MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ACL3005 | American Poetry I | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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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 : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
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. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. The students will do an extensive reading of the 19th Century-American essays and poetry, especially that of the American Renaissance. 2. They will develop an insight about the beginnings of American poetry, especially about how poetry writing started in the US and how it developed towards being a major component of establishing a new nation. 3. They will develop an insight about the significance of poetry of individual, universal and national topics. 4. They will learn about the major literary movements of the 19th Century USA, namely romanticism, transcendentalism and realism. 5. They will learn about the Puritan influences in the works of the later poets. 6. They will learn about the basic ideas shaping the poet’s imagination and the most important concepts in the construction of a new Nation, during their Renaissance. 7. They will develop the ability to analyze and discuss major issues of American Poetry in the 19th Century both orally in class and in their essays in exams. |
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” |
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 |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Çeşitli Kaynaklar, teksirler, The Penguin Book of American Verse, ed. Geoffrey Moore & handouts. |
References: | Heath Anthology of American Literature, Vol. I. |
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 |
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 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
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. | 3 |
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. | 5 |
11) | Be aware of the national and international problems in the field and search for solutions. | 4 |