonization/The First Colonies 1607-1733
5. The Mayflower Compact 1620
6. The Puritan Immigration/Puritanism 1620-1640
7. The Chronicle Narratives
8. The Salem Witch Trials 1692 | | | Week 3 | 9. The Great Awakening/Religious Revival 1730s-1740s
10. The Enlightenment 1750-1800
11. The Boston Massacre 1770 and Boston Tea Party 1773
12. The Revolutionary War/American War of Independence 1775-1783
13. The Melting Pot 1780s
14. The Constitution 1787 (1783-1820)
15. The American Renaissance 1800-1855
16. Romanticism 1820-1860 | | | Week 4 | 17. Transcendentalism 1830-1850
18. Gothic 1830s
19. Feminism 1848-1990s
20. The California Gold Rush 1848-1855
21. The Slavery 1850-1869
22. Realism 1850-1914
23. The Civil War 1861-1865
24. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 1865 | | | Week 5 | 25. Ku Klux Klan 1865
26. Naturalism 1865-1900
27. The First World War 1914-1918
28. Modernism 1914-1945
29. The Great Migration 1916-1970
30. The Harlem Renaissance 1918-1930
31. The Lost Generation 1920s
32. The Roaring/Golden Twenties 1920s | | | Week 6 | 33. The Wall Street Crash and The Great Depression 1920-1929
34. The New Negro 1925
35. The New Deal 1929-1939
36. The American Dream 1930s
37. The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
38. The Second World War 1939-1945
39. Pearl Harbor 1941
40. The Civil Rights Movement 1946-1968 | | | Week 7 | 41. The Cold War 1947-1991
42. The Beat Generation/Movement 1950-1965
43. Existentialism 1950s
44. Postmodernism 1950-2012 ? 1950-Present
45. Vietnam War 1955-1975
46. The Hippie Movement 1960s
47. Assassination of John F. Kennedy 1963
48. Assassination of Malcolm X 1965 and Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 1968
49. Apollo ? Space Race History 1967
50. Expressionism Late 1900s
51. September 11, 2001
52. Black Lives Matter 2013-Present | | | Week 8 | Mid-Term Exam | | | Week 9 | NOVELLA: Historical and Cultural Analysis of John Steinbeck's -Of Mice and Men- (1937)
American Art Gallery - Student Exhibition: Every student must select an artist, then choose at least three (3) of their favourite paintings, and identify the artistic movement that influenced them. They should analyze the paintings concerning the chosen movement. | | | Week 10 | Trabzon State Theatre Workshop: From Text to Stage: Dramaturgy and Staging Techniques | | | Week 11 | Literary Analysis of John Steinbeck's -Of Mice and Men- (1937) | | | Week 12 | Seminar on Theatre and Architecture: From Page to Screen: The Narrative of Space in Of Mice and Men
(Film Versions of the Text) | | | Week 13 | A staging workshop of John Steinbeck's -Of Mice and Men- (1937) | | | Week 14 | Court Trial Simulation: Staging a mock trial of George after Lennie?s death. Students undertake various roles such as prosecutor, witness, defendant, and jury, creating an artificial defense atmosphere. | | | Week 15 | a. Reflection Paper Covering the Semester
b. Pool on 'I am a Human After All', 'What is happiness and existence is?'
c. American Literature Quotation Tree | | | Week 16 | End-of-Term Exam | | | |
| 1 | Wayne Franklin, Philip F. Gura, and Arnold Krupat, The Norton Anthology of American Literature - Volume A: Beginnings to 1820, W. W. Norton & Company, New York 2007. | | | 2 | Nina Baym (ed.), The Norton Anthology of American Literature - Volume B: 1820-1865, W. W. Norton & Company, New York 2002. | | | 3 | Nina Baym, Arnold Krupat, and Jeanne Campbell Reesman (eds.), The Norton Anthology of American Literature - Volume C: 1865-1914, W. W. Norton & Company, New York 2007. | | | 4 | Nina Baym, Jerome Klinkowitz, Arnold Krupat, and Patricia B. Wallace (eds.), The Norton Anthology of American Literature - Volume E: 1945 to Present, W. W. Norton & Company, New York 2007. | | | 5 | John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Introduction by Joseph Henry Jackson, The Modern Library, 1938. | | | |
| 1 | Hans Bertens and Theo D'haen, American Literature: A History, Routledge, London 2013. | | | 2 | Peter B. High, An Outline of American Literature, Longman, New York 1986. | | | 3 | Paul Lauter, Richard Yarborough, John Alberti, and Mary Pat Brady, The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Cengage Learning, Boston 2009. | | | 4 | Carl Bode, Highlights of American Literature, Materials Branch U.S. Information Agency, Washington 1995. | | | 5 | Louis George Alexander, Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students, Longmans, Malta 1969. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Presentation | 1-8 | | 8 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 3 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 4 | 12 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Ödev | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Proje | 3 | 4 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 4 | 28 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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