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 HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. GÖNÜL BAKAY
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN
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Recommended Optional Program Components: |
none |
Course Objectives: |
This course will cover sample stories and novels written in the 20th century of the USA. Works to be studied shall be selected from writers of naturalism, impressionism, modernism and other literary movements of the post-war generation writers like S. Anderson, J. London, E. Hemingway, F.S. Fitzgerald, T. Capote, W. Faulkner, J. Steinbeck, K. A. Porter, J. Kerouac, T. Capote; C. Mc Cullers, F. O’Connor, J. D. Salinger, J. Updike, T. Morrison and P. Auster.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Sherwood Anderson, “Death in the Woods”,John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, William Faulkner ve 1940lar; üç kısa romanından biri: Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses, Old Man, and The Bear (1942, novellas),Ernest Hemingway ve 1950ler,The Old Man and the Sea,Truman Capote, “Children on Their Birthdays”,Jerome David Salinger The Catcher in the Rye,Jack Kerouac & 1960lar, On the Road,Toni Morrison & the 1970ler, The Bluest Eye,Paul Auster & 1980ler, The City of Glass/Cam Kent (New York Üçlemesi’nin ilk kitabı) |
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Subject |
Related Preparation |
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Modernism and the 1920s The Lost Generation |
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby |
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Naturalism & Modernism |
Sherwood Anderson, “Death in the Woods” |
3) |
Naturalism, 1930s, The Great Depression |
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath |
4) |
1930s, Naturalism & The Great Depression |
Comparative discussion of the cult movie by H. Ford: The Grapes of Wrath, with the novel |
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William Faulkner and the 1940s |
A Rose for Emily and Other Stories (1942, short stories)
Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses, Old Man, and The Bear (1942, novellas)
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6) |
Ernest Hemingway, and the 1950s |
The Old Man and the Sea |
7) |
Ernest Hemingway |
The Old Man and the Sea |
8) |
Review |
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9) |
Truman Capote |
“Children on Their Birthdays” |
10) |
Jerome David Salinger |
The Catcher in the Rye |
11) |
Jack Kerouac & and 1960s |
On the Road |
12) |
Jack Kerouac & and 1960s |
On the Road |
13) |
Toni Morrison & the 1970s |
The Bluest Eye |
14) |
Paul Auster & the 1980s |
The City of Glass (first book of The New York Trilogy) |
15) |
Final Exam |
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16) |
Final Exam |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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To have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics and theories and applications in Mathematics |
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2) |
To be able to understand and assess mathematical proofs and construct appropriate proofs of their own and also define and analyze problems and to find solutions based on scientific methods, |
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3) |
To be able to apply mathematics in real life with interdisciplinary approach and to discover their potentials, |
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4) |
To be able to acquire necessary information and to make modeling in any field that mathematics is used and to improve herself/himself, |
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To be able to tell theoretical and technical information easily to both experts in detail and non-experts in basic and comprehensible way, |
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6) |
To be familiar with computer programs used in the fields of mathematics and to be able to use at least one of them effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level,
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7) |
To be able to behave in accordance with social, scientific and ethical values in each step of the projects involved and to be able to introduce and apply projects in terms of civic engagement, |
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8) |
To be able to evaluate all processes effectively and to have enough awareness about quality management by being conscious and having intellectual background in the universal sense, |
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By having a way of abstract thinking, to be able to connect concrete events and to transfer solutions, to be able to design experiments, collect data, and analyze results by scientific methods and to interfere, |
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To be able to continue lifelong learning by renewing the knowledge, the abilities and the competencies which have been developed during the program, and being conscious about lifelong learning, |
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To be able to adapt and transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of mathematics ; such as algebra, analysis, number theory, mathematical logic, geometry and topology to the level of secondary school, |
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To be able to conduct a research either as an individual or as a team member, and to be effective in each related step of the project, to take role in the decision process, to plan and manage the project by using time effectively. |
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