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GASTRONOMY AND CULINARY ARTS
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code: ACL3005
Ders İsmi: American Poetry I
Ders Yarıyılı: Spring
Fall
Ders Kredileri:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 5
Language of instruction: English
Ders Koşulu:
Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: No
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN
Course Lecturer(s):
Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives: This course is an intensive study of the works of the major 19th Century American poets, considered in terms of critical theory, technique, and form. Students will learn to interpret American poets such as Anne Bradstreet, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman & Emily Dickinson through recognition of the cultural strands that connect particular poems in a web of meanings, both social and historical.
Course Content: Heath Anthology of American Literature, Vol I. Pp. 146-274,
Anne Bradstreet, “The Flesh and the Spirit” “To My Dear Loving Husband”
Edward Taylor “Huswifery”
Neo-Classicism & Philip Freneau, “The Indian Student”
Romanticism & William Cullen Bryant, “The Praries”, “Thanatopsis”, “The Yellow Violet”, “To a Waterfowl”, “The Poet”
Transcendentalism& Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays: “Nature” & “The American Scholar”, “The Transcendentalist”, “Self-Reliance”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poems: “The Rhodora”, “Each and All” & “The Snow-Storm”
Transcendentalism& Henry David Thoreau Essays: “On Civil Government” (Civil Disobedience)
Selected sections from Walden (Where I Lived, and What I Lived for)
Edgar Allan Poe: Essay, "The Philosophy of Composition"
Edgar Allan Poe:Poetry: “A Dream Within a Dream”, “To Helen”, “Annabel Lee”, “The Raven”
Realism & Walt Whitman “There Was a Child Went Forth” & Selections from Leaves of Grass
Transcendentalism & Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself”
Poetry of Consciousness & Emily Dickinson, “Presentiment”, “Success is counted sweetest” “If I can stop one Heart from breaking” “Apparently with no surprise” , “Much Madness is Divinest Sense”
“I taste a liquour never brewed”, “There’s a certain slant of light”, “After great pain, a formal feeling comes”, “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died”, “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain”

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Ders Akış Planı

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Transcendentalism & Henry David Thoreau Essays: “On Civil Government” (Civil Disobedience) Selected sections from Walden (Where I Lived, and What I Lived for)
1) Introduction, Pioneers, New Settlers, Puritanism Heath Anthology of American Literature, Vol I. Pp. 146-274
2) Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor “The Flesh and the Spirit” “To My Dear Loving Husband” “Huswifery”
3) Neo-Classicism & Philip Freneau “The Indian Student”
4) Romanticism & William Cullen Bryant “The Praries”, “Thanatopsis”, “The Yellow Violet”, “To a Waterfowl”, “The Poet”
5) Transcendentalism & Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays: “Nature” & “The American Scholar”, “The Transcendentalist”, “Self-Reliance”
6) Ralph Waldo Emerson Poems: “The Rhodora”, “Each and All” & “The Snow-Storm”
8) Review
9) Edgar Allan Poe The Philosophy of Composition
10) Edgar Allan Poe Poetry: “A Dream Within a Dream”, “To Helen”, “Annabel Lee”, “The Raven”
11) Realism & Walt Whitman “There Was a Child Went Forth” & Selections from Leaves of Grass
12) Realism, Transcendentalism & Walt Whitman “Song of Myself”
13) Walt Whitman “Song of Myself”
14) Poetry of Consciousness & Emily Dickinson “Presentiment”, “Success is counted sweetest” “If I can stop one Heart from breaking” “Apparently with no surprise” , “Much Madness is Divinest Sense”
15) Final Exam
16) Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Çeşitli Kaynaklar, teksirler, The Penguin Book of American Verse, ed. Geoffrey Moore & handouts.
References: Heath Anthology of American Literature, Vol. I.

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları
Program Outcomes
1) - Possess advanced level theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks with updated information, practice equipments and other resources.
2) Use of advanced theoretical and practical knowledge within the field. -Interpret and evaluate data, define and analyze problems, develop solutions based on research and proofs by using acquired advanced knowledge and skills within the field.
3) Inform people and institutions, transfer ideas and solution proposals to problems in written and orally on issues in the field. - Share the ideas and solution proposals to problems on issues in the field with professionals and non-professionals by the support of qualitative and quantitative data. -Organize and implement project and activities for social environment with a sense of social responsibility. -Monitor the developments in the field and communicate with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. -Use informatics and communication technologies with at least a minimum level of European Computer Driving License Advanced Level software knowledge.
4) Evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired at an advanced level in the field with a critical approach. -Determine learning needs and direct the learning. -Develop positive attitude towards lifelong learning.
5) Act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethic values on the stages of gathering, implementation and release of the results of data related to the field. - Possess sufficient consciousness about the issues of universality of social rights, social justice, quality, cultural values and also, environmental protection, worker's health and security.
6) Conduct studies at an advanced level in the field independently. - Take responsibility both as a team member and individually in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the implementations in the field. - Planning and managing activities towards the development of subordinates in the framework of a project

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) - Possess advanced level theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks with updated information, practice equipments and other resources. 2
2) Use of advanced theoretical and practical knowledge within the field. -Interpret and evaluate data, define and analyze problems, develop solutions based on research and proofs by using acquired advanced knowledge and skills within the field. 4
3) Inform people and institutions, transfer ideas and solution proposals to problems in written and orally on issues in the field. - Share the ideas and solution proposals to problems on issues in the field with professionals and non-professionals by the support of qualitative and quantitative data. -Organize and implement project and activities for social environment with a sense of social responsibility. -Monitor the developments in the field and communicate with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. -Use informatics and communication technologies with at least a minimum level of European Computer Driving License Advanced Level software knowledge. 5
4) Evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired at an advanced level in the field with a critical approach. -Determine learning needs and direct the learning. -Develop positive attitude towards lifelong learning. 3
5) Act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethic values on the stages of gathering, implementation and release of the results of data related to the field. - Possess sufficient consciousness about the issues of universality of social rights, social justice, quality, cultural values and also, environmental protection, worker's health and security. 3
6) Conduct studies at an advanced level in the field independently. - Take responsibility both as a team member and individually in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the implementations in the field. - Planning and managing activities towards the development of subordinates in the framework of a project 3

Öğrenme Etkinliği ve Öğretme Yöntemleri

Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 9 % 10
Application 1 % 10
Quizzes 4 % 10
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Project 1 5 5
Quizzes 4 10 40
Midterms 1 30 30
Final 1 30 30
Total Workload 147