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Program of American Culture and Literature (English)

ACL275

AMERIKAN POPÜLER EDEBIYATI

Course Code
ACL275
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Define popular literature's origins and history.
  2. Discuss popular literature?s genres and conventions.
  3. Analyse the relationship between popular texts and the institutions that produce and market them.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThis course offers a historical survey of American popular literature from the colonial period to the present. Texts chosen from various genres are analysed in the light of cultural and literary contexts in which they were written and accompanied by critical and theoretical readings.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Giriş
2nd Week Koloni Dönemi Popüler Edebiyatı: Esaret Anlatıları
3rd Week Koloni Dönemi (devam)
4th Week 19.yy. Sentimental Edebiyat: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
5th Week Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
6th Week Dime Romanı: Horatio Alger, Ragged Rick
7th Week Tekrar ve Ara Sınav
8th Week Horatio Alger, Ragged Rick
9th Week Western Romanı
10th Week Western Romanı
11th Week Dedektif Romanları: Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely
12th Week Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely
13th Week Dashiel Hammett, The Maltese Falcon
14th Week Dashiel Hammett, The Maltese Falcon
Recommended or Required ReadingBloom, Clive. Cult Fiction: Popular Reading and Pulp Theory. Macmillan, 1996.
Buhle, Paul. Popular Culture in America. Minneapolis. U of Minnesota P, 1987.
Haut, Woody. Pulp Culture: Hard Boiled Fiction and the Cold War. Serpent's Tail, 1995.
Hicken, Mandy. Now Read On: A Guide to Contemporary Popular Fiction. Gower, 1990.
Long, Elizabeth. The American Dream and the Popular Novel. Routledge, 1985.
McCraken, Scott. Pulp: Reading Popular Fiction. Manchester UP, 1998.
McQuade, Donald, and Robert Atwan. Popular Writing in America: The Interaction of Style and Audience. Oxford UP, 1993.
Rzepka, Charles J. Detective Fiction. Polity, 2005.
Smith, Erin A. Hard-Boiled: Working Class Readers and Pulp Magazines. Temple UP, 2000.
Springer, John Paris. Hollywood Fictions: The Dream Factory in American Popular Literature. U of Oklahoma P, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 20
Presentation of Article 1 10
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 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 2 28
Preparation for Final exam 1 12 12
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 1 12 12
Article Presentation 1 1 1
Article 1 10 10
Total Work Load119
Total Work Load / 30 (h)3.96
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

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