ELIT523 HIGHLIGHTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
Course Code: | 8210523 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
Department: | English Literature |
Language of Instruction: | English |
Level of Study: | Graduate |
Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ELİF ÖZTABAK AVCI |
Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn:
recurring thematic concerns in some canonical nineteenth- and twentieth-century works of American literature.
major literary genres that emerged in American literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
major aesthetic, philosophical, political and cultural contexts informing American literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Course Content
Texts by major literary figures of the 19th and 20th century are studied with a critical approach to give the students a taste of American Literature with its specifically American themes and concerns. The approach used is cultural as well as literary.
Course Learning Outcomes
The student who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
identify major themes emerging in nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature.
identify major genres emerging in nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature.
will be able to outline the major lines of critical argument around the selected works.
will be able to compose a critical essay on at least one of the literary texts studied in class.
Program Outcomes Matrix
Level of Contribution | |||||
# | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
1 | compare and contrast literary texts written in different periods of British literature in terms of form and content. | ✔ | |||
2 | appreciate authors who emerge out of non-British contexts. | ✔ | |||
3 | approach the notion of the literary canon from a critical perspective. | ✔ | |||
4 | read and interpret texts critically from different theoretical vantage points. | ✔ | |||
5 | become acquainted with the characteristics of various genres of literature. | ✔ | |||
6 | identify major themes and generic features of literary texts. | ✔ | |||
7 | analyze the relationships between form and content in literary texts. | ✔ | |||
8 | outline the major lines of critical argument around literary and cultural texts. | ✔ | |||
9 | write insighful papers on different literary topics. | ✔ | |||
10 | articulate their ideas with a critical awareness in literary discussions. | ✔ | |||
11 | decipher different literary texts in terms of structure and technical features. | ✔ |
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution