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Program of American Culture and Literature (English)

ACL381

GENDER STUDIES

Course Code
ACL381
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. Explain the key terms and concepts in the field of Women's and Gender Studies.
  2. Interpret the representation of gender in the works of fiction and non-fiction.
  3. Recognize the intersectionality of gender with other social categories of class, race, ethnicity, and sexuality.
  4. Discuss gender-related themes in both written and oral format.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThis course offers an introduction to Women's and Gender Studies with the goal of familiarizing students with key issues, questions, and debates in feminist school of thought. It encourages them to learn how to analyze and think critically about the meaning and importance of gender in American society.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to Course Themes and Theories: Constructing Gender Identities through Literature, Especially Body Image, Relationships, and Voice - Reproductions of Life Stages - The Role of Masculinities in Shaping Womanhood
2nd Week Finding Voice and Freedom through Writing and Reading - Theories of Writing and Reading Literature by Women - Historical Contexts and Genres: Essays, Poetry, Autofiction, Short Fiction, Memoir
3rd Week Fighting Back: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"
4th Week Rural Life: Sarah Orne Jewett, "A White Heron"
5th Week Rural Life vs. Urban Dreams: Willa Cather, My Antonia
6th Week Willa Cather, My Antonia
7th Week Willa Cather, My Antonia
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Discussion of Presentations - Reconstructing Gender in Short Confessional Poetry: Sylvia Plath, "Colossus," "Daddy," "Nick & the Candlestick" - Anne Sexton, "Housewife" and "In Celebration of My Uterus" - Sharon Olds, "The Language of the Brag," "Rite of Passage," "The One Girl at the Boys Party," "This," and "The Mortal One"
10th Week Reconstructing Gender in Short Confessional Poetry: Maxine Kumin, "The Envelope" and "Making the Jam without You" - Audre Lorde, "Now That I Am Forever with Child" and selections from Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
11th Week Replays of Race and Gender: Jhumpa Lahiri, "A Temporary Matter"
12th Week Replays of Race and Gender: Jamaica Kincaid, "Girl"
13th Week Presentations
14th Week Presentations
Recommended or Required ReadingAzaldua, Gloria. Borderland/La Frontera. Spinster/Aunt Lute, 1987.
Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. Norton, 1963.
Gilbert, Sandra, and Susan Gubar. The Madwoman in the Attic. Yale UP, 1979.
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Women and Economics. Source Book Press, 1970.
Greer, Germaine. The Female Eunuch. McGraw-Hill, 1971.
hooks, bell. Yearning: Race, Gender and Cultural Politics. South End Press, 1990.
Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior. Random House 1977.
Millett, Kate. Sexual Politics. Simon & Schuster, 1969.
Sanger, Margaret. Woman and the New Race. Brentano's, 1920.
Walker, Alice. In Search of Our Mothers' Garden. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983.
Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Grafton, 1977.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Presentation
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 2 1 2
Individual or group work 14 3 42
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
Presentation (including preperation) 1 8 8
Term Project Research 1 8 8
Total Work Load128
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4.26
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

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