Course Goals: To make the students grasp the historical development of the studies on legend and fairy tale in the world and Turkey; to make them comprehend the motif studies made on compiled texts as well as the theoretical studies of legend and fairy tale.
GÜNAY, Umay (1975), Elazığ Masalları, Erzurum: Atatürk Üniversitesi Basımevi.
MAKAS, Z. Abidin (2000), Türk Dünyasından Masallar: Metin, İnceleme, İstanbul: Kitabevi Yayınları.
Other Sources
-SAKAOĞLU, Saim (2004), 101 Türk Efsanesi, Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Theoretical studies of legend and fairy tale in the world and Turkey Preliminary preparation
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
2. Week
Theories on the origin of legend and fairy tale
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
3. Week
Academic researches on the legend in Turkey
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
4. Week
Istanbul legends
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
5. Week
Academic studies on the fairy tale in Turkey
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
6. Week
One Thousand and One Nights and Turkish Tales
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
7. Week
Classification of Turkish Tales by Eberhard and Boratav
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
8. Week
Analyses of Legend and Fairy Tale II
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
9. Week
Midterm
10. Week
Analyses of Legend and Fairy Tale III
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
11. Week
Analyses of Legend and Fairy Tale IV
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
12. Week
Analyses of Legend and Fairy Tale V
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
13. Week
Analyses of Legend and Fairy Tale VI
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
14. Week
Final
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-1
The doctoral students collect the theoretical, practical information, and texts according to the department’s special method; they interpret them and attain a synthesis by making the interdisciplinary analyses.
PO-2
The students are able to grasp the historical and cultural basis of the Turkish world literature in classical period; they recognize the features of the texts’ language of this period and evaluate in terms of literary. In addition, the students recognize the scientific and sufistic works created in the collective cultural geography.
PO-3
The students are able to assess the texts of the Turkish Language and Literature from the beginning until today in terms of literary and philology.
PO-4
The students are able to follow the historical alphabets of the Turkish language through the original texts; they are able to make textual analysis by comparing with the texts of western and eastern literature.
PO-5
The students are able to identify the schools and styles situated in classical Turkish poet. They are able to read and comment on the various texts of these schools and styles.
PO-6
The students are equipped with the basic knowledge and ability to do scientific research and study in the Turkish Language and Literature at postgraduate level
PO-7
The students are able to recognize the texts of the historical and modern Turkish dialects; they are able to examine these texts in terms of lexicography, etymology, semantics, phonetics, and morphology; they are able to compare these dialects with each other.
PO-8
The students are able to attain the written and verbal sources based upon the scientific research methods and conduct a field study.
PO-9
The students are able to confirm and classify the elements of folk culture and folkloric materials in the individual and anonymous works created as part of verbal culture.
PO-10
The students find a chance to research and examine extensively the language, literature, art, and culture of the Turkish Language and Literature from the history to the present day.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
The students are able to conduct discussions on the relationship between legend and fairy tales
LO-2
The students are able to develop the new theoretical discussions through the products compiled by themselves or by others.
LO-3
The students are able to identify the narratives forming in same geography around the same point because of the migrations and new settlements. They are able to estimate the rumors belonging to the different tribes and overlapping in the same geography.
LO-4
The students are able to discover the similar interfaith sides of mythical life
LO-5
The students attempt to make the entire corpus of Turkish legend and fair tales
