-The reflection of mythological elements on literary works.
-To understand the relationship between myths and literary works and identifying the way they exist as a symbol in a literary text
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
Principle Sources
-Ögel, Bahaeddin.(1971) .Türk Mitolojisi I-II, Türk mitolojisi. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı, Ankara.
Çoruhlu, Yaşar (2002), Türk Mitolojisinin Ana Hatları , Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul.
Eliade, Mircea (1993), Mitlerin Özellikleri, Simavi Yayınları, İstanbul.
Eliade, Mircea (1991), Kutsal ve Din Dışı, Gece Yayınları, Ankara.
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
The definition of Mythology. Myth, mythos, ritual conceptions
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
2. Week
Identification of myths in the context of cultural heritage and the common features
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
3. Week
The making of myth, its function and values.
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
4. Week
Analysis of Turkish Mythology and important cults.
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
5. Week
Analysis of Greek Mythology
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
6. Week
Analysis of Persian Mythology
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
7. Week
The common features of Turkish, Greek and Persian Mythologies
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
8. Week
Midterm
9. Week
The reflection of mythological elements on the Turkish Literature
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
10. Week
Divan Poetry and Mythology
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
11. Week
Folk Poetry and Mythology
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
12. Week
Modern Poetry and Mythology
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
13. Week
Mythological elements in the Turkish and Western Literatures and common terminology
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
14. Week
Mythological elements in the Turkish and Eastern Literatures and common terminology
Question-Answer, Research, Lecture, Discussion
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
1. 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-2
2. 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-3
3.The student can make an anthology or research on Folklore.
PO-4
4. The student attains information about Atatürk principles and revolutions.
PO-5
5. 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-6
6. The student has the lesson materials containing the contemporary information, research methods, information and theories used for Turkish Language Literature Programme.
PO-7
7. The student uses practices the theories and information he learnt at the Turkish Language and Literature Programme on research and public service area.
PO-8
8. The student scopes out the problems encountered and finds solutions through individual studies and assumes his /her responsibilities as a team member.
PO-9
9. 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-10
10. The student actively takes part and serves in some cultural, social and artistic events related to the Turkish Language and Literature field.
PO-11
11. 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-12
12. 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-13
13.The student uses the computer, Informatics and Information Technologies efficiently for his field.
PO-14
14. The student adopts the conciousness about lifelong learning.
PO-15
15. The student obtains basic information and skills about how to make academical research and study on Turkish Language and Literature.
PO-16
16. The student respects the Professional responsibilities and ethics related to the field ‘ Turkish Language and Literature’.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
The students learn about developmental process of the Turkish Mythology and its periods
LO-2
The students are able to list the features of Greek Mythology in the context of interpretation of the Turkish Mythology
LO-3
The students understand the progress of mythologies and their influences on one another
LO-4
The students are able to interpret mythological elements in literary works
LO-5
The students analyze texts in context of production of mythological elements.
