TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) define popular literature?s origins and history, 2) discuss popular literature?s genres and conventions, 3) analyse the relationship between popular texts and the institutions that produce and market them.
MODE OF DELIVERY
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	This course offers a historical survey of American popular literature from the colonial period to the present. Texts chosen from various genres are analysed in the light of cultural and literary contexts in which they were written and accompanied by critical and theoretical readings.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Giriş 2nd Week Koloni Dönemi Popüler Edebiyatı: Esaret Anlatıları 3rd Week Koloni Dönemi (devam) 4th Week 19.yy. Sentimental Edebiyat: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin 5th Week Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin 6th Week Dime Romanı: Horatio Alger, Ragged Rick 7th Week Tekrar ve Ara Sınav 8th Week Horatio Alger, Ragged Rick 9th Week Western Romanı 10th Week Western Romanı 11th Week Dedektif Romanları: Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely 12th Week Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely 13th Week Dashiel Hammett, The Maltese Falcon 14th Week Dashiel Hammett, The Maltese Falcon
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Bloom, Clive. Cult Fiction: Popular Reading and Pulp Theory. Macmillan, 1996. Buhle, Paul. Popular Culture in America. Minneapolis. U of Minnesota P, 1987. Haut, Woody. Pulp Culture: Hard Boiled Fiction and the Cold War. Serpent's Tail, 1995. Hicken, Mandy. Now Read On: A Guide to Contemporary Popular Fiction. Gower, 1990. Long, Elizabeth. The American Dream and the Popular Novel. Routledge, 1985. McCraken, Scott. Pulp: Reading Popular Fiction. Manchester UP, 1998. McQuade, Donald, and Robert Atwan. Popular Writing in America: The Interaction of Style and Audience. Oxford UP, 1993. Rzepka, Charles J. Detective Fiction. Polity, 2005. Smith, Erin A. Hard-Boiled: Working Class Readers and Pulp Magazines. Temple UP, 2000. Springer, John Paris. Hollywood Fictions: The Dream Factory in American Popular Literature. U of Oklahoma P, 2000.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 20 Presentation of Article 1 10 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 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 2 28 Preparation for Final exam 1 12 12 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 1 12 12 Article Presentation 1 1 1 Article 1 10 10 Total Workload 119 Total Workload / 30 3,96 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No