AKE703 - AMERICAN POETRY

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
AMERICAN POETRY AKE703 1st Semester 4 0 4 10
PrequisitesNone.
Course languageEnglish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Question and Answer
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
 
Instructor (s)Academic staff. 
Course objectiveTo familiarize the students with masterpieces of American poetry, to focus on the poetry and poetics of American poets to find out how they respond to issues like individual and social identity, history, culture, politics, language, ethics, aesthetics, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, etc. in their work. 
Learning outcomes
  1. Students will be able to have broad knowledge on theories of American poetry, and its relation to language, art, and culture.
  2. Interpret American poetic movements in their social, cultural, and historical contexts.
  3. Apply theories of language, literature, and culture to poems and poetic movements in an interdisciplinary manner.
  4. Interpret American cultural diversity through American poetry.
  5. Present research findings in a scholarly fashion in both written and oral formats.
Course ContentDepending on the choice of the instructor, this course may offer an exploration of American poetry and poetics through cross-mappings of poetry and literary and/or cultural theory, or it may choose to analyze American poetry on the basis of specific periods, movements, schools, and poets, such as Modern American Poetry, Postmodern American Poetry, Beat Poetry, Harlem Renaissance, Language Poetry, Native American Poets, etc. 
ReferencesAllen, Donald, ed. The New American Poetry, 1945-1960. Berkeley: U California
P, 1960, 1999. Print.
Allen, Donald, and George Butterick, eds. The Postmoderns: New American
Poetry Revised. NY: Grove Press, 1982. Print.
Gioia, Dana, et al. eds, Twentieth Century American Poetry. NY: McGraw Hill,
2004. Print.
Gray, Richard. American Poetry of the Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge
UP, 1976. Print.
Hoover, Paul. Postmodern American Poetry. NY: W. W. Norton and Company,
Inc., 1994. Print.
Lehman, David, ed. The Oxford Book of American Poetry. NY: Oxford UP, 2006.
Print.
Messerli, Douglas, ed. From the Other Side of the Century: A New
American Poetry 1960-1990. Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1994.
Print.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction, review of course requirements "Introduction" to In the American Tree by Ron Silliman, "Postmodernism and the Impasse of Lyric," "The Word as Such: Language Poetry in the Eighties" by Marjorie Perloff.
Week 2"After Language Poetry: Innovation and its Theoretical Discontents," "Language Poetry and the Lyric Subject: Ron Silliman's `Albany,' Susan Howe's `Buffalo'" Marjorie Perloff, from Language Poetry: Writing as Rescue, Linda Reinfeld.
Week 3 "Contemporary Poetry, Alternate Routes" by Jerome McGann "The Marginalization of Poetry" "For Change" by Bob Perelman.
Week 4From A Poetics, "Writing and Method," from Content's Dream: Essays 1975-1984 by Charles Bernstein.
Week 5 "Genealogy of Postmodernism: Contemporary American Poetry" by Albert Gelpi.
Week 6"Albany" from The New Sentence, "Who Speaks: Ventriloquism and the Self in the Poetry Reading" Ron Silliman, from The Constructivist Moment by Barrett Watten.
Week 7from The Language of Inquiry Lyn Hejinian, "The Poetics of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E" by Bruce Andrews.
Week 8Midterm.
Week 9Works by Rae Armantrout, Tina Darragh, Carla Harryman.
Week 10Susan Howe, Bernadette Mayer, Steve McCaffery.
Week 11Michael Palmer, Nick Piombino, Joan Retallack.
Week 12Kit Robinson, Leslie Scalapino.
Week 13Diane Ward, Rosmarie Waldrop, Hannah Weiner.
Week 14Leslie Scalapino, Erica Hunt.
Week 15Preparation for the Final Exam.
Week 16Final Exam.

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments610
Presentation210
Project220
Seminar00
Midterms120
Final exam140
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes1160
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes140
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 4 56
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14798
Presentation / Seminar Preparation2714
Project2816
Homework assignment6636
Midterms (Study duration)188
Final Exam (Study duration) 17272
Total Workload40112300

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Deepens knowledge on the form and development of unique literary, artistic, historical, philosophical, religious, social, and political traditions in America. Develops new concepts related to language, literature, art, and culture theories.    X
2. Analyzes, synthesizes, and examines scientific thoughts in language, literature, art, and culture.    X
3. Understands the theoretical interaction between language, literature, art, and culture, evaluates complex ideas and developments, and reaches original results.    X
4. Integrates, interprets, and generates new knowledge through interdisciplinary approach on the cultural diversity at the foundation of American society in fields such as literature, cinema, art, history, and politics.    X
5. Performs advanced English-Turkish and Turkish-English translations.    X
6. Expresses thoughts and research findings in academic-level English.    X
7. Participates in national or international projects and/or develops new projects.    X
8. Evaluates, examines, and utilizes current developments in the field systematically by following them from local and foreign sources.    X
9. Publishes international and national publications related to the field and presents papers at conferences.    X
10. Contributes to society intellectually and culturally by critically evaluating literary, artistic, and cultural works. Preserves historical, cultural, and natural heritage.    X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest