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SELECTIONS FROM AMERICAN LITERATURE COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ELL208 SELECTIONS FROM AMERICAN LITERATURE 4 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Introduction to the Course Goals, Assignments, Schedule, Criteria, Policies Lecture
2 Reading the Material Assigned Race, Gender and Ethnicity: “Snow” by Julia Alvarez “You Have Left Your Lotus Pod on the Bus” by Paul Bowles Lecture & Discussion
3 Reading the Material Assigned “The Loudest Voice” by Grace Paley “Where I Come From Is Like This” by Paula Gunn Allen “To be Hopi or American” by Polingaysi Qöyawayma (Also known as Elizabeth Q. White) Lecture & Discussion
4 Reading the Material Assigned “First They Changed My Name” by Caffilene Allen “The Gilded Six-Bits” by Zora Neale Hurston Lecture & Discussion
5 Reading the Material Assigned “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin Lecture & Discussion
6 Reading the Material Assigned “Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Lecture & Discussion
7 Reading the Material Assigned The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (Chapters 1-11) Lecture & Discussion
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading the Material Assigned The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (Chapters 12-20) Lecture & Discussion
10 Reading the Material Assigned The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger (Chapters 1-16) Lecture & Discussion
11 Reading the Material Assigned The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger (Chapters 16-26) (FIRST DRAFT) Lecture & Discussion
12 Reading the Material Assigned Drama Our Town by Thornton Wilder Lecture & Discussion
13 Reading the Material Assigned The Crucible by Arthur Miller Lecture & Discussion
14 Reading the Material Assigned The Crucible by Arthur Miller Lecture & Discussion
15 Reading the Material Assigned Film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -1975 (Based on 1962 novel with the same title by Ken Kesey) Lecture & Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -