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| TRH4016 | American Culture and Literature | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of HISTORY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Edip ÖNCÜ | | Co-Lecturer | Asst. Prof. Dr. Emre Çelik | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course examines the importance, relevance, and key approaches of American cultural history and cultural resistance. We will examine broad themes in cultural history in order to analyze how different scholars have addressed the quintessential questions: What is culture? How does culture become politics? Why are there cultural resistors? How does culture create a sense of an American identity? We will discuss topics such as Indian Removal, race and gender issues, as well as immigration. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Obtain information about the cultural and political periods of American History. | 2,5,6 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Obtain information on Native Americans, Colonial Period, Civil War Period, Reconstruction, Progressive Era and Twentieth Century American Culture. | 2,6 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Gain knowledge about the ways of thought and the figures who were effective during the foundation of the United States. | 1,5,6 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | Get information on race and gender discrimination | 6,9 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| American Cultural History will introduce students to the major themes associated with American cultural history. This course is geared towards helping students understand the interdisciplinary nature of American Studies, a common source of confusion for many people. American culture is the product of a complex array of historical factors such as the European background, the native elements, slavery, isolationism and the world domination. This course is intended to mold these factors in a coherent cultural pot in a socioeconomic perspective. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction. The Definition of Culture. | | | Week 2 | Native Americans and Early European Settlements. | | | Week 3 | Puritanism and its effects | | | Week 4 | Benjamin Franklin as the first ?American?. | | | Week 5 | Declaration of Independence. The Founding Fathers. | | | Week 6 | Slavery | | | Week 7 | American Civil War | | | Week 8 | Reconstruction Era | | | Week 9 | Mid-term Exam | | | Week 10 | progressive Era (1890-1920) | | | Week 11 | The First World War and the Lost Generation | | | Week 12 | Great Depression and its Cultural Effects. The New Deal. | | | Week 13 | World War II and The Cold War. | | | Week 14 | Civil Rights Movement. Great Society. | | | Week 15 | Post-Vietnam America in the Global Era. | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Lane Jack and O?Sullivan, Maurice (Eds.), A Twentieth Century American Reader, United States Information Agency, Washington, 1999. | | | |
| 1 | Zinn, Howard, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Halklarının Tarihi, Çeviren: Sevinç Sayan Özer, İmge Kitabevi, 2005 | | | 2 | De Tocqueville, Alexis, Democracy in America, Penguin, New York, 2003. | | | 3 | Lukacs, John, A New Republic: A History Of The United States In The Twentieth Century, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2004. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 15-21 Nisan 2024 | 1 saat | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 3-14 Haziran 2024 | 1 saat | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Total work load | | | 60 |
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