Course goals: To examine the content and motifs of menkıbe (anecdote), which were formed around the important, historical, religious and sufistic figures in folk life; to estimate the motifs of these works in the context of national culture.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
-OCAK, Ahmet Yaşar (1992), Menâkıpnâmeler, Ankara.
OCAK, Ahmet Yaşar (1984), Türk Halk İnançlarında ve Edebiyatında Evliya Menkâbeleri, Ankara.
OCAK, Ahmet Yaşar (1983), Bektâşi Menâkıblarında İslam Öncesi İnanç Motifleri, İstanbul.
Other Sources
OCAK, Ahmet Yaşar (1996), Türk Sûfîliğine Bakışlar, İstanbul.
OCAK, Ahmet Yaşar (1990), İslam Türk İnançlarında, Hızır-İlyas Kültü, Ankara.
OCAK, Ahmet Yaşar (1989), Türk Folklorunda Kesik Baş: (Tarih-Folklor İlişkisinden Bir Kesit), Ankara.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
The place of menkıbes (anecdotes) in the genre of Legend
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
2. Week
The history and folkloric value of Menakıpnames
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
3. Week
The Menakıpnames written between IX-XX. Century
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
4. Week
The folkloric, historical, sociological elements of Menakıpnames I
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
5. Week
The folkloric, historical, sociological elements of Menakıpnames I
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
6. Week
Menakıpname of Ahmet Yesevi
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
7. Week
The determination of characteristics of Menakıpname in Menakıb-ı Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
8. Week
the episode and Motif in the Historical-traditional Narrative Text
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
9. Week
Motif Analyses of various Menakıpnames I
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
10. Week
Midterm
11. Week
Motif Analyses of various Menakıpnames II
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
12. Week
Motif Analyses of various Menakıpnames III
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
13. Week
Motif Analyses of various Menakıpnames IV
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
14. Week
Motif Analyses of various Menakıpnames V
Preliminary preparation Lecture Discussion
15. Week
Final
16. Week
17. Week
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 grasp the historical, national, and religious bases of Menakıpnames
LO-2
The students decide the national motifs in Menakıpnames. They are able to compare the the motifs in the text of legend and mythology with the motifs in Menakıpnames, and get date from this comparison.
LO-3
The students are able to analyze Menakıpnames in terms of their episode
LO-4
The students are able to compare the western works written as Menakıp (anecdote) with the native Menakıpnames in terms of their motifs.
LO-5
the students get the litterateur knowledge of Menakıpnames
