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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / TDA 515 - TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: TDA 515 Course Title: COMPARATIVE TURKISH EPICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (MASTER'S DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer BAYRAM DURBİLMEZ (bdurbilmez@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Comparative work of epic scope, subject, concept and basic principles of the method, epics, and knowledge about the relation of written literature.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Term differences in the type of epic, comprehend the Turkish World. PO-1 improve and deepen their knowledge in the same or different field based on the graduate level qualifications in their field of study.
PO-2 grasp the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-3 make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
PO-4 use the relevant research methods and techniques and have both theoretical and practical knowledge in their field of study.
Examination
LO-2 Understand the structural, thematic and performance characteristics of the Turkish World epics. PO-1 improve and deepen their knowledge in the same or different field based on the graduate level qualifications in their field of study.
PO-2 grasp the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-3 make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
PO-4 use the relevant research methods and techniques and have both theoretical and practical knowledge in their field of study.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Comparative work of epic scope, subject, and the basic principles of the method, epics, and the relationship between the written literature, thematic features of epic, epic structural features, functional features of epic, epic multi-media relationship.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The concept of comparative epic, epic descriptions Method of Narration
2 The terms used in the epic of the Turkish world research Method of Narration
3 The term problem of differences Answer question, Method of Narration
4 Structural characteristics of the Turkish epics Answer question, Method of Narration
5 Thematic properties of the Turkish epics Method of Narration, Discussion
6 Functional characteristics of the Turkish epics Method of Narration, Discussion
7 Performance characteristics of the Turkish epics Method of Narration, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Epic performers Method of Narration,
10 Turkish epics, in Siberia Source Browsing, Comparison
11 Epics Volga-Ural Region Source Browsing, Comparison
12 Kazakh-Kyrgyz Epics Source Browsing, Comparison
13 Uzbek Epics Source Browsing, Comparison
14 Turkmen Epics Source Browsing, Comparison
15 Final evaluation Method of Narration
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Çobanoğlu, Ö.Türk Dünyası Epik Destan Geleneği, Ankara 2003.
2 K. N. Chadwick vd. Oral Epics of Central Asia. Cambridge, 1969.
3 Şakir İbrayev. Destanın Yapısı. AKM Yay. Ankara, 1998.
4 Karl R.Türk Boylarının Destanları. Ankara 2002.
5 Hatto, A. (ed.) Traditions of Heroic and Epic Poetry: The Traditions. London,1980.
Required Course instruments and materials
Books, computers, projectors, CD.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 7 7 49
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 7 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 6 4 24
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 7 5 35
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180