To learn the folk story and analyze stories of the folk.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Serdar Gürçay
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, Discussion
Principle Sources
ALANGU, Tahir (1983) Türkiye Folkloru El Kitabı. İstanbul: Adam Yayıncılık.
-BORATAV, Pertev Naili (1984a) 100 Soruda Türk Halk Edebiyatı. İstanbul: Gerçek Yayınevi.
Other Sources
Journals: Milli Folklor, Folklor/Edebiyat, Folklora Doğru, Türk Halk Kültürü Araştırmaları, Türk Halk Kültürü’nden Derlemeler, ODTÜ Halkbilimi Dergisi, Journal of Folklore, Journal of American Folklore, Southern Folklore.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction of Course Materials.
Lecture, Discussion
2. Week
Definition of the Folk Story
Lecture, Discussion
3. Week
The relation between the folk story and other literary genres
Lecture, Discussion
4. Week
The characteristics of the narrator
Lecture, Discussion
5. Week
The methods of analyzing folk story
Lecture, Discussion
6. Week
Reading Selected Texts
Lecture, Discussion
7. Week
Comparing Variants of Selected Texts
Lecture, Discussion
8. Week
Analyzing Selected Texts
Lecture, Discussion
9. Week
Analyzing Selected Texts
Lecture, Discussion
10. Week
Reading Selected Texts
Lecture, Discussion
11. Week
Comparing Variants of Selected Texts
Lecture, Discussion
12. Week
Analyzing Selected Texts
Lecture, Discussion
13. Week
Analyzing Selected Texts
Lecture, Discussion
14. Week
Analyzing Selected Texts
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-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 will be able to understand the genre of folk story.
LO-2
The students discover its progress throughout history
LO-3
The students differentiate it from other genres
LO-4
The students will be able to evaluate theories of folk literature
LO-5
The students discuss these theories
LO-6
The students will be able to analyze content of texts
