TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to discuss the historical and cultural factors that caused the emergence of Realism, 2) will be able to examine principles of Realism, 3) will be able to trace the rise and development of American Realism through the examination of selected works of fiction.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Literature of the second half of the 19th century. The movement will be studied in such a way as to establish its relations with the Local Colorists and and as a prequel to turn-of-the-century Naturalism.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Romantic and Realistic Trends in the American Literary Tradition 2nd Week Origins of Realism in American Fiction 3rd Week Local Color Writing and Realism 4th Week Local Color Writing and Women Writers 5th Week Student Presentations 6th Week Student Presentations 7th Week William Dean Howells 8th Week Mark Twain 9th Week Henry James 10th Week Student Presentations 11th Week Student Presentations 12th Week Towards Naturalism 13th Week Realism and Utopia 14th Week Realism into Modernism
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Pizer, Donald, ed. The Cambridge Companion to American Realism and Naturalism. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1995. Shi, David. Facing Facts: Realism in American Thought and Culture, 1850-1920. New York: Oxford UP, 1995. Shulman, Robert. Social Criticism and Nineteenth-Century American Fictions. Columbia: U of Missouri P, 1987.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Project 1 30 Attendance 1 10 Presentation of Article 2 20 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 5 70 Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Project 1 60 60 Article Presentation 2 25 50 Weekly Articles and Resource Research 14 5 70 Total Workload 305 Total Workload / 30 10,16 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No