To make use of oral and written productions of the Turkish Folk Literature and thus specify the sources of folk literature productions.
To be aware of sources that enable information and materials to folk literature, and look for the ways to make use of these sources.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Professor Mehmet Aça
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
Principle Sources
Aça, Mehmet (2007), “Kaynaklar”, Türk Halk Edebiyatı El Kitabı, Grafiker Yayınları, Ankara.
Çobanoğlu, Özkul (1999) Halkbilimi Kuramları ve Araştırma Yöntemleri Tarihine Giriş, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara.
Elçin, Şükrü (1993), Halk Edebiyatına Giriş, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara.
Tan, Nail (1997), Folklor (Halkbilimi) Genel Bilgiler, İstanbul.
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Identifying the role of folk literature in the Turkish literature tradition
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
2. Week
Analysis of common features of folk literature productions
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
3. Week
Analysis of the studies on the sources of folk literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
4. Week
Analysis of oral culture productions
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
5. Week
Analysis of oral culture environment
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
6. Week
Analyzing the features of oral production in the context of the features of this environment
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
7. Week
Analysis of the written sources of folk literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
8. Week
Midterm
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
9. Week
Analysis of folk literature productions of the written literary works from the periods when writing culture began to rule.
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
10. Week
Analysis of written productions of folk literature through Chinese sources, Orhun and Yenisei Inscriptions, Old Uyghur Texts, Kutadgu Bilig, Divânü Lügat’it-Türk, Codex Cumanicus, Atabetü’l-Hakâyık, Dede Korkut Book
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
11. Week
Analysis of written productions of folk literature through history books (Câmiü’t-Tevârih, Târih-i Cihân-güşâ, etc)
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
12. Week
Analysis of written productions of folk literature through story books (Sinbadnâme, Binbir Gece Masalları, Ferec Bade’ş-Şidde, Muhayyelât etc), Jokes (Letâifnâme), Proverb Books (Pendnâme, Durûb-ı Emsâl-i Osmaniye etc), Magazines, etc.
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
13. Week
Analysis of written productions of folk literature through biographies of poets, sagas, legends, travel books, mathnawis, etc
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
14. Week
Analysis of material culture sources in the context of folk literature tradition
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
15. Week
Final
16. Week
Final
17. Week
Final
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Students are able to discuss texts of the Turkish Language and Literature from the oldest period until today from literary and philological aspects. Students are able to make textual analysis through comparison with texts of western literature.
PO-2
Students are able to use at expert level course materials, research methods, knowledge and theories that are used in the Turkish Language and Literature Program, and includes up-to-date information.
PO-3
Students are able to use the knowledge and theoretical information they have gained in the Turkish Language and Literature Program in the fields of education, research and public service, and systematically communicate it to groups in unrelated fields.
PO-4
Students are able to come up with solutions through individual effort for problems they encounter in the field, manage advanced level studies independently, and take responsibility as members of a work group.
PO-5
Students are able to analyze problems relating to the Turkish Language and Literature Program, support likely solutions with tangible data, and share the data with experts in the related field.
PO-6
Students are able to collect, analyze and interpret institutional and applied information concerning their fields by using at least one foreign language.
PO-7
Students are able to debate modern and classical literary information and theories within the framework of certain currents and theories, and apply the qualifications they have acquired to inter-disciplinary studies.
PO-8
Students obtain the awareness for the necessity of lifelong learning.
PO-9
Students are able to acquire fundamental knowledge and skills required to do academic research and studies at graduate level in the field of the Turkish Language and Literature.
PO-10
Students are able to observe professional responsibility and ethic values in the field of the Turkish Language and Literature.
PO-11
Students are able to follow historical alphabets of the Turkish language from authentic texts.
PO-12
Students are able to interpret the development of literary genres and forms within the historical process, and broaden their expertise.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
The students understand the emergence and historical development process of folk literature
LO-2
The students evaluate the sources of folk literature
LO-3
The students understand the oral sources of folk literature
LO-4
The students understand the written sources of folk literature, and analyze the representatives through texts
LO-5
The students compare and contrast the written and oral literature, and differentiate the characteristics of folk literature tradition.
