Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Murat KADİROĞLU

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Survey and distinguish between the major works, periods and movements in American literature beginning from the Civil War period to the end of the 20th century.
2) Describe historically the social, cultural and political background as well as the correspondance between both canonized or non-canonized literary works of contemporary American Literature from the second half of the 19th century to the end of 20th century.
3) Examine critically issues and conflicts of race, class, gender, ethnicity and age that are essential to the American literary identity.
4) Explain the socio-cultural transformations of 20th century in American Literature.
5) Evaluate emerging themes, techniques and trends in 20th century American Literature comparatively with previous centuries.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Learning Outcomes
	1	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	2	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	3	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	4	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	5	High	High	High	High	High	High	High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

The course provides contextual analysis of the American literature from 1865 to today.

Weekly Schedule

1) Introduction to the course
2) American Literature: 1914 – 1945
3) Drama: O’Neill, Glaspell, Odets
4) Poetry: Hughes, Sandburg, Williams, Pound, H.D., Frost, Cummings,
5) Prose: Anderson, Cather, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck
6) Prose: Anderson, Cather, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck
7) Prose: Anderson, Cather, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) American Literature since 1945
10) Poetry: Berryman, Wright, Lowell, Rich, Ashbery, Baraka, Plath, Sexton, Olson, Levertov; The Beat Generation
11) The Problem of Ethnic Identities in Prose: Ellison, Walker, Malamud, Silko, Erdrich
12) Drama: Albee, Williams, Miller, Wilson, Mamet
13) Postmodernist Writers: Nabakov, Mailer, Barth, Pynchon
14) Postmodernist Writers: Nabakov, Mailer, Barth, Pynchon
15) Final examination

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Other(s) to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)