TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Eighth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	8
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to analyze postmodern American fiction in the light of techniques such as metafiction, intertextuality, parody and pastiche, 2) will be able to discuss the similarities and differences between modernist and postmodernist fiction.
MODE OF DELIVERY	E-Learning
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The aim of the course is to provide students with a theoretical background of postmodernism in its historical, social and cultural context and to introduce students to the representative works of postmodern American fiction. This course will enable students to question common perceptions about literature, language, reality, society, history, culture, religion, originality, identity, sexuality, etc. and to gain a critical approach to a postmodernist text with an emphasis on fragmentation, discontinuity, indeterminacy, plurality, metafictionality, heterogeneity, intertextuality, decentring, dislocation, diversity, contradiction, and anti-totalization.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Modernism and Postmodernism; ?Postmodernism?, Linda Hutcheon; ?The Postmodern?, Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle; Margaret Atwood, ?Happy Endings? 2nd Week Characteristics of Postmodern Fiction: ?Postmodernism and Literature?, Barry Lewis; John Fowles ?The Enigma? 3rd Week John Fowles ?The Enigma? Cont. 4th Week Ursula K. Le Guin: ?Schrödinger's Cat? 5th Week Parody, Intertextuality, Rewriting, Pastiche, Bricolage: ?Text, Context and Intertextuality?, Rob Pope; Rewriting Grand Narratives: Jorge Louis Borges ?Legend?; Rewriting History: Jorge Louis Borges, ?In Memoriam, J.F.K.?; Rewriting Fairy Tales: Emma Donoghue, ?The Tale of the Rose? 6th Week MIDTERM 7th Week Fact Meets Fiction: Historiographic Metafiction; Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5 8th Week Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5 cont. 9th Week Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5 cont. 10th Week Paul Auster, from The New York Trilogy: City of Glass 11th Week Paul Auster, from The New York Trilogy: City of Glass cont. 12th Week Paul Auster, from The New York Trilogy: City of Glass cont.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5. Paul Auster, from The New York Trilogy: City of Glass Margaret Atwood, ?Happy Endings? John Fowles, ?The Enigma? Ursula K. Le Guin: ?Schrödinger's Cat? Jorge Louis Borges ?Legend?, ?In Memoriam, J.F.K.? Emma Donoghue, ?The Tale of the Rose?
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Assignment 1 10 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
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No