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)	Associate Professor Merve Sarıkaya Şen
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) attain an awareness of the issues of gender and identity that women writers explore in their literary works, 2) identify the historical, social, intellectual, cultural and artistic contexts in which women's literary works are produced, 3) obtain the ability to distinguish the distinctive characteristics of a variety of genres employed, revised and produced by women writers, 4) apply American feminist literary criticism to American women's writing.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to trace the traditions of American women's writing from the colonial era to the present day. It focuses on the various genres women writers have adopted to express their historical, social, political, ethnic, and individual concerns, and explores the ways in which they resist and subvert the traditional gender roles.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: American Women Writers 2nd Week Women Writers at the Turn of the Century 3rd Week Women writers between the world wars 4th Week Women and the High Modernist Movement 5th Week Midterm I 6th Week Women Writers after 1945 7th Week Women Writers after 1945 8th Week Women Writers after 1945 9th Week Bayram Break 10th Week 21st Century Women Writers 11th Week Midterm II 12th Week Bank Holiday 13th Week 21st Century Women Writers 14th Week 21st Century Women Writers 15th Week Revision and Wrap-up
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Martin, Wendy, and Sharone Williams. The Routledge Introduction to American Women Writers. Routledge, 2016. Showalter, Elaine, editor. The Vintage Book of American Women Writers. Vintage Books, 2011.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 15 Quiz 1 10 Other 1 5 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 1 3 3 Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 13 13 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 13 13 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Presentation (including preperation) 1 5 5 Total Workload 122 Total Workload / 30 4,06 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No