THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

AMER594

Course Code: AMER594
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 investigate the Civil War by examining its causes, progress, and consequences as set down mainly in contemporary political and literary accounts and discuss the influence of the civil war on the formation of American cultural and national identity.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

This course examines how literary texts interpret and reconstruct historical events, within the context of the American Civil War. Historical documents (such as letters, speeches, and memoirs) will supplement the literary texts. The course will highlight issues such as slavery and freedom, the South and the North, and national unity and conflict; issues that have preoccupied American social, cultural, and political life ever since this pivotal event took place.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction: The Civil War in American History, Culture, and Literature
2^nd Week	Antebellum America
3^rd Week	History of the Civil War
4^th Week	History of the Civil War
5^th Week	The Impact of the Civil War on American Society and Politics: Late 19th Century
6^th Week	Student Presentations
7^th Week	Student Presentations
8^th Week	The Civil War in Literature
9^th Week	The Civil War in Literature
10^th Week	The Civil War in Popular Culture
11^th Week	The Civil War in Popular Culture
12^th Week	Student Presentations
13^th Week	Student Presentations
14^th Week	The Legacy of the Civil War

Recommended or Required Reading

Catton, Bruce. The Civil War. Boston: Houghton, 1985.

Cullen, Jim. The Civil War in Popular Culture: A Reusable Past. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution, 1995.

Garner, Stanton. The Civil War World of Herman Melville. Lawrence, KS: UP of Kansas, 1993.

McClure, Alexander K. The Annals of the Civil War: Written by Leading Participants North and South. 1878. New York: Da Capo, 1994.

Rose, Anne C. Victorian America and the Civil War. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1992.

Wilson, Edmund. Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War. New York: Farrar, 1962.

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