To introduce the formation process of Minstrel Literature, and evaluate prominent representatives and productions of this tradition at an academic level.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
Principle Sources
Köprülü, M. Fuat (1989), “Türk Edebiyatında Âşık Tarzı’nın Menşe ve Tekâmülü”, Edebiyat Araştırmaları I, Ötüken Neşriyat, İstanbul.
Sakaoğlu, Saim. “Türk Saz Şiiri”, Türk Dili Türk Şiiri Özel Sayısı III (Halk Şiiri)
Dizdaroğlu, Hikmet (1969), Halk Şiirinde Türler, Türk Dil Kurumu, Ankara.
Onay, Ahmet Talat Onay (1996), Türk Halk Şiirinin Şekil ve Nevi, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara.
Çobanoğlu, Özkul (2000) Aşık Tarzı Kültür Geleneği ve Destan Türü. Akçağ Yayınları/ Ankara.
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Examining the works done in the minstrel literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
2. Week
Definition of minstrel, reed, bard, folk poetry conceptions
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
3. Week
Formation process of Minstrel Literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
4. Week
Historical development process of Minstrel Literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
5. Week
Analysis of the traditional structure and rules of Minstrel Literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
6. Week
Analysis of minstrel ambient
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
7. Week
Analysis of genre and style characteristics of Minstrel Literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
8. Week
Midterm
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
9. Week
Presenting bibliographic and biographic information on minstrels and their literary works from the 16th century till now
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
10. Week
Karacaoğlan and his role in the Minstrel Literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
11. Week
Aşık Ömer and and his role in the Minstrel Literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
12. Week
Gevheri and his role in the Minstrel Literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
13. Week
Kayıkçı Kul Mustafa and his role in the Minstrel Literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
14. Week
Dadaloğlu and his role in the Minstrel Literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
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
Students are able to discuss texts of the Turkish Language and Literature from the oldest period until today from literary and philological aspects. Students are able to make textual analysis through comparison with texts of western literature.
PO-2
Students are able to use at expert level course materials, research methods, knowledge and theories that are used in the Turkish Language and Literature Program, and includes up-to-date information.
PO-3
Students are able to use the knowledge and theoretical information they have gained in the Turkish Language and Literature Program in the fields of education, research and public service, and systematically communicate it to groups in unrelated fields.
PO-4
Students are able to come up with solutions through individual effort for problems they encounter in the field, manage advanced level studies independently, and take responsibility as members of a work group.
PO-5
Students are able to analyze problems relating to the Turkish Language and Literature Program, support likely solutions with tangible data, and share the data with experts in the related field.
PO-6
Students are able to collect, analyze and interpret institutional and applied information concerning their fields by using at least one foreign language.
PO-7
Students are able to debate modern and classical literary information and theories within the framework of certain currents and theories, and apply the qualifications they have acquired to inter-disciplinary studies.
PO-8
Students obtain the awareness for the necessity of lifelong learning.
PO-9
Students are able to acquire fundamental knowledge and skills required to do academic research and studies at graduate level in the field of the Turkish Language and Literature.
PO-10
Students are able to observe professional responsibility and ethic values in the field of the Turkish Language and Literature.
PO-11
Students are able to follow historical alphabets of the Turkish language from authentic texts.
PO-12
Students are able to interpret the development of literary genres and forms within the historical process, and broaden their expertise.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
The students understand the importance of minstrel literature in the Folk Literature Tradition.
LO-2
The students list features of the minstrel literature
LO-3
The students question the relation between minstrel literature and other fields of literature, and make comparative analysis.
LO-4
The students analyze the productions of minstrel literature representatives
LO-5
The students analyze the productions of minstrel literature representatives at academic level in the context of various folk literature theories.
