AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ACL2004 | Introduction to Drama | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Must Course |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ELİF BAŞ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ELİF BAŞ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course will offer the students selected plays from Greek drama to the 20th century European drama with emphasis on the history and dramatic movements of Western drama. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Students will learn • to apply the charactersistic points of classical tragedy to plays studied, • to evaluate social psychological and political perspectives in the texts, • to discuss major authors and themes related to different periods, • to present their own perspectives and/or to compare and contrast different concepts in well-developed essays. |
Survey of world drama from the classical age to 20th century. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | General Introduction / Aristotle, Poetics/ definition of tragedy | Reading |
2) | Introduction to Sophocles/ Analysis of the play | Reading |
3) | Sophocles continued | Reading |
4) | Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Drama / Excerpts from Everyman and Dr. Faustus | Reading |
5) | Analysis/ discussion of the plays | Reading |
6) | Introduction to 19th Century Drama-Realism / G. B. Shaw | Reading |
7) | Shaw, Candida continued. | Reading |
8) | Introduction Ibsen: A Doll’s House /Well-made play / Analysis/ discussion of the play | |
9) | Introduction to Naturalism /expressionism / Strindberg /Analysis/ discussion of the play | Reading |
10) | Introduction to Beckett and 20th century drama/ Analysis/ discussion of the play | Reading |
11) | Beckett continued | Reading |
12) | Whose Life is it, anyway? , Brian Clark/ Introduction to P. Shaffer | Reading |
13) | Discussion of. Equus | Reading |
14) | Introduction to H. Pinter/ Discussion of Betrayal | Reading |
15) | Final Examination | |
16) | Final Examination |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | 1. Sophocles: Antigone 2. Anonymous: Everyman 3. C. Marlowe: Dr. Faustus 4. G. B. Shaw: Candida 5. H. Ibsen: A Doll’s House 6. A. Strindberg: Miss Julie 7. S. Beckett: Waiting for Godot 8. H.Pinter: Betrayal Aristrotle, Poetics Anthology of living Theater, Wilson/Goldfarb 7 Plays by Strinberg |
References: | Robert Brustein: Theater of Revolt Eric Bentley :Life of Drama |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 0 |
Quizzes | 3 | % 30 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 5 | 80 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Quizzes | 5 | 5 | 25 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 156 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. | 4 |
2) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. | 4 |
3) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. | 4 |
4) | Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. | 4 |
5) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. | 4 |
6) | Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. | 4 |
7) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. | 4 |
8) | Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. | 4 |
9) | Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. | 4 |