Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
INTRODUCTİON TO TURKISH FOLK LİTERATURE TUR260 4. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 7.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals In this course the normative characteristic of verbal literature along with popular literature (or written folklore works) the matter of daily life has been introduced and the comparison and the difference between folk literature and high literature is being introduced and the main feature of the folk literature has been to the students.
Course Content With the main feature of the production of oral folklore (verbal folklore) which is called folk literature and with the popular literature the introduction has been done in general sense.
Learning Outcomes 1) Determines the situation of folk literature in Turkish literature.
2) Defines the culture, folklore and folk literature.
3) Gets general information about form and type in folk literature.
4) Reviews prose and verse terms in folk literature.
5) Understands the elements of folk poetry with sample texts.
6) Gets information about prosaic types in folk literature.
7) Gets information about form and context of epics, legends, fairy tales, folktales, jokes... etc in the way with making descriptions.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Normative characteristic of oral literature. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Normative characteristic of oral literature. Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Normative characteristic of oral literature. Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Anonymous folk literature, myth, Turkish mythology. Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium; Workshop
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Legend, memorates, "menakıpname". Lecture; Case Study
Colloquium; Workshop
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Normative characteristic of oral literature. Lecture; Case Study
Brainstorming; Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Normative characteristic of oral literature. Lecture; Case Study
Brainstorming; Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Folk tale Lecture; Case Study
Brainstorming; Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Mid-term exam

10. Week Normative characteristic of oral literature. Lecture; Case Study
Colloquium; Workshop
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Proverb, idiom... Lecture
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Folk theater... Lecture
Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Workshop
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Folk poetry Lecture
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Folk poetry Lecture
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Fuat Köprülü, Edebiyat Araştırmaları, Ankara, 1966.
Hasan Özdemir, Popüler Edebiyat, Uluslar arası Türk Halk Edebiyatı Kurultayı Bildirileri. Ankara, 2002, s. 567-573.
Muharrem Ergin, Dede korkut Kitabı I Giriş-Metin-Faksimile, Ankara, 1989.
Orhan Şaik Gökyay, Dedem Korkud’un Kitabı, İstanbul, 1973.
Pertev Naili Boratav, 100 Soruda Halk Edebiyatı, İstanbul, 1969.
Pertev Naili Boratav, 100 Soruda Türk Folkloru, İstanbul, 1973.
Peter Burke, Yeniçağ Başında Avrupa Halk Kültürü. Çev. Göktuğ Aksan, Ankara, 1995.
S. Veyis Örnek, Türk Halk Bilimi, Ankara, 1977.
Semih Tezcan, Dede Korkut Oğuznameleri Üzerine Notlar, İstanbul, 2001.
Semih Tezcan-Hendrik Boeschoten. Dede Korkut Oğuznameleri, İstanbul, 2001.
Walter Ong, Sözlü ve Yazılı Kültür. Sözün Teknolojisi, Çev: Sema Postacıoğlu Banon, İstanbul, 1999.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
. 14 4
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 6
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 4
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 6
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  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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