| Language of instruction: |
English |
| Type of course: |
Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: |
Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
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| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face
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| Course Coordinator : |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi MUSTAFA POLAT |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: |
none |
| Course Objectives: |
1. Students will be able to describe the development of the short story from its beginnings in 19th century American Lit through Realism, Modernism, and Post-modernist influences.
2. Students will be able to recognize and analyze how the form develops through each author’s use and purpose in writing.
3. Students will be able to show knowledge of applicable literary terms, movements, conventions, styles, etc., and overall command of the text.
4. Students will be able to write a literary analysis.
5. Students will be able to interpret, evaluate, compare and contrast the texts in classroom discussions.
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| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
1 Introduction
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| 2) |
Hawthorne “Young Goodman Brown” p.639-48; Poe “Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Philosophy of Composition” p.1264-77, 1659-60 |
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| 3) |
Hawthorne “The Birthmark” p.648-660; Poe “The Purloined Letter” p.1278-90 |
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| 4) |
Melville “Bartleby, the Scrivener” p.1085-1111 |
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| 5) |
Clemens (i.e. Twain) “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” and “The Invalid’s Story” p.300-9 |
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| 6) |
Tolstoy “The Death of Ivan Ilych” p.1452-91
9 Chopin “The Story of an Hour” p.297-9; Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper” p.597-608
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| 7) |
Crane “The Open Boat” p.379-396
Cather “Paul’s Case” p.235-49
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| 8) |
Conrad “Heart of Darkness” p.310-333
Conrad “Heart of Darkness” p.333-70
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| 9) |
Midterm |
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| 10) |
Joyce “The Dead” p.755-84; Woolf “Kew Gardens” 1603-8
Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” and “Barn Burning” p.520-7, 535-47
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| 11) |
Hemingway “Hills Like White Elephants” p.661-665 (extra credit for finding and reading “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”) |
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| 12) |
Baldwin “Sonny’s Blues” p.37-59 and Hurston “The Conscience of the Court” p.682-92
Carver “Cathedral” p.206-216
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| 13) |
Bradbury “The Veldt” p.155-65; Le Guinn “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” p.862-6
O’Connor “Good Country People” p.1212-26
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| 14) |
Walker “Everyday Use” p.1512-8; Kincaid “Girl” p.828-9
Garcia Marquez “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” p.585-9
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| 15) |
Danticat “A Wall of Fire Rising” p.417-28 |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Utilize the wealth of information stored in computer databases to answer basic biological questions and solve problems such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases. |
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| 2) |
Acquire an ability to compile and analyze biological information, clearly present and discuss the conclusions, the inferred knowledge and the arguments behind them both in oral and written format. |
4 |
| 3) |
Develop critical, creative and analytical thinking skills. |
5 |
| 4) |
Develop effective communication skills and have competence in scientific speaking, reading and writing abilities in English and Turkish. |
3 |
| 5) |
Gain knowledge of different techniques and methods used in genetics and acquire the relevant laboratory skills. |
4 |
| 6) |
Detect biological problems, learn to make hypothesis and solve the hypothesis by using variety of experimental and observational methods. |
4 |
| 7) |
Gain knowledge of methods for collecting quantitative and qualitative data and obtain the related skills. |
3 |
| 8) |
Conduct research through paying attention to ethics, human values and rights. Pay special attention to confidentiality of information while working with human subjects. |
5 |
| 9) |
Obtain basic concepts used in theory and practices of molecular biology and genetics and establish associations between them. |
4 |
| 10) |
Search and use literature to improve himself/herself and follow recent developments in science and technology. |
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| 11) |
Be aware of the national and international problems in the field and search for solutions. |
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