To introduce the sources constituting Turkish Mythology so as to enable the students to understand basic characteristics.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Professor Muharrem Kaya
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
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
Analyzing the studies on mythology in Turkey
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
2. Week
Analyzing the studies on mythology in the World
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
3. Week
Examining the concept of myth and mythology
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
4. Week
Introduction of the general features of mythology
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
5. Week
Introduction of the function of mythology
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
6. Week
Examining the relation between Mythology and History
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
7. Week
Examining the relation between Mythology and Religion
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
8. Week
Midterm
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
9. Week
Cosmogonic elements in Turkish Mythology
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
10. Week
Cosmogonic elements in Turkish Mythology
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
11. Week
Cosmogonic elements in Turkish Mythology
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
12. Week
Cosmogonic elements in Turkish Folk Literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
13. Week
Cosmogonic elements in Turkish Folk Literature
Lecture, Question-Answer, Research
14. Week
Analysis of reflections of Turkish Mythology on today’s productions
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 and differentiate the concepts of myth and mythology
LO-2
The students make comparative analysis of literary production which include various mythological elements
LO-3
The students analyze and evaluate the emergence process of mythology.
LO-4
The students identify and analyze the sources of Turkish mythology.
LO-5
The students comprehend the structure of Turkish Mythology.
