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)	Assistant Professor Seda Şen
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to analyze postmodern and contemporary American poetry in the light of literary theory, 2) will be able to discuss the characteristics of various schools of American poetry in the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century 3) will be able to evaluate and follow the recent developments in poetry in various mediums including digital media
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to introduce students to the various schools of American poetry emerging after the 1960s. This course is a continuation of AMER475 American Poetry II and, in addition to poetry analysis, the context will be supported through articles and online sources.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to the Course and Overview of the Syllabus 2nd Week From Closed Forms to Open Forms of Poetry, an Overview 3rd Week Beat Poetry 4th Week Confessional Poetry 5th Week The Black Mountain School 6th Week The Black Mountain School; Projective Verse 7th Week Projective Verse 8th Week Midterm I 9th Week The San Francisco School 10th Week The San Francisco School; New York School 11th Week New York School 12th Week L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Poetry 13th Week L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Poetry, Visual and Concrete Poetry 14th Week American Poetry After 9/11: Selected Readings
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Hoover, Paul. Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology. W. W. Norton, 1994. Friebert, Stuart and David Young. The Longman Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry. Longman, 1989. Nelson, Cary. Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry. OUP, 2015. -The Oxford Handbook of Modern and Contemporary American Poetry. OUP, 2014. Perkins, David. A History of Modern Poetry: Modernism and After. Harvard UP, 1984. Handouts and Web Sources
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Practice,Project,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 35 Practice 5 10 Project 1 25 Total(%) 70 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 70 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 30 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No