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TRC 207 - Modern Turkish Literature I

Faculty of Education · Turkish Language Teaching · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Necmettin ÖZMEN
Instructors: Doç. Dr. Necmettin ÖZMEN

Course Objective

To give information about the innovations seen in Turkish culture and literature after the declaration of 1839 Tanzimat Fermanı.

To interpret the reasons for the emergence of New Turkish Literature.

To introduce literary personalities and works that prepared new Turkish literature by comparing new Turkish literature with classical Turkish literature.

To teach Servet-i Fünun Literature and Fecr-i Ati Literature with the emergence-development-properties and ending reasons

Course Content

The content of this course includes introduction to the new Turkish literature; an overview of the Westernization movement; Turkish poetry in the first half of the 19th century; prose in the first half of the 19th century (change of language; works reflecting European impressions); people and organizations that raised the first generation of the new literature; M. Reşit Pasha, Kalemler etc.; parliament, reason, freedom etc.; genres that came to Turkish literature from the West: newspaper, novel and story, literary theory and criticism, theater, article etc.; characteristic features of the New Turkish Literature, Tanzania. parliament, reason, freedom, etc.; genres that came to Turkish literature from the West: newspaper, novel and story, literary theory and criticism, theater, article, etc.; Characteristic features of the New Turkish Literature, Tanzimat writers and poets, the emergence of Servet-i Fünun and Fecr-i Ati literature, its end and poets and writers.

Required Resources

TANPINAR, Ahmet Hamdi (2002), 19. Asır Edebiyat Tarihi, İstanbul.

ÇETİN, Nurullah (2016), Tanzimat Dönemi Türk Edebiyatı, Ankara

PARLATIR İsmail, vd.(2006), Servet-i Fünün Edebiyatı, Ankara

ŞEN, Cafer (2006), Fecr-i Ati Edebiyatı, Ankara

KAPLAN, Ramazan (ed.) (2000), Yeni Türk Edebiyatı El Kitabı, Ankara.,

KAPLAN, Mehmet; vd. (1990),Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Antolojisi, I-IV, İstanbul.,

OKAY, Orhan (2000), Batılılaşma Devri Türk Edebiyatı, İstanbul.

Recommended Resources

AKYÜZ, Kenan (1999), Modern Türk Edebiyatının Ana Çizgileri, İstanbul

MARDİN, Şerif (2008), Yeni Osmanlı Düşüncesinin Doğuşu, İstanbul

MARDİN, Şerif (1983), Jön Türklerin Siyasi Fikirleri, İstanbul.,

MARDİN,Şerif (1991), Türk Modernleşmesi, İstanbul.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Learns the periods of new Turkish literature.
  2. Recognizes the scientific concepts and sources of the new Turkish literature department. Learns and applies research and analysis methods. Identifies the effects of Tanzimat and the West on literary texts.
  3. The social, political and cultural issues that uncovered the new Turkish literature are embraced. Learns new Turkish literature in terms of writer, works and features.
  4. Interprets the reasons that prepare the emergence of New Turkish Literature. Learns the concepts and types that come with the new Turkish literature.

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%40 (21) Arts%20 (22) Humanities%40

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussion

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15230
Out of Class Study Period6636
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment166
Practice000
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Social Change and LiteratureLecture Notes
2General conditions of the period and the conditions that prepared Tanzimat LiteratureÇETİN, Nurullah (2016), Tanzimat Dönemi Türk Edebiyatı, Ankara
3Poetry in Tanzimat Literature: ŞinasiŞinasi'nin Türk Şiirinde Yaptığı Yenilik - Mehmed Kaplan
4Novel in Tanzimat Literature: Namık KemalÇETİN, Nurullah (2016), Tanzimat Dönemi Türk Edebiyatı, Ankara
5Criticism in Tanzimat Literature: Ziya PashaTanzimat’tan Cumhuriyet’e Türk Edebiyatı’nda Tenkidin Genel Seyri Yasin BEYAZ
6A Man of the People: Ahmet Mithat EfendiÇETİN, Nurullah (2016), Tanzimat Dönemi Türk Edebiyatı, Ankara
7Theater in Tanzimat Literature: Abdülhak Hamit TarhanÇETİN, Nurullah (2016), Tanzimat Dönemi Türk Edebiyatı, Ankara
8MidtermAra Sınav
9Intermediate GenerationTÜRK EDEBİYATINDA ARA NESİL Dr. Ahmet İhsan KAYA
10General Characteristics of Servet-i Fünûn LiteraturePARLATIR İsmail, vd.(2006), Servet-i Fünün Edebiyatı, Ankara
11Pessimism in Servet-i Fünûn: Tevfik FikretPARLATIR İsmail, vd.(2006), Servet-i Fünün Edebiyatı, Ankara
12Servet-i Fünûn Poetry Language: Cenap ŞehabettinPARLATIR İsmail, vd.(2006), Servet-i Fünün Edebiyatı, Ankara
13Dream-Truth / Mai and Black / Halit Ziya UşaklıgilPARLATIR İsmail, vd.(2006), Servet-i Fünün Edebiyatı, Ankara
14Fecr-i Ati Literature: Ahmet HaşimŞEN, Cafer (2006), Fecr-i Ati Edebiyatı, Ankara
15Ahmet HaşimHisar, Abdülhak Ş. (2023). Ahmet Haşim: Şiiri ve Hayatı. Everest: İstanbul
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