TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Seventh Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	6
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 poetry in the light of literary theory, 2) will be able to discuss the characteristics of various schools of American poetry in the second half of the twentieth century.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	In this course, modern and contemporary American poetry is studied in terms of genre and contents through a critical, theoretical and historical perspective.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week General Introduction: Social and cultural transformation in America from the late 19th century into the 20th century; social realism, modernism, and search for individual voices in poetry. 2nd Week The early modernists in poetry: Edgar Lee Masters and Edwin Arlington Robinson; 3rd Week Imagism and early examples of imagistic poetry: Amy Lowell 4th Week Robert Frost's poetry; Student Research Presentations; 5th Week Carl Sandburg; Wallace Stevens; Student Research Presentations; 6th Week Mid-term Examination I 7th Week William Carlos Williams; Ezra Pound; Student Research Presentations; 8th Week H.D. (Hilda Doolittle); Marianne Moore ; E.E. Cummings; Student Research Presentations; 9th Week The Harlem Renaissance: Langston Hughes; Countee Cullen; Student Research Presentations; 10th Week Robert Penn Warren; Theodore Roethke; Charles Olson; Robert Creeley; Student Research Presentations; 11th Week The Beat Generation: Allen Ginsberg; Gary Snyder; Student Research Presentations; 12th Week Mid-Term Examination II. 13th Week John Ashbery; Student Research Presentations; 14th Week Sylvia Plath; Student Research Presentations;
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Nina Baym et al. 8thedn. New York: Norton, 2012. Volumes D and E. Shucard, Alan, Modern American Poetry, 1865-1950. Boston: Twayne , 1989. DiYanni,Robert. Modern American Poets:Their Voices and Visions.New York:Random House,1987. Nelson, Cary. Repression and Recovery: Modern American Poetry and the Politics of Cultural Memory 1910-1945. Wisconsin: U of Wisconsin P, 1989. Staufer, Donald Barlow. A Short History of American Poetry. New York: Dutton, 1974. Myers, Jack, and David Wojan, eds. A Profile of Twentieth-Century Americasn Poetry. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1991. Rotella, Guy. Reading and Writing Nature: The Poetry of Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, and Elizabeth Bishop. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1991.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 2 50 Attendance 1 5 Other 1 20 Total(%) 75 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 75 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 25 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No