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TEXTILE AND FASHION DESIGN
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
ELT4006 American Literature Spring 3 0 3 6
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator :
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.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. to see how the form develops through each author’s use and purpose in writing.

2. to determine how the author approaches the form of the short story.

Course Content

This course is designed to look at the development of the short story from its beginnings in 19th century American Lit through Realism, Modernism, and Post-modernist influences in America and elsewhere.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) 1 Introduction
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
3) Hawthorne “The Birthmark” p.648-660; Poe “The Purloined Letter” p.1278-90
4) Melville “Bartleby, the Scrivener” p.1085-1111
5) Clemens (i.e. Twain) “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” and “The Invalid’s Story” p.300-9
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
7) Crane “The Open Boat” p.379-396 Cather “Paul’s Case” p.235-49
8) Conrad “Heart of Darkness” p.310-333 Conrad “Heart of Darkness” p.333-70
9) Midterm
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
11) Hemingway “Hills Like White Elephants” p.661-665 (extra credit for finding and reading “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”)
12) Baldwin “Sonny’s Blues” p.37-59 and Hurston “The Conscience of the Court” p.682-92 Carver “Cathedral” p.206-216
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
14) Walker “Everyday Use” p.1512-8; Kincaid “Girl” p.828-9 Garcia Marquez “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” p.585-9
15) Danticat “A Wall of Fire Rising” p.417-28

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Bausch, Richard and R.V. Cassill ed., The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction 7th edition
References: Bausch, Richard and R.V. Cassill ed., The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction 7th edition

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 3 % 10
Homework Assignments 2 % 30
Presentation 1 % 20
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 4 12 48
Homework Assignments 4 12 48
Midterms 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Understands the principles of artistic creation and basic design and applies the art and design objects he creates within this framework.
2) Conducts the multifaceted research required for textile and fashion design processes and analyzes and interprets the results.
3) Creates original and applicable fabric, clothing and pattern designs by using elements from different historical periods and cultures in accordance with his purpose.
4) Recognizes textile raw materials and equipments.
5) Uses computer programs effectively in the garment and fabric surface design process.
6) Has professional technical knowledge regarding the implementation of clothing designs and production; In this context, recognizes and uses technological tools and equipment.
7) Understands the importance of interdisciplinary interaction and communication in textile and clothing design-production-presentation processes and reflects this on the processes.
8) Works in a programmed and disciplined manner in professional practices.
9) Realizes the necessity of lifelong learning to maintain his productivity, creativity and professional competence.
10) Understands, adopts and applies ethical responsibilities in professional practices; Has knowledge of relevant legal regulations.
11) Establishes effective visual, written and verbal communication in the field of textile and fashion design.
12) Reflects his knowledge on current and contemporary issues from all fields to his professional theoretical and practical studies on textile and clothing design; Understands the social and universal effects of these issues.
13) Has sufficient awareness about social justice, environmental awareness, quality culture and protection of cultural values.