ELL 410

Course ID:

Course Code & Number

ELL 410

Course Title

Highlights of the American Literary Trad

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 5 ECTS Credits

Year of Study:

Sophomore

Semester:

Spring

Type of Course:

Elective

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::

Catalog Description

American literary tradition from the beginnings to today. Pioneers, diaries. Puritanism. Basic ideas of American foundation and revolution. The formation of American identity and self. 19th-century American Renaissance, transcendentalism and civil disobedience. American Modernists, the Beat Generation. Sample readings of early poetry, stories, essays and novels.

Course Objectives

This course provides an overview of American literature from pre-colonization to the present. It takes a historical approach that positions the literature in relationship to a socio-historical framework, aiming to examine not only the texts themselves but the circumstances from which they arise.

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Course Learning Outcomes

• Expand students’ understanding of the nature of American literature as a “national literature” and its role in creating/maintaining “Americaness.”
• Understand the roles that gender, race, class, wealth, poverty, age and other factors played in developing and expanding American literature.
• Recognize and articulate some recurring literary and cultural themes in the readings.
• Enhance students’ ability to think critically about works of American literature, and to articulate those thoughts in written and oral discussions. 

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:

Telling/Explaining Discussion/Debate Questioning Reading Oral Presentations/Reports Brainstorming

Assessment Methods and Criteria:

Test / Exam Quiz Oral Questioning Case Studies / Homework Presentation (Oral/Poster)

Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:

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Recommended Reading

Required Reading

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Course Coordinator:

Taner Can

Student Workload:

Workload	Hrs
Course Readings	40
Exams/Quizzes	35
Oral Presentation	15

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