| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 4 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Attain an awareness of the issues of gender and identity that women writers explore in their literary works,
- Identify the historical, social, intellectual, cultural and artistic contexts in which women's literary works are produced,
- Obtain the ability to distinguish the distinctive characteristics of a variety of genres employed, revised and produced by women writers,
- Apply American feminist literary criticism to American women's writing.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | |
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| Course Description | This course aims to trace the traditions of American women's writing from the colonial era to the present day. It focuses on the various genres women writers have adopted to express their historical, social, political, ethnic, and individual concerns, and explores the ways in which they resist and subvert the traditional gender roles. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction: American Women Writers |
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2nd Week |
Women Writers at the Turn of the Century |
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3rd Week |
Women writers between the world wars |
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4th Week |
Women and the High Modernist Movement |
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5th Week |
Midterm |
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6th Week |
Women Writers after 1945 |
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7th Week |
Women Writers after 1945 |
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8th Week |
Women Writers after 1945 |
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9th Week |
Women Writers after 1945 |
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10th Week |
21st Century Women Writers |
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11th Week |
21st Century Women Writers |
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12th Week |
21st Century Women Writers |
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13th Week |
21st Century Women Writers |
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14th Week |
Revision and Wrap-up |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Martin, Wendy, and Sharone Williams. The Routledge Introduction to American Women Writers. Routledge, 2016.
Showalter, Elaine, editor. The Vintage Book of American Women Writers. Vintage Books, 2011.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
- Presentation
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
40 |
| Quiz |
1 |
10 |
| Presentation of Article |
1 |
10 |
| Total(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
60 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
40 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Individual or group work |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
13 |
13 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
13 |
13 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
|
|
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| Final exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Homework |
|
|
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| Presentation (including preperation) |
1 |
5 |
5 |
| Total Work Load | 122 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 4.06 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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