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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / İNG 206 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Code: İNG 206 Course Title: AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY II Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ERCAN KAÇMAZ (ercan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction English
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to enable the student to gain the knowledge, skills and competencies to know American culture and history in general terms, to recognize American culture in the period from the end of the American Civil War to the present day, and to examine the effects of historical, economic, cultural and social events.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Have general knowledge on American literary history from 1850s to the present. PO-
Examination
LO-2 Identify how literature reflected the socal life in which it was produced. PO-
Examination
LO-3 can express his / her ideas about the highlights of American Literature. PO-
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course covers the historical, economic, cultural and social events in America from the end of the American Civil War to the present. This course focuses on the concepts that determine the American character and culture in the historical, political and social context, and the thoughts behind American traditions, by introducing the centrally important representatives of the intellectual movements that define American culture in historical periods, and examines them on selected literary works.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 REALISM AND NATURALISM: Mark Twain, Jumping Frog Lecture, Discussion
2 REALISM AND NATURALISM: Henry James, The Real Thing Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour Lecture, Discussion
3 REALISM AND NATURALISM: Jack London, To Build A Fire Stephen Crane, The Open Boat Lecture, Discussion
4 MODERNISM AND EXPERIMENTATION: POETRY Lecture, Discussion
5 CHICAGO SCHOOL OF POETRY Carl Sandburg, Chicago Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken William C. Williams, Red Wheelbarrow Lecture, Discussion
6 MODERNISM AND EXPERIMENTATION: PROSE Lecture, Discussion
7 Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea Lecture, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 HARLEM RENAISSANCE: Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes Lecture, Discussion
10 AMERICAN POETRY: ANTI TRADITION (up to 1990s): Sylvia Plath, Lady Lazarus Lecture, Discussion
11 BEAT POETS: Allen Ginsberg, America NEW YORK SCHOOL OF POETRY: John Ashberry The One Thing That Can Save America Lecture, Discussion
12 NATIVE AMERICAN POETRY Louise Erdrich Family Reunion AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY amiri baraka, Three Modes of History and Culture Lecture, Discussion
13 POSTMODERNISM: Toni Cade Bambara, John Barth, Donald Barthelme Lecture, Discussion
14 POSTMODERNISM: Toni Cade Bambara, John Barth, Donald Barthelme Lecture, Discussion
15 Review Lecture, Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Gray, R. (2011). A History of American Literature. 2nd Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
2 Rozakis, Laurie (1995). Instant American Literature
3 Bode, Carl (1995). Highlights of American Literature
Required Course instruments and materials
Books.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 7 1 7
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 7 1 7
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 142