COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EPIC TRADITION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TDE 5020 EPIC TRADITION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR CAFER ŞEN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature

Course Objective

Objective of this cource is to get students to comprehend the social and cultural dynamics of rising of epics in the worldwide Turkish community and to teach to students the trials on classifications of epic genre from past to now. Finally, students will learn that epic and epic traditions of performance and performing context.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the cource, students will learn information about that epic tradition, the rising of epic tradition, classification of epics, structional and functutional characaracteristics of epics.
2   Additionally, they will be familliar with academic literature on epic traditions.
3   Get information aboul culture of community

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Oral Literature and contexts
3 The Epic and narrative genres
4 The thematic charactaristics of epics
5 The thematic methods of epics
6 The performer and audience
7 The epic , performer and audience
8 The contextual charactaristics of epics
9 The scructural charactaristics of epics
10 Grammer and verbalism charactaristics of epics
11 The functional charactaristics of epics
12 The epics and written literature
13 Epics , history and applied folklore
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Arıkan, Metin, Başlangıçtan Yirminci Yüzyıla Kazak Jırav ve Akınları, Elik Yayınları, Uşak 2010, 265+7s., ISBN: 978-9944-0209-7-8.
Başlangıçtan 20. Yüzyıla Kazak Jırav ve Akınları, Gece Kitaplığı, Ankara 2014.(Gözden Geçirilmiş 2. Basım)
Assman, Jan, Kültürel Bellek, Ayrıntı Yayınevi, Istanbul 2015.
Burke, Peter, Yeniçağ Başında Avrupa Halk Kültürü, Imge Kitabevi, Istanbul 1996.
Çobanoğlu, Ö, Türk Dünyası Epik Destan Geleneği, Akçağ Kitabevi, Ankara 2003.
Ibrayev, Şakir, Destanın Yapısı, AKM Yay., Ankara 1998.
Reichl, Karl, Türk Boylarının Destanları, TDK, Ankara 2002.
Yıldırım, Dursun, Türk Bitiği, Akçağ Yay., Ankara 1998.
Yıldız, Naciye, Türk Dünyası Destancılık Geleneği ve Destanlar, Akçağ Yay., Ankara 2015.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

writing exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 4 14 56
Practice (Reflection) 6 14 84
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1224
LO.2333
LO.3322

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