COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUFISM- LITERATURE RELATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6325 SUFISM- LITERATURE RELATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Islamic Histroy and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GÖKBULUT

Offered to

Islamic Histroy and Arts

Course Objective

Turkish Sufi Literature is an important part of Turkish Literature. Turkish Sufi Literature extends from Ahmad Yesevi to the end of representative of Classical Literature Sheikh Galib. This line is not learned, will bring major shortcomings in our doctoral students which will occupy the teacher authorities then. For this reason Sufism in Turkish Literature should be examined very good.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will recognize Turkish Sufi Literature more closely.
2   Will get extensive information about Sufism.
3   Will become aware of study of Sufism in Turkey.
4   Will learn Ahmed Yesevî, Yunus Emre, Haci Bektas-i Veli as large of mysticism.
5   Will have knowledge about an important part of Turkish literature.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Information of Yesevîlik
2 Yunus Emre and Sufizm
3 Rumi's Place in Sufism
4 Hadji Baktaş Veli and Literature of Bektaşi
5 Literature of Alevi and Bektaşi
6 Eşrefoglu Rumi, Erzurumlu Ibrahim Hakkı and Kadirilik
7 Halveti Literature in XVI. century
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Ibrahim Gülşeni and Gülşeni movement in the Turkish soil
10 Commentaries on sufi poetry
11 Books on Sufism in Ottoman Society
12 On Sufi and Poetry
13 Mevlevi Poets
14 Şeyh Galib and Literature of Mevlevi

Recomended or Required Reading

Mahmut Erol Kılıç, Sufi ve Şiir, Insan Yay., Istanbul 2005.
Cemal Kurnaz-Mustafa Tatçı, Yesevîlik Bilgisi,MEB Yay., Istanbul 2000.
Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı, Mevlana dan Sonra Mevlevîlik, Inkılap Yay., Istanbul 2009.
Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı, Alevî-Bektâşî Nefesleri, Inkılap Kitabevi, Istanbul 1992.
Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı, Yunus Emre ve Tasavvuf, Inkılap Kitabevi, Istanbul, tarihsiz.
Himmet Konur, Ibrahim Gülşenî, Hayatı, Eseleri, Tarikatı, Insan Yay., Istanbul 2000.
Kaplan Üstüner, Divan Şiirinde Tasavvuf, Birleşik Yay., Ankara 2007.
Kenan Erdoğan, Niyâzî-i Mısrî Divanı, Akçağ Yay., Ankara 2008.
Ali Öztürk, XVI. Yüzyıl Halvetî Edebiyatı (Basılmamış Doktora Tezi), Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Ankara 2003.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research, Reading, Question and Answer, Understanding, Lecture and Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced

Assessment Criteria

Student achievements are evaluated according to the mid-term exam, homework, final exam and performance in the course.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.gokbulut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 16:00 - 18:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.144
LO.244
LO.35
LO.4
LO.555