Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
TDEB103	1	Introduction to Modern Turkish Literature	2/0/0	CC	Turkish	3

Course Goals	To teach how new genres have been included in our literature by informing about the stages of modernization in Turkish Literature. To explain the progress of prose in our literature and determine the role of the press in this sense.
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Instructor(s)	Assist. Prof. Dr. Berna Sevindik
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Teaching Methods and Techniques	-Comprehension -Discussion -Comparison -Question-Answer
Principle Sources	Banarlı, Nihat Sami, Resimli Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi, 2.Cilt, İstanbul 1971. Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi, 19. Asır Türk edebiyatı Tarihi, İstanbul 1976 Levent, Agâh Sırrı,Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi, Ankara1984
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Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	What is Modern Literature? What are the characteristics of Modern Literature?	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
2. Week	A general overview of Turkish Literature up until the 19th century.	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
3. Week	What style is the 19th Century Turkish Literature?	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
4. Week	Comparison of Classical Period Turkish Literature to the 19th Century Turkish Literature	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
5. Week	Tanzimat (Reform) Era Turkish Literature, Main Institutions of Tanzimat Era	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
6. Week	Changing cultural and social life with Tanzimat, and the effects of this change on literature	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
7. Week	The significance of Mustafa Reşit Paşa in Tanzimat (Reform) Era Turkish Literature	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
8. Week	Midterm	Midterm
9. Week	First translations of the western literary texts	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
10. Week	Introducing new literary genres and new themes brought about by these genres	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
11. Week	Interpretation of the new themes by the artists	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
12. Week	Seeking for the prose language	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
13. Week	Introducing Newspaper and Press Language (The progress of the press in the world and in Turkey)	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
14. Week	Introducing Newspaper and Press Language (The first official, semi-official, and private newspapers, preliminaries, manners)	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
15. Week	Introducing Newspaper and Press Language (The first official, semi-official, and private newspapers, preliminaries, manners)	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
16. Week	The differences between the firs and the second generations of Tanzimat, their perception and mentality.	Comprehension, Discussion, Comparison, Question-Answer
17. Week	Final	Final

Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Midterm(s)	1	40
Final Exam	1	60

Program Outcomes PO-1 1. The student adopts the skill to practice the Turkish language properly and clearly by analyzing it in terms of phonetics , structure and form, syntax and semantics . PO-2 2. The student can appreciate all the texts related to Turkish Language and Literature from the onrush up to the present from a linguistic and literary aspect.He also finds the opportunity to compare them with the Western literature texts. PO-3 3.The student can make an anthology or research on Folklore. PO-4 4. The student attains information about Atatürk principles and revolutions. PO-5 5. The student knows the leading literary output, reads the sample texts representing the historical development of Turkish Language and Literature and conveys it to scientific transcription alphabet. PO-6 6. The student has the lesson materials containing the contemporary information, research methods, information and theories used for Turkish Language Literature Programme. PO-7 7. The student uses practices the theories and information he learnt at the Turkish Language and Literature Programme on research and public service area. PO-8 8. The student scopes out the problems encountered and finds solutions through individual studies and assumes his /her responsibilities as a team member. PO-9 9. The student supports the solutions through concrete input and shares this input with the experts concerned by analyzing the problems related to the Turkish Language and Literature Programme. PO-10 10. The student actively takes part and serves in some cultural, social and artistic events related to the Turkish Language and Literature field. PO-11 11. The student collects, solves and comments on the theoretical and practical data by means of at least one foreign language on which he has a good command. PO-12 12. The student asseses the contemporary and classical literature information and theories in accordance with certain theories and trends and also criticizes them in terms of literature and linguistics. PO-13 13.The student uses the computer, Informatics and Information Technologies efficiently for his field. PO-14 14. The student adopts the conciousness about lifelong learning. PO-15 15. The student obtains basic information and skills about how to make academical research and study on Turkish Language and Literature. PO-16 16. The student respects the Professional responsibilities and ethics related to the field ‘ Turkish Language and Literature’.

Learning Outcomes LO-1 Students are able to define the 19th Century Turkish Literature LO-2 Students are able to compare this era to previous ones. LO-3 Students learn genres lately introduced into our literature. LO-4 Students are able to interpret reforms under the influence of the west. LO-5 Students are able to discuss quests for the prose language.

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