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Associate | TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 | QF-EHEA: Short Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 5 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ACL3005 | American Poetry I | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Associate (Short 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) | To improve fundamental computer knowledge, to encourage students using office and package programs. | |
2) | Ability to have and use of fundamental mathematics knowledge and skills the usage of relevant materials. | |
3) | Ability to recognize general structures of machine equipments and the features of shaping | |
4) | Ability to grasp manufacturing processes and cutting tool materials, materials, statics, mechanics and fluid science fundemantal knowledge. | |
5) | Ability to draw assembly and auxilary devices as well as to draw whole or details of a system. | |
6) | Ability to have a knowledge of fundemantal manufacturing process such as turning, milling, punching,grinding and welding techniques and to have a self esteem in order to work behind the bench. | |
7) | Ability to do computer aided design and write program on digital benches. | |
8) | Ability to prepare project report, follow up project process and implement projects. | |
9) | ability to learn the areas of usage of electronic circuit components. Ability to grasp and write programs for micro controllers and for their components. Ability to design relevant circuits. | |
10) | Ability to understand the electric motors principles and AC-DC analysis | |
11) | Ability to gain a dominaion on visual programming | |
12) | Having the ability to communicate efficiently in verbal and written Turkish, to know at least one foreign language in order to communicate with the colleagues and customers. |