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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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) |
They acquire theoretical, historical and aesthetic knowledge specific to their field by using methods and techniques related to performing arts (acting, dance, music, etc.). |
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2) |
They have knowledge about art culture and aesthetics and they provide the unity of theory and practice in their field. |
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3) |
They are aware of national and international values in performing arts. |
2 |
4) |
Abstract and concrete concepts of performing arts; can transform it into creative thinking, innovative and original works. |
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5) |
They have the sensitivity to run a business successfully in their field. |
3 |
6) |
Develops the ability to perceive, think, design and implement multidimensional from local to universal. |
3 |
7) |
They have knowledge about the disciplines that the performing arts field is related to and can evaluate the interaction of the sub-disciplines within their field. |
2 |
8) |
They develop the ability to perceive, design, and apply multidimensionality by having knowledge about artistic criticism methods. |
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9) |
They can share original works related to their field with the society and evaluate their results and question their own work by using critical methods. |
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10) |
They follow English language resources related to their field and can communicate with foreign colleagues in their field. |
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11) |
By becoming aware of national and international values in the field of performing arts, they can transform abstract and concrete concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original works. |
3 |
12) |
They can produce original works within the framework of an interdisciplinary understanding of art. |
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13) |
Within the framework of the Performing Arts Program and the units within it, they become individuals who are equipped to take part in the universal platform in their field. |
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14) |
Within the Performing Arts Program, according to the field of study; have competent technical knowledge in the field of acting and musical theater. |
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15) |
They use information and communication technologies together with computer software that is at least at the Advanced Level of the European Computer Use License as required by the field. |
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