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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:

ELL026

Course Name:

Survey of American Literature 1

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:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. ZAFER PARLAK

Course Lecturer(s):

Dr. Öğr. Üy. ZAFER PARLAK

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

This course is designed as a general introduction to the American literature from the oral tradition of Native Americans American War of Independence. It encompasses the review of major historico-cultural developments in this long era as well the introduction of canonical literary works both in prose and verse. The course is offered in the form of introductory lectures for each literary and historical period followed by the reading and discussion of individual texts.

Course Content:

Starting from the oral literature of the indigenous people, the colonies of Europeans, Puritans, the American War of Independence, the establishment of the United States and the important events in the period until the American Civil War, philosophical thoughts, local myths, the concept of colonization and history; The background of the historical process that began with the arrival of Europeans to the Americas; major writers of the period such as Bradstreet, Taylor, Franklin, Paine and Freneau; literary periods and movements.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Describe the culture and civilization of Native Americans before the arrival of Western colonists
2) To be able to define the historical and cultural background of American civilization and various developments
3) To be able to distinguish various developmental periods from the beginning of American literature under English Literature to its transformation into real American Literature.
4) To be able to read and analyze the works of 17th and 18th century American writers
5) Use critical methods and make inferences while reading the works of this period

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	America: Discovery to Independence (1492-1783) (p Historical, Social and Literary Context (1) (p.2-26) • The New World at the Time of Columbus • England and the New World • Life in the Colonies
2)	America: Discovery to Independence (1492-1783) Historical, Social and Literary Context (2) (p. 27-40) • Early Colonial Literature • Early to Late 18th Century American Literature
3)	America: Discovery to Independence (1492-1783) Poetry • Anne Bradstreet (p.43 -44) • Edward Taylor (p. 47-49) • Phillis Wheatley (p. 51-52) Prose • Captain John Smith (p. 53-57) • John Winthrop (p. 58-61) • William Bradford (p. 62-64)
4)	America: Discovery to Independence (1492-1783) Prose • Cotton Mather (p. 67-69) • Mary Rowlandson (p. 70-73) • Jonathan Edwards (p. 74-76) • Benjamin Franklin (p. 77-81, 84-89) • Thomas Paine (p. 90-97) • St Jean de Creveceor (p. 98-102)
5)	Post-Revolutionary America (1783-1820) Historical, Social and Literary Context (258-285)
6)	Post-Revolutionary America (1783-1820) Poetry • William Cullen Bryant (p.286-288) • Philip Freneau (p. 289-296) Prose • Washington Irving (p. 297-309) • Olaudah Equiano – Gustavus Vassa (p. 310-313)
7)	Revision
8)	MIDTERM EXAM
9)	America (1820 -1890) Historical, Social and Literary Context (p. 510-593)
10)	America (1820 -1890) Transcendentalism • R. Waldo Emerson (p. 633- 637) • Henry David Thoreau (p. 638-643) • Walt Whitman (p. 594-604)
11)	America (1820 -1890) Poetry • Emily Dickinson (p. 605-613 • Edgar Allan Poe • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
12)	America (1820 -1890) Prose • James Fenimore Cooper (p. 614-617) • Edgar Allan Poe (p. 623-632)
13)	America (1820 -1890) Prose • Herman Melville (p. 657- 674) • Nathaniel Hawthorne (p. 644-651)
14)	America (1820 -1890) Prose • Stephen Crane (p. 701-707) • Mark Twain (p. 675-688)
15)	FINAL EXAM

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Allen, Derek R.; Smith, Paul G.; Malgaretti, Fabio G. Words, Words, Words. A History and Anthology of Literatures in English, Volume 2. La Spiga Languages, 2003
References:	https://www.poetryfoundation.org https://www.britannica.com/art/American-literature https://www.britannica.com/list/periods-of-american-literature https://modernstates.org/course/american-literature/

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) Uses academic English language skills effectively.	2	2	2	2	2
2) Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.	2	2	2	2	2
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.	2	2	2	2	2
5) Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.	2	2	2	2	2
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
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
2)	Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.	2
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.	2
5)	Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.	2
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
Attendance	1	% 5
Homework Assignments	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 45
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 55
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 45
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Study Hours Out of Class	16	80
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		126