COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MINSTREL LITERATURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TDE 4019 MINSTREL LITERATURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CAFER ŞEN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature

Course Objective

Giving information about growing of minstrles in the tradation of minstrel literature, performance methods, sub-genres that written with syllbical meter and aruz prosody in minstrel literature

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have knowledge about minstrle tradation.
2   Learn the terms of Shaman , Ozan and Bahşı
3   Learn the term of Aşık and their characteristics.
4   Learn sub-genres that written with syllbical meter and aruz prosody that is used by Aşık s.
5   Learn the importance of growing contex of minstrels in the minstrel tradation.
6   Learn performance ambience and methods of minstrel confrontations.
7   Learn enviorments of minstrels grow up and tradation of master -apprentice
8   Have information about categerization of minstrels by centuries

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Historical progress of minstrel literature.
2 Ideas on terms of Aşık and Ozan.
3 Defination and characteristics of Aşıks
4 Categorization of Aşıks by centuries.
5 Aşıks growing up in the basis of their enviorment.
6 Being an Aşık with own struggles and other reasons.
7 Mid-term exam
8 Master-apprentice tradation.
9 Master-apprentice tradation.
10 Being an Aşık after a dream(drinking Bade
11 Taking pseudonym.
12 Aşık confrontations.
13 Aşık hanging (Muamma)
14 Bull sesion tradation of dedim dedi

Recomended or Required Reading

Ed. M. Öcal Oğuz, Türk Halk Edebiyatı El Kitabı, , Grafiker Yayınları, Ankara 2007.
Abdurrrahman Güzel, Ali Torun, Türk Halk Edebiyatı El Kitabı, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara 2003.
Doğan Kaya, Âşık Edebiyatı Araştırmaları, Istanbul 2000.
Pertev Naili Boratav, 100 Soruda Türk Halk Edebiyatı, Gerçek Yayınevi, Istanbul 2000.
Umay Günay, Türkiye'de Âşık Tarzı Şiir Geleneği ve Rüya Motifi, Ankara 1993.
Özkul Çobanoğlu, Âşık Tarzı Kültür Geleneği ve Destan Türü, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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

To be announced.

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 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 10 2 20
Preparation for final exam 5 1 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.6132225212152
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