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Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
SURVEY OF AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE I	AKE215	3. Semester	3 + 0	3.0	6.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	English
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Nisa Harika GÜZEL KÖŞKER
Assistants
Goals	AKE 215 Survey of American Culture and Literature is for second-year students and consists of representative texts from the Puritans through the 18th Century, set within their historical and cultural contexts. AKE 215 is a survey in American Literature that is from the period of early exploration and colonization through the 18th Century. It is a "survey" course in the sense that students read in chronological order a selection of texts, all of enduring significance, and all representative of the changing literary forms, cultural values, and social tensions of the centuries under consideration.
Course Content	The course analyzes the sources of American Literature.
Learning Outcomes	1) Historical, political, cultural, sociological and economic events related to the analyzed texts are explained. 2) It contributes to the acquisition of English reading, writing and speaking skills. 3) By means of key words such as multiculturalism, identity, nation, the relationship between society and literature is emphasized. 4) Students will have information about American history, political, social and economic conditions from the beginning until the 19th century. 5) Poetry and prose examples which have periodical features of American literature from the beginning to the 19th century are examined. 6) The student develops research, analysis and synthesis, and critical thinking skills.