| Course Type | Compulsory Course |
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| Course Level | Master's Degree Without Thesis |
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| Year of Study | 1 |
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| Semester | Second Term (Spring) |
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| ECTS | 10 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- will be able to discuss a variety of texts written in the past 150 years on American life and culture,
- will be able to discuss how authors' views of America are shaped by their own socio-cultural backgrounds,
- will be able to discuss how their own socio-cultural backgrounds shape their understanding of other cultures, particularly that of America,
- will be able to attain a critical perspective on cross-cultural communication through the analysis of various texts that concentrate on American history, society, and culture.
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| Mode of Delivery | E-Learning |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | This course focuses on how American cultures have been represented in a variety of texts, written by Americans themselves and non-Americans. The aim of the course is to enable students to acquire a critical perspective on cross-cultural communication through a comparative analysis of these texts. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction |
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2nd Week |
Alexis De Tocqueville, Chapters 8-14 in Democracy in America, Volume II, Book 2 (1835); James Wood, ?Tocqueville in America? in The New Yorker (2010) |
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3rd Week |
Knut Hamsun, ?The Cultural Harvest? and ?Conclusion? from The Cultural Life of Modern America (1883); Harald Naess, ?Knut Hamsun and America? in Scandinavian Studies (1967) |
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4th Week |
Henry James, ?New York Revisited? and ?New York: Social Notes? from The American Scene (1907); Colm Toibin, ?Introduction: Henry James?s New York? from The New York Stories of Henry James (2005) |
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5th Week |
Richard Skues, ?Clark Revisited: Reappraising Freud in America? in After Freud Left (2012); Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self?Part 1: ?Happiness Machines? (documentary series, 2002) |
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6th Week |
Presentations + Assignment 1 Due |
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7th Week |
James Baldwin, ?Encounter on the Seine,? ?Equal in Paris,? and ?Stranger in the Village? from Notes of a Native Son (1955); Elizabeth Esris, ?Scrutinizing America from Paris? in France Revisited (2020); Suggested: Raoul Peck, I Am Not Your Negro (documentary film, 2016) |
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8th Week |
Jean Paul-Sartre, ?Americans and Their Myths? in The Nation (1947); Simone de Beauvoir, ?January 25th, 26th, 27th? and ?February 1st - 4th, 11th, 12th? from America Day by Day (1954) |
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9th Week |
Enis Batur: Amerika Büyük Bir Şaka, Sevgili Frank, Ama Ona Ne Kadar Gülebiliriz? (1998) |
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10th Week |
Jean Baudrillard, ?Vanishing Point? from America (1986); Slavoj Zizek, ?Welcome to the Desert of the Real? from The Universal Exception (2006) |
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11th Week |
Presentations + Assignment 2 Due |
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12th Week |
Revision |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Course reading materials will be made available through MOODLE.
Batur, Enis. Amerika Büyük Bir Şaka, Sevgili Frank, Ama Ona Ne Kadar Gülebiliriz. İstanbul: Remzi, 2014.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Presentation
- Project
- Questions/Answers
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Assignment |
2 |
30 |
| Attendance |
1 |
10 |
| Presentation of Article |
2 |
20 |
| Total(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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40 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
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| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
5 |
70 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
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| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Homework |
2 |
30 |
60 |
| Article Presentation |
2 |
25 |
50 |
| Weekly Articles and Resource Research |
14 |
5 |
70 |
| Total Work Load | 305 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 10.16 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 10 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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