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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

ELL006

Course Name:

Ethnic American Literature

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Departmental Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Araş. Gör. BURAK ASLAN

Course Lecturer(s):

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

This course will study in historical, theoretical texts as well as fictional narratives how ethnic and immigrant groups contributed to, challenged, and transformed the American society and how each of them is perceived, marginalized, and/or accepted by the mainstream American culture from the earliest foundations of the US to the present.
This course is designed to introduce to the student a significant part of American history and social makeup. Since America was founded primarily as a nation of immigrants a melting pot or a kaleidoscope in which all the varieties and colors of human races and cultures are amalgamated and represented, an understanding of the American culture and history that overlooks their ethnic and immigrant components is at best incomplete. At the end of this course, in addition to an understanding of the intricate and intimate relations between race, class, and gender, the students are expected develop an understanding of the (shifting) margins and center(s) of American culture, relations between ethnic groups and the mainstream culture as well as interrelations among ethnic groups.

Course Content:

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Discern through major works of American literature the multiplicity of narratives underlying and often challenging the official version of American history and culture,
2) Grasp the experience of immigration and migration as an essential part of the history of mankind in general and of the US in particular,
3) Develop sensibilities towards issues pertaining to immigration, ethnicity, cultural/racial/gender minorities, and center-margin relationships.
4) Become familiar with the variety of the literary, cultural and critical texts on ethnicity and immigration,
5) Learn the development of and apply the theories of ethnicity,
6) Comprehend the cultural, economic, legal and historical background of immigration to the US,
7) Analyze and coherently synthesize literary texts in which stories of immigration are portrayed and presented,
8) Develop sensibilities to differences in their own cultures.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Güncellenecektir
1)	Introduction to the Course: Is America an Immigrant Culture : Immigrants and non-Immigrant Ethnics.
2)	Different Experiences of Landing and Encounter: Takaki, Part One: Boundlessness. Part Two: "Borders: Toward the Stony Mountaings: From Removal to Reservation." Part Three. "Distances: 'The Indian Question': From Reservation to Reorganization." Crevecoeur, "Letters from an American Farmer."
3)	Paula S. Rothenberg, ed. Race Class and Gender. "Sun Chief: Autobiography of a Hopi Indian," "Indian Tribes: A Continuing Quest for Survival" Student Reports on Erdrich, Love Medicine
4)	Sollors, "Romantic Love, Arranged Marriage, and Indian Melancholy," "Interlude: From Indian to Urban," "Some Tales of Consent and Descent." Student Reports on Erdrich, Love Medicine.
5)	Takaki, Part Two: Borders: "No More Peck o'Corn: Slavery and Its Discontents." Part Three: Distances: "To the Promised Land: Blacks in the Urban North." Student Reports on Rothenberg Part II and III
6)	Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself Student Reports on Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima
7)	Takaki: "Borders: 'Foreigners in Their Native Land': Manifest Destiny in the Southwest." Part Three: "Distances: 'El Norte': The Borderland of Chicano America." Sowell, "Americans from Latin America." Student Reports on Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima
8)	Midterm Exam
9)	David Hollinger, Postethnic America, "Introduction," "Haley's Choice and Ethno-racial Pentagon," "From Species to Ethnos" Student Reports on Rothenberg Part VI
10)	European Backgrounds: Thomas Sowell, "Americans from Europe." Oscar Handlin, The Uprooted: "Peasant Origins," "The Crossing," "The Daily Bread," "Generations," "The Shock of Alienation," "Restriction," "Promises." Student Reports on Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives
11)	Handlin, "New Worlds, New Visions," "Religion as a Way of Life," "The Ghettos," "In Fellow Feeling," "Democracy and Power." Student Reports on Cahan, "The Imported Bridegroom."
12)	Takaki: Part Two: Borders: "Emigrants from Erin: Ethnicity and Class within White America" Part Three: "Distances: 'Between Two Endless Days': The Continuous Journey to the Promised Land." Student Reports on Jen, Who is Irish
13)	Cahan, Yekl Student Reports on Richard H. Thompson, Theories of Ethnicity: "Introduction: Ethnicity and Human Nature," "In Genes We Trust," "Primordial Versus Civil Ties: The Dialectic between Ethnicity and the State." Hollinger: Epilogue Sollors: Conclusion
14)	Wrap up

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Thomas Sowell, Ethnic America
Oscar Handlin, The Uprooted
Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives
Paula S. Rothenberg, Race,Class, and Gender in the United States
Ronald Takaki, A Different Mirror
Richard H. Thompson, Theories of Ethnicity
Werner Sollors, Beyond Ethnicity
David Hollinger, PostethnicAmerica
Gordon Hutner, Immigrant Voices
Abraham Cahan, The Imported Bridegroom and Other Stories
Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine
Gish Jen, Who is Irish
Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me Ultima
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself

References:

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Program Outcomes
1) Uses academic English language skills effectively.
2) Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.
3) Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features.
4) Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics.
5) Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.
6) Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way.
7) Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features.	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
8) Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective.
9) To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types.
10) Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language.
11) Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language.
12) Uses a second foreign language at B1 General Level at least according to the European Language Portfolio criterion.
13) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of European Computer Driving License.
14) Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences.
15) Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Uses academic English language skills effectively.
2)	Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.
3)	Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features.
4)	Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics.
5)	Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.
6)	Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way.
7)	Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features.	3
8)	Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective.
9)	To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types.
10)	Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language.
11)	Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language.
12)	Uses a second foreign language at B1 General Level at least according to the European Language Portfolio criterion.
13)	Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of European Computer Driving License.
14)	Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences.
15)	Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 50
Final	1	% 50
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Preparation for the Activity	Spent for the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements	Workload
Course Hours	14	0	3		42
Study Hours Out of Class	16	0	5		80
Midterms	1	0	2		2
Final	1	0	2		2
Total Workload					126