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TMA 614 - Literature and Civilization

Graduate Education Institute · History and Civilization Studies · Doctorate

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Beytullah KAYA

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to determine the basic features of Turkish literature, to evaluate the sources and to evaluate the aesthetic understanding on which it is based; This course aims to recognize the social and cultural environment in which literature develops and to understand and interpret the works that guide us.

Course Content

A civilization reading will be carried out in literature and civilization through literary texts.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. 1. Determine the basic characteristics of Turkish literature.
  2. 2. The students know the sources of Turkish literature and the aesthetic understanding it is based on.
  3. 3. They read the sources of Turkish literature and finds inferences about the mentality of the period he wrote.

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionBrain Storming

Assessment & Evaluation

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

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15345
Out of Class Study Period15115
Midterm000
Quiz000
Assignment11010
Practice000
Final155

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1On Literature and CivilizationEdebiyat ve Medeniyet Üzerine Âkif İNAN, Gelenek
2Love1.Osmanlı Şiirinde Aşk’a Dair – Ahmet Atilla Şentürk 2. Divan Şiirinde Aşk - Muhammet Nur DOĞAN
3Understanding of Beauty and Reflections of Our CultureKlâsik Türk Şiirinde Bedenin Harflere Yansıması- Ömer Savran
4Literature and SufismVaroluşun Tanıkları-Turan KOÇ
5Legendary Birds of Our LiteratureGülşehri-Mantıku’t Tayr – Kemal Yavuz
6Literature and MythologyOsmanlı Tasvir Sanatları I Minyatür-Metin And Aşk Ve Zillet Şeyh-i San'an'ın Hikâyesi- Rasim Özdenören
7Literature and FlowersKlasik Türk Şiirinde Duyguların Dili: Çiçekler- Yavuz Bayram Gülşenâbâd- Şemsettin Sivasî
8MidtermMidterm
9Istanbul in Our LiteratureSanat ve Medeniyet-Saadettin ÖKTEN, Has-Bağçede Ayş u Tarab Nedimler Şairler Mutribler-Halil İNALCIK
10Civilization and Women (Female Heroes of Literary Works)Doğu’da Ve Batı’da Mâşuk Leylâ Ve Juliet Tipleri Üzerinden İki Farklı Medeniyetin Kadına Bakışı- Özlem Güneş
11Civilization and Women (Female Poets, Writers)Civilization and Women (Female Poets, Writers)
12Literature Miracles Reflected-Our Lost CultureKaragöz ve Perde Gazeli- Süheyl Ünver
13Literary Studies IOrhun Kitabeleri, Kutadgu Bilig, Divan-ı Hikmet, Atabetü'l Hakayık, Divan u Lugat-it Türk
14Literary Studies IIDivanlar, Halk Şiirinden Örnekler
15Literary Studies IIITanzimat ve Cumhuriyet dönemine ait eserlerden seçmeler
16FinalFinal