INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LITERATURE PROGRAMME COURSE DESCRIPTION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
ELL207	INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LITERATURE	3	3	3	6

GENERAL INFORMATION
Language of Instruction :	English
Level of the Course Unit :	BACHELOR'S DEGREE, TYY: + 6.Level, EQF-LLL: 6.Level, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of the Course :	Compulsory
Mode of Delivery of the Course Unit	-
Coordinator of the Course Unit	Assist.Prof. TUĞBA AKMAN KAPLAN
Instructor(s) of the Course Unit	Assist.Prof. TUĞBA AKMAN KAPLAN
Course Prerequisite	No

OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS
Objectives of the Course Unit:	This course aims to develop a sense of a literature and culture based on racially and ethnically different background and to explore crucial features of the American cultural and literary experience in different genres, like short story, poem and novel, from the colonial period to the Antebellum Era.
Contents of the Course Unit:	This course is a survey in American literature dating back to discovery of America, and the syllabus is therefore designed to introduce a variety of different American writers, scholars and political figures from the colonial period to the Antebellum Era.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT (On successful completion of this course unit, students/learners will or will be able to)
summarise how American Literature is originated and developed.
select fundamental terminology and concepts significant in analysing early representative works of American literature from the colonial period to the Antebellum Era.
demonstrate critical thinking in the evaluation of the various American literary works from the colonial period to the Antebellum Era.
relate the early American writers’ use of language and narrative techniques to American cultural heritage and values.
use textual interpretation skills on works of American literature both in class and in a well-organised essay.

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 “We arrived a New Land” by Amerigo Vespucci	Lecture
2	Reading the Material Assigned	“The Journal of the First Voyage” by Christopher Columbus “Information to Those Who Would Remove to America” by Benjamin Franklin “Chief Seatle’s 1854 Oration” “On the Capture and Imprisonment of Crazy Snake” by Alexander L. Posey	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
3	Reading the Material Assigned	“City upon a Hill” by John Winthrop “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving “The May-Pole of Merry Mount” by Nathaniel Hawthorne	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
4	Reading the Material Assigned	“A Rose for Emily,” by William Faulkner “Eve's Diary” by Mark Twain “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
5	Reading the Material Assigned	“The Tell-Tale Heart ” by Edgar Allan Poe, “Hills Like White Elephant” by Ernest Hemingway “The Snake” by John Steinbeck	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
6	Reading the Material Assigned	“Désirée’s Baby” by Kate Chopin “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
7	Reading the Material Assigned	“Racial Mountain” by Langston Hughes “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston “Nothing New” by Marita Bonner	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
8	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
9	Reading the Material Assigned	“Racial Mountain” by Langston Hughes “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston “Nothing New” by Marita Bonner	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
10	Reading the Material Assigned	American Poetry “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman “I Heard a Fly Buzz when I died” by Emily Dickinson “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe “I walk alone” by Lonnie Poco “I, Too”, “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes “Incident,” “A Brown Girl Dead” Countee Cullen “Power” by Audre Lorde “Jailhouse Blues” by Bessie Smith	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
11	Reading the Material Assigned	American Poetry “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman “I Heard a Fly Buzz when I died” by Emily Dickinson “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe “I walk alone” by Lonnie Poco “I, Too”, “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes “Incident,” “A Brown Girl Dead” Countee Cullen “Power” by Audre Lorde “Jailhouse Blues” by Bessie Smith	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
12	Reading the Material Assigned	Bartleby, The Scrivener by Herman Melville	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
13	Reading the Material Assigned	Trifles by Susan Glaspell Color Struck by Zora Neale Hurston	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
14	Reading the Material Assigned	Cat on A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
15	Reading the Material Assigned	The Help by Kathryn Stockett	Lecture & Discussion & Inquiry-based Learning
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-

SOURCE MATERIALS & RECOMMENDED READING
Axelrod, S. G., Roman, C., & Travisano, T. J. (2003). The New Anthology of American Poetry. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Bryfonski, D. (2012). Womens issues in Kate Chopins The awakening. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press.
Taylor, P. J. (2001). Modern short stories: For students of english. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press.
Taylor, P. J. (1996). More modern short stories: For Students of English. S.l.: Oxford University Press.
Gilman, C. P. (2014). "The yellow wallpaper" and other stories. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications.

ASSESSMENT
Assessment & Grading of In-Term Activities	Number of Activities	Degree of Contribution (%)	Description

Level of Contribution
0	1	2	3	4	5

KNOWLEDGE
Theoretical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to identify the main characteristics of literary movements such as modernism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism during the process of analysing a literary text verbally or in an essay.				3
2	The graduate will be able to relate language structure to its functions in a literary text.						5
3	The graduate will be able to explain and generate ideas on literary texts or visual work such as films.					4
4	The graduate will be able to identify the language and the writing style of a wide range of authors, poets, and playwrights from different periods.						5

KNOWLEDGE
Factual
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to explain the key terms and concepts associated with language, literature, and culture.						5
2	The graduate will be able to historically categorise various centuries or periods of time such as the Renaissance or the 20th century according to the literary, theoretical, social, and political developments reflected in literary texts.			2

SKILLS
Cognitive
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to compare and contrast characteristics of different literary genres.						5
2	The graduate will be able to interpret literary works produced in various cultures with different ethnical background.						5
3	The graduate will be able to compare and contrast different periods of time such as the Middle Ages and the Victorian Era in accordance with their distinctive literary, theoretical, social, and political background verbally or in an essay.		1

SKILLS
Practical
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to apply literary theories and develop argument of their own in the process of writing a research paper.						5
2	The graduate will be able to formulate a sophisticated argument/thesis in compliance with the ethical requirements needed to avoid plagiarism during the process of writing a research paper.						5
3	The graduate will be able to apply research skills to gather, organise, and present information skills in a research paper.						5
4	The graduate will be able to employ translation methods while translating a text from English to Turkish or vice versa.	0

OCCUPATIONAL
Autonomy & Responsibility
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to organise occupational and academic activities including meeting, seminars, and conferences.		1

OCCUPATIONAL
Learning to Learn
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to determine his or her own learning requirements and goals to develop sustainable attitude towards life-long learning.				3

OCCUPATIONAL
Communication & Social
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to develop effective oral and written communication skills in English.						5

OCCUPATIONAL
Occupational and/or Vocational
	Programme Learning Outcomes	Level of Contribution
		0	1	2	3	4	5
1	The graduate will be able to appraise and criticise development of the social rights, democracy, social justice, gender and racial identity, cultural and ethical values.						5

WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE UNIT
Workload for Learning & Teaching Activities
Type of the Learning Activites	Learning Activities (# of week)	Duration (hours, h)	Workload (h)
Lecture & In-Class Activities	14	3	42
Preliminary & Further Study	13	3	39
Land Surveying	0	0	0
Group Work	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Reading	2	15	30
Assignment (Homework)	0	0	0
Project Work	0	0	0
Seminar	0	0	0
Internship	0	0	0
Technical Visit	0	0	0
Web Based Learning	0	0	0
Implementation/Application/Practice	0	0	0
Practice at a workplace	0	0	0
Occupational Activity	0	0	0
Social Activity	0	0	0
Thesis Work	0	0	0
Field Study	0	0	0
Report Writing	0	0	0
Final Exam	1	1	1
Preparation for the Final Exam	1	20	20
Mid-Term Exam	1	1	1
Preparation for the Mid-Term Exam	1	20	20
Short Exam	0	0	0
Preparation for the Short Exam	0	0	0
TOTAL	33	0	153