| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree With Thesis |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 10 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Associate Professor Merve Sarıkaya Şen
Assistant Professor Selen Aktari Sevgi
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) will be able to discuss the position of women as writers and as characters in American literature and analyze literary texts in the light of feminist literary theory.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | This course will focus on American women writers from the Colonial period to the present. It will examine the position of the woman writer in the literary canon and the changing relationship of women to writing and literature both as writers and characters. Feminist theories will provide the theoretical framework for readings in a variety of genres. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Discussion on Feminist Literary Theory | | 2nd Week | Discussion on Feminist Literary Theory | | 3rd Week | Discussion on Feminist Literary Theory | | 4th Week | Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Colonial Period | | 5th Week | Discussion and Student Presentations on Eighteenth Century Literature | | 6th Week | Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Age of Romanticism | | 7th Week | Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Age of Romanticism | | 8th Week | Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Age of Realism | | 9th Week | Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Age of Realism | | 10th Week | Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Age of Realism | | 11th Week | Discussion and Student Presentations on Twentieth Century Literature | | 12th Week | Discussion and Student Presentations on Twentieth Century Literature | | 13th Week | Discussion and Student Presentations on Twentieth Century Literature | | 14th Week | Revision |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Eagleton, Mary, ed. Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader. Oxford and New York: Blackwell, 1986.
Gilbert, Sandra, and Susan Gubar. The Madwoman in the Attic. New Haven: Yale UP, 1979.
Showalter, Elaine, ed. The New Feminist Criticism: Essays on Women, Literature, and Theory. New York: Pantheon, 1985.
Warhol, Robyn, and Diane Price Herndl, eds. Feminisms: An Anthology of Literary Theory and Criticism. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1997.
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Presentation |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Project | 1 | 30 | | Attendance | 1 | 10 | | Presentation of Article | 2 | 20 | | Total(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 40 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | | | | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 14 | 5 | 70 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | | | | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Homework | | | | | Project | 1 | 60 | 60 | | Article Presentation | 2 | 25 | 50 | | Weekly Articles and Resource Research | 14 | 5 | 70 | | Total Workload | | | 305 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 10,16 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 10 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | English |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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