Undergraduate
Faculty of Science and Letters
Turkish Language and Literature
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Introduction to Folk Literature

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
TDEB105 1 Introduction to Folk Literature 2/0/0 CC Turkish 2
Course Goals
This course aims at discovering Folklore and types of Folk Literature.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s) Assist. Prof. Dr. Serdar Gürçay
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques Lecture, Discussion
Principle Sources ÇOBANOĞLU, Özkul (1999) Halkbilimi Kuramları ve Araştırma Yöntemleri Tarihine Giriş. Ankara: Akçağ.

-GÜNAY, Umay (1993) Türkiye’de Âşık tarzı Şiir Geleneği ve Rüya Motifi. Ankara: Akçağ.
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction to Course Materials Lecture, Discussion
2. Week The Concepts of folk, culture, and tradition Lecture, Discussion
3. Week The historiography of folkloric studies in Europe Lecture, Discussion
4. Week The historiography of folkloric studies in Turkey Lecture, Discussion
5. Week Definitons of Folklore and functions Lecture, Discussion
6. Week The concepts of Folklore Lecture, Discussion
7. Week Discussion of Oral and Written Heritage Lecture, Discussion
8. Week Midterm
9. Week The scope of Turkish Folk literature Lecture, Discussion
10. Week Reading selected texts Lecture, Discussion
11. Week Analyzing selected texts Lecture, Discussion
12. Week Reading selected texts Lecture, Discussion
13. Week Analyzing selected texts Lecture, Discussion
14. Week Analyzing selected texts Lecture, Discussion
15. Week Final
16. Week Final
17. Week Final
Assessments
Evaluation tools Quantity Weight(%)
Midterm(s) 1 20
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations 1 20
Final Exam 1 60


Program Outcomes
PO-11. 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-22. 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-33.The student can make an anthology or research on Folklore.
PO-44. The student attains information about Atatürk principles and revolutions.
PO-55. 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-66. The student has the lesson materials containing the contemporary information, research methods, information and theories used for Turkish Language Literature Programme.
PO-77. The student uses practices the theories and information he learnt at the Turkish Language and Literature Programme on research and public service area.
PO-88. The student scopes out the problems encountered and finds solutions through individual studies and assumes his /her responsibilities as a team member.
PO-99. 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-1010. The student actively takes part and serves in some cultural, social and artistic events related to the Turkish Language and Literature field.
PO-1111. 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-1212. 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-1313.The student uses the computer, Informatics and Information Technologies efficiently for his field.
PO-1414. The student adopts the conciousness about lifelong learning.
PO-1515. The student obtains basic information and skills about how to make academical research and study on Turkish Language and Literature.
PO-1616. The student respects the Professional responsibilities and ethics related to the field ‘ Turkish Language and Literature’.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1The students know the scope of Folk Literature
LO-2The students follow the historical progress of Folk Literature
LO-3The students will be able to differentiate types of Folk Literature and make institutional analysis.
LO-4The students will be able to analyze the Folk Story and Sagas in the context of oral literature.
LO-5The students are able to analyze types of Folk Poetry
LO-6The students are able to interpret the content of literary works
Course Assessment Matrix:
Program Outcomes - Learning Outcomes Matrix
 PO 1PO 2PO 3PO 4PO 5PO 6PO 7PO 8PO 9PO 10PO 11PO 12PO 13PO 14PO 15PO 16
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