Skip to main content

TDE 211 - Ottoman Turkish Literature Texts I

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · Turkish Language and Literature · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Öğr. Gör. Dr. Ahsen KAHRAMAN
Instructors: Öğr. Gör. Dr. Ahsen KAHRAMAN

Course Objective

To gain the ability to read and understand printed and written Ottoman Turkish texts correctly and to translate them into today's Turkish.

Course Content

This course aims to help students read and analyze Ottoman Turkish texts written in different styles. By selecting poetry and prose examples from works produced until the 19th century, language changes and developments are emphasized.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Reads and understands various examples of poetry and prose in print from the 13th to the 19th centuries.
  2. Learns and understands new words used in poetry and prose from the 13th century to the 19th century.
  3. Intuits the grammatical rules seen in poetry and prose from the 13th century to the 19th century.
  4. Obtains information about the understanding of art and social life of the period through various examples of poetry and prose from the 13th century to the 19th century.

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionGuided PracticeSelf study

Assessment & Evaluation

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

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16232
Out of Class Study Period14114
Midterm122
Quiz000
Assignment13113
Practice12112
Final122

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Using a dictionary in reading Ottoman Turkish texts.Check out Kamus-ı Turki before the class.
2Reading and understanding printed Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
3Reading and understanding printed Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
4Reading and understanding printed Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
5Reading and understanding printed Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
6Reading and understanding printed Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
7Reading and understanding printed Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
8MIDTERMAN OVERVIEW
9Reading and understanding manuscript Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
10Reading and understanding manuscript Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
11Reading and understanding manuscript Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
12Reading and understanding manuscript Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
13Reading and understanding manuscript Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
14Reading and understanding manuscript Ottoman Turkish texts.Pre-reading of the given text.
15FINAL EXAMAN OVERVIEW
16FINAL EXAMAN OVERVIEW