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Comparative Studies on Turkish World Folk Literature

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
TDED0030 Comparative Studies on Turkish World Folk Literature 3/0/0 DE Turkish 9
Course Goals Course goals: To determine the common points by making comparative studies on poetical and prosaic samples of folk culture in different regions of Turkish Cultural geography. 
Prerequisite(s)
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Instructor(s) Professor Mehmet Aça
Course Assistant(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
Principle Sources -ERGUN, Metin (1997), Türk Dünyası Efsanelerinde Değişme Motifi Cilt I-II, Ankara: TDK Yayınları.

ÇOBANOĞLU, Özkül (2003), Türk Dünyası Epik Destan Geleneği, Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları.

MAKAS, Z. Abidin (2000), Türk Dünyasından Masallar: Metin, İnceleme, İstanbul: Kitabevi Yayınları.

Other Sources -OĞUZ, M. Öcal (2000), Türk Dünyası Halk Biliminde Yöntem Sorunları, Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları.
Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week The terms of Turkish world and Turkish Cultural geography Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
2. Week Cultural relationship between Eastern and Western Turkishness throughout history I Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
3. Week Cultural relationship between Eastern and Western Turkishness throughout history II Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
4. Week Present condition of the studies on Turkish World Folk Literatures I Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
5. Week Present condition of the studies on Turkish World Folk Literatures II Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
6. Week Three names in Turkish Cultural geography: Ahmet Yesevi- Nasrettin Hoca-Köroğlu Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
7. Week The main common subjects of Turkish World folk literary products I Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
8. Week The main common subjects of Turkish World folk literary products II Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
9. Week The main common subjects of Turkish World folk literary products III Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
10. Week Midterm
11. Week Turkish World Heroic Epics I Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
12. Week Turkish World Heroic Epics II Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
13. Week The studies done on the stories of Dada Gorgud I Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
14. Week The studies done on the stories of Dada Gorgud II Preliminary preparation 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-1The 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-2The 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-3The 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-4The 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-5The 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-6The 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-7The 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-8The students are able to attain the written and verbal sources based upon the scientific research methods and conduct a field study.
PO-9The 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-10The 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-1The students are able to grasp that Turkish World Folk literatures are basically rested upon Turkish Culture.
LO-2The students are aware of the existence of the anonymous and individual products of folk literature of Turkish tribes in the poetry and prose fields.
LO-3The students are able to make comparative studies on the folk products of Turkish tribes
LO-4The students learn the common subject, theme, genre and figures determined in Turkish World folk literature.
LO-5The students are able to follow the new studies on the field of Turkish World folk literature and create the joint projects and realize them.
Course Assessment Matrix:
Program Outcomes - Learning Outcomes Matrix
 PO 1PO 2PO 3PO 4PO 5PO 6PO 7PO 8PO 9PO 10
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LO 5