Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
190301507105	AMERICAN POETRY	Elective	4	7	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Students will explore the developments in American poetry with representative poems. The course will achieve the goal of helping students map the trajectory of classical and modern American poetry. Above all, students discover the excitement of poetry, and come to understand the broader questions of language of poetry, interrelationship between imagination and culture as well as literature.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Zafer ŞAFAK

Learning Outcomes

1	Know the general characteristics of American Poetry.
2	Comprehend the characteristics of American Poetry, which changes with different literary understandings in different periods.
3	Being able to analize American Poetry in terms of theme and style.
4	To be able to write descriptive and critical essays on the literary merits of poets and of their poetry.
5	To make a connection between American Poetry with those of similar approaches/trends in the literature of other countries.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

In advance of this course, students must take Introduction into American Literature (3rd class course) and pass it.

Recommended Optional Programme Components

The participants are expected to have read, [ the “suggested books” section below; from 1 to 4] and -if needed- listen and watch the materials distributed to them. Students are also expected to make their own extensive research (using only course material for papers and exams will not be accepted) particularly about the poems and of their themes, styles and of motifs so that a productive atmosphere of discussion can be realized in the courses.

Course Contents

The course covers the development of American Poetry from Colonial times to Modern Period and it focuses on the specific and prominent poets, (introduction and discussion of) poems, the cultural, political, and the social atmosphere in which the works were produced in general.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction to the American Poetry	-	-
2	17th Century American Poetry The Life of Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of Her Poetry - A Dialogue between Old and New England.	-	-
3	The Life of Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of His Poetry - Day of Doom.	-	-
4	18th Century American Poetry The Life of Philip Morin Freneau (1752–1832) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of His Poetry - Death's Epitaph.	-	-
5	19th Century American Poetry The Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of His Poetry - Aftermath. - The Day is Done.	-	-
6	The Life of William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of His Poetry	-	-
7	The Life of Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of His Poetry - Thanatopsis.	-	-
8	Mid-Term Exam	-	-
9	The Life of Walt Whitman (1819–1892) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of His Poetry - Song of Myself. - O Captain! My Captain!	-	-
10	The Life of Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of Her Poetry - Because I Could not Stop for Death. - Much Madness is Divinest Sense. - Hope is the Thing with Feathers. - I'm Nobody! Who are You?	-	-
11	20th Century American Poetry The Life of Robert Frost (1874–1963) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of His Poetry - The Road Not Taken. - Nothing Gold Can Stay	-	-
12	The Life of Carl August Sandburg (1878–1967) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of His Poetry - Who Am I ? - The People, Yes. - I Am the People, the Mob. - Bricklayer Love.	-	-
13	The Life of Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (1885–1972) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of His Poetry - In a Station of the Metro? - Canto I	-	-
14	The Life of Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) as a Poet, Social & Cultural Milieu of the Time and the Discussion of Her Poetry - Daddy - Lady Lazarus	-	-

Recommended or Required Reading

In order to reduce the cost of the text books, open access digital materials will be greatly used. In place of anthologies, digital materials and sources will be greatly used. If students consider obtaining books for this course, it is recommended that it must be done for the purpose of increasing the wealth of their personal libraries. Notes, books, book chapters etc. concerning each week of the course will be sent through e-mail at the beginning of the semester. 1. David Lehman, John Brehm. The Oxford Book of American Poetry-Oxford University Press (2006) 2. Bercovitch, Sacvan (Editor) The Cambridge History of American Literature. Vol. 4, Nineteenth-century Poetry-1800-1910. 3. Gray, Richard - A History of American Poetry-Wiley-Blackwell (2015) 4. Christopher MacGowan - Twentieth-Century American Poetry (Blackwell Guides to Literature)-Wiley-Blackwell (2004)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	20	20
Final Examination	1	30	30
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Discussion	1	20	20
Criticising Paper	1	40	40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14	PO 15	PO 16
LO1	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	2	4	4	5
LO2	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
LO3	4	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	5	5
LO4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	3	4	5	4	4
LO5	5	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	2	1	4	4	4	4	5	5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High