JEWISH AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE

ACL474

Course Code: ACL474
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Interpret Jewish American authors' works within a historical, social, and cultural framework.
Analyze thematic and stylistic features of Jewish American authors' works.
Identify Jewish American history, the concepts of migration and migrant identity.
Discuss how literary texts approach multi-culturalism as an aspect of American culture.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course aims to survey Jewish American culture, experience and identity through an analysis of Jewish American history and literature. Among the authors to be studied are Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth, and Anzia Yezierska.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Jewish American History and Culture
2^nd Week	The Concepts of Migration and Migrant Identity in Jewish American History
3^rd Week	Aniza Yezierska, "How I Found America", "The Fat of The Land", "Children of Loneliness"
4^th Week	Philip Roth, The Plot Against America
5^th Week	Philip Roth, The Plot Against America
6^th Week	Philip Roth, The Plot Against America
7^th Week	Midterm
8^th Week	Bernard Malamud "The Jewbird", "The Magic Barrel", "The Bellarosa Connection"
9^th Week	Grace Paley "Faith in the Afternoon", "Goodbye and Good Luck"
10^th Week	Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
11^th Week	Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
12^th Week	Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
13^th Week	Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
14^th Week	Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

Recommended or Required Reading

Bauer, Yehuda. A History of the Holocaus. Franklin Watts, 2002.
Chametzky Jules and John Felstiner, editors. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W. W. Norton and Company, 2000.
Heilman, Samuel C. Portrait of American Jews; The Last Half of the Twentieth Century. U of Washington P, 1995.
Krauss, Nicole. The History of Love. W. W. Norton and Company, 2006.
Roth, Philip. The Plot Against America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004.
Spiegelman, Art. The Complete Maus. Pantheon, 1996.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Quiz	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	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz	2	1	2
Individual or group work	14	4	56
Preparation for Final exam	1	6	6
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	4	4
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework
Total Work Load			114
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			3.8
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

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