COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGIOUS AND MYSTICAL MAZMUNS IN TURKISH-ISLAMIC LITERATURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6222 RELIGIOUS AND MYSTICAL MAZMUNS IN TURKISH-ISLAMIC LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NESRIN SOFUOĞLU

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To introduce Turkish Islamic Literature to students more closely and to teach the place of the mazmuns in literary-religious-mystical poetry.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns the etymological and literary definition of the mazmuns.
2   Understands the relationship of the mazmuns between the literary arts.
3   How to find the the mazmuns in poetry and he/she discovers the meaning the poet attributes to it.
4   Learns the concepts of religious-sufism and its processing in poetry.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is the mazmuns
2 Terms of Mazmun, Metaphor, Motif, Remz
3 Sources about the mazmuns.
4 The relationship between the mazmuns and literary arts.
5 The mazmuns in Divan literature.
6 The mazmuns about love and lovers.
7 The mazmuns about historical person and events.
8 Mid-term exam
9 The mazmuns in religious literature.
10 Religious mazmuns.
11 The mazmuns about prophets and their miracles.
12 The mazmuns in sufi literature.
13 The mazmuns about religious and sufism orders.
14 The mazmuns about Sufi people and events.

Recomended or Required Reading

Main sources:
Ahmet Talat Onay, Açıklamalı Divan Şiiri Sözlüğü.
Agâh Sırrı Levend, Divan Edebiyatı Kelimeler ve Remizler Mazmunlar ve Mefhumlar.
Iskender Pala, Divan Edebiyatı Sözlüğü.
Dursun Ali Tökel, Divan Şiirinde Mitolojik Unsurlar.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research, Reading, Question and Answer, Understanding, Lecture and Presentation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Student achievements are evaluated according to the mid-term exam, homework, final exam and performance in the course.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nesrin.yalcin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 16:00 - 18:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 6 78
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 7 14
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 212

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1554
LO.255
LO.3
LO.455