COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Ancient Turkish Calligraphy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ÖZKAN BIRIM

Offered to

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to instruct how to write the Ottoman Turkish letters and their pronunciation in today s Turkish, and, to introduce the numbers in Ottoman Turkish and their numeral matching, and to inform the students about the reading markers, to classify the letters and to indicate the pronunciations of the one-syllable and multi-syllable words spelled differently but pronounced the same; moreover, to teach how to read some simple texts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Hayati Develi, Osmanlı Türkçesi KlavuzuI, Kesit Yayınları, Eylül 2009, Istanbul.
Ali Yardım; Izmir Milli Kütüphane Yazma Eserler Katoloğu I,II,III ve IV. Cilt, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1997 Izmir.
Ali Yardım; Yazma Eser Çözümleme Esasları ve Sülemeli Alanlar, Ders Notları, 2006.
Mübahat S. Kütükoğlu; Osmanlı Belgelerinin Dili, Kubbealtı Neşriyatı, 1998 istanbul.
Nimet Bayraktar; Yazma Eserlerin Değerlendirme Ölçüleri ve Sanat Değeri, Türk Kütüphaneciler Derneği Bülteni, 1970 ankara.
M.Zeki Pakalın; Osmanlı Tarih deyimleri ve Terimleri Sözlüğü, Ankara.
Mine esiner Özen; Yazma Kitap Sanatları Sözlüğü, 1985 Istanbul.
Günay Kut;Yazma Eserler ve Konuları,Antik Dekor, Sayı:2,
Ferit Develioğlu;Osmanlı Türkçesi Ansiklopedik Lugat, Aydın Kitapevi Yayınları, 1993 Ankara.
Şemseddin Sami; Kâmûs-ı Türkî, Enderun Kitapevi, 1989 Istanbul.
Mahmut Bedreddin Yazır Kalem Güzeli I, II, Ankara 1981.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In this course, the alphabets the Turks have used will be instructed. The simple, initial, midst and final cases of Ottoman Turkish letters will be introduced formally, and their pronunciation in today s Turkish will also be instructed. Dotted-undotted, vertical-horizontal letters will be introduced by their anatomies and voices. While introducing the letters one by one, the readings of short words with two or three letters will be instructed.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

This course involves 2 theoretical course credits. In the term, the students are given both a mid-term exam and a final exam on the purpose of having them comprehend the content of the course in the lesson. Through the mid-term exam, we will evaluate how much the students have comprehended the knowledge in the course books and notes and to what extent they have achieved the reading skills. By the 40 % of the mid-term and 60 % of the final exam the students will be evaluated in terms of knowledge and skill.

Assessment Criteria

The exams will be evaluated out of 100 and depending on the number of the questions, which will be announced before the exams. The total grade will be identified and evaluated by the answers.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The lesson starts with the theoretical introduction of the related subject and visual letter anatomies. The students coming to class late will be accepted into the class but are considered to attend half class period. All attendance will be scored as mentioned above. At the end of each course, the next lesson s subject is given to the students as study and research subject. Each lesson starts after discussing the study and research subject before teaching it.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozkan.birim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Not avalible

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes