Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
PSYCHOANALYTIC FOLKLORE HLK313 5. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Serpil AYGÜN CENGİZ
Assistants
Goals The aim of the course is to teach students the ways of analyzing folklore texts with psychoanalytic theory, which is one of the text-centered folklore theories, and one of the ways of analyzing the students in detail.
Course Content This theoretical approach, which attracted attention for the first time with Ernest Jones' speech entitled "psychoanalytic folklore" in a meeting with a wide participation in 1928, later advanced with the studies of ethnologist Géza Róheim, and today it has become one of the five most common text-centered folklore theories in the world. In this course, folklore texts will be analyzed with a psychoanalytic perspective, both as one of the most important social science theories of the twentieth century and as one of the folklore text-centered theories.
Learning Outcomes 1) Student apply psychoanalytic folklore theory to folklore material.
2) Students apply psychoanalytic terms in folklore research.
3) They learn theories on Psychoanalytic folklore

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to the course Lecture

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2. Week Psychoanalytic framework (I) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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3. Week Psychoanalytic framework (II) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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4. Week Psychoanalytic framework (I) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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5. Week Culture as a reflection of consciousness Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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6. Week Psychoanalytic approach to father-mother-child relationship: Boğaç Han Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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7. Week Understanding Oedipal desire: Analyzing "mani"s with psychoanalytic approach Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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8. Week What is actually covered ? Understanding the term "Euphemism" Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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9. Week On cultural expression of desire: Examples from folk culture (I) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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10. Week On cultural expression of desire: Examples from folk culture (II) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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11. Week On cultural expression of desire: Examples from folk culture (III) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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12. Week Popular culture and psychoanalysis:Psychoanalysis in Cartoons and cartoons with psychoanalytic approach Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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13. Week Mass culture manipulation and psychoanalysis Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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14. Week Latest points on psychoanalytic folklore Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

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Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
"Aka, Belde 2010 “Ninnileri Psikanalitik Yaklaşımla Yeniden Okuma Denemesi”. Millî Folklor Dergisi, Yıl 22, Sayı 88, 38-43. "
Jones, Ernest 2007 “Psikanaliz ve Folklor” (1928)” (Çev.: Banu Yılmaz). Millî Folklor Dergisi, Yıl 19, Sayı 74, 104-115.
Karabaş, Seyfi 1981 Bütüncül Türk Budunbilimine Doğru. Ankara: ODTÜ Yayınları
Karabaş, Seyfi 1996 Dede Korkut’ta Renkler. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15000
PY25000
PY35000
PY45000

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 4
Midterm Exam 1 4
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 20
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 30
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload