| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Master's Degree Without Thesis |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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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 the historical and cultural factors that caused the emergence of Realism,
- will be able to examine principles of Realism,
- will be able to trace the rise and development of American Realism through the examination of selected works of fiction.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | Literature of the second half of the 19th century. The movement will be studied in such a way as to establish its relations with the Local Colorists and and as a prequel to turn-of-the-century Naturalism. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction: Romantic and Realistic Trends in the American Literary Tradition |
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2nd Week |
Origins of Realism in American Fiction |
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3rd Week |
Local Color Writing and Realism |
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4th Week |
Local Color Writing and Women Writers |
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5th Week |
Student Presentations |
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6th Week |
Student Presentations |
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7th Week |
William Dean Howells |
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8th Week |
Mark Twain |
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9th Week |
Henry James |
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10th Week |
Student Presentations |
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11th Week |
Student Presentations |
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12th Week |
Towards Naturalism |
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13th Week |
Realism and Utopia |
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14th Week |
Realism into Modernism |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Pizer, Donald, ed. The Cambridge Companion to American Realism and Naturalism. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1995.
Shi, David. Facing Facts: Realism in American Thought and Culture, 1850-1920. New York: Oxford UP, 1995.
Shulman, Robert. Social Criticism and Nineteenth-Century American Fictions. Columbia: U of Missouri P, 1987.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Presentation
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| 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(%) |
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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 |
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| Project |
1 |
60 |
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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