AMERICAN LITERARY WOMEN

AMER528

Course Code: AMER528
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

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.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

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
1^st Week	Discussion on Feminist Literary Theory
2^nd Week	Discussion on Feminist Literary Theory
3^rd Week	Discussion on Feminist Literary Theory
4^th Week	Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Colonial Period
5^th Week	Discussion and Student Presentations on Eighteenth Century Literature
6^th Week	Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Age of Romanticism
7^th Week	Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Age of Romanticism
8^th Week	Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Age of Realism
9^th Week	Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Age of Realism
10^th Week	Discussion and Student Presentations on the Literature of the Age of Realism
11^th Week	Discussion and Student Presentations on Twentieth Century Literature
12^th Week	Discussion and Student Presentations on Twentieth Century Literature
13^th Week	Discussion and Student Presentations on Twentieth Century Literature
14^th Week	Revision

Recommended 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.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	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(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
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 Work Load			305
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.16
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1
K1	X
K2
K3	X
K4
K5	X
K6	X
K7
K8	X
K9
K10
K11	X
K12	X
K13	X