COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MYTH ANALYSIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TDE 4020 MYTH ANALYSIS 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

To give information about Turkish and world mythologies, genesis myths, analyzing Turkish myths of pre-islamic and post-islamic periods

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have information about mythology
2   Understand basics of Turkish mythology
3   Understand basic of world mythology
4   Have information about genesis myths
5   Recognize pre-islamic Turkish myths.
6   Compare differences and similarities of pre-islamic myths
7   Recognize post-islamic Turkish myths .
8   Compare differences and similarities of post-islamic myths

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Myth and mythology
2 General properties of Turkish mythology
3 Introducing world mythology.
4 Basic fields of world mythology.
5 Genesis myths.
6 Analysis of genesis myths.
7 Mid-term exam
8 Pre-islamic myths.
9 Pre-islamic myths.
10 Analyzing pre-islamic myths.
11 Post-islamic myths.
12 Categorization of post-islamic myths.
13 Analyzing primary post-islamic myths.
14 Comparing pre-islamic and post-islamic myths.

Recomended or Required Reading

Türk Dünyası Ortak Edebiyatı, Türk Dünyası Edebiyat Tarihi, AKM Yayınları, Cilt:3, Ankara, 2003.
Türk Dünyası Ortak Edebiyatı, Türk Dünyası Edebiyat Tarihi, AKM Yayınları, Cilt:1, Ankara, 2001.
Metin Arıkan, Başlangıçtan Yirminci Yüzyıla Kazak Jırav ve Akınları, Elik Yayınları, Uşak, 2010.
Abdulkadir Inan, Makaleler ve Incelemeler, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara, 1998.
Karl Reichl, Türk Boylarının Destanları, (Çev. Metin Ekici), TDK Yayınları, Ankara, 2002.
Dursun Yıldırım, Türk Bitiği, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara, 1998.

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 4 3 12
Preparation for midterm exam 12 2 24
Preparation for final exam 3 3 9
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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