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Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN PROSE AND POETRY: 1800-1865	AKE315	5. 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	By the end of the course students will have acquired an understanding of the major 19th century American writers and poets. They will also be able to pursue independent analyses of writings they will come across.
Course Content	" In this course we shall explore the connections between artistic and intellectual developments in the United States in the nineteenth century and the social context, with particular attention to the fundamental conflicts around questions of gender, race, slavery, and the meaning of national identity."
Learning Outcomes	1) The student has extensive knowledge of American culture and literature and the historical, social, economic, political, philosophical and scientific developments shaped in this culture and literature from the beginning to present. 2) The student has knowledge of the basic and general aspects of the literary genres (features, examples and changes undergone in different periods) and evaluates the works in this context. 3) The student defines the history, stages and distinctive literary, formal and stylistic characteristics of American Literature. 4) The student evaluates and discusses historical, scientific, cultural, sociological and economic events related to American Literature. 5) The student reads English texts and analyzeslinguistic features in terms of form, style, content and meaning. 6) It uses English for written and oral communication. 7) The student is capable of researching, planning, implementing, analyzing, evaluating and presenting them in written and oral form in English. 8) The student can perform interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary group work.