COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOLKLORE THEORY AND METHODS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TDE 5031 FOLKLORE THEORY AND METHODS I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SELMA GÜLSEVIN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature

Course Objective

To teach basic theorical and practical procedures and methods in evaluating oral, written and material culture.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the scope of folkloristics, its subject-matter, methodology and basic concepts
2   Comprehend the brief historical development of folkloristics and folklore theories
3   Analyse folklore theories
4   Define field research methods, and apply on problem

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Social sciences and knowledge.
3 Social sciences and folklore
4 Folklore and western philosophy
5 Romantic nationalism and folklore
6 Herder, Vico and J. J. Rousseau
7 Folk term of Herder
8 Early era theories of folklore
9 General qualifiations of early era folklore theories
10 Finnish historical-geographical method
11 Revolutionary Folkore Method and historical reconstructing method
12 Psychoanalytic folklore theory
13 Ideological and structural methods
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Assman, Jan, Kültürel Bellek, Ayrıntı Yayınevi, Istanbul 2015.
Burke, Peter, Yeniçağ Başında Avrupa Halk Kültürü, Imge Kitabevi, Istanbul 1996.
Çobanoğlu, Ö, Türk Dünyası Epik Destan Geleneği, Akçağ Kitabevi, Ankara 2003.
Ibrayev, Şakir, Destanın Yapısı, AKM Yay., Ankara 1998.
Reichl, Karl, Türk Boylarının Destanları, TDK, Ankara 2002.
Çobanoğlu, Ö., Halkbilimi Kuramları ve Araştırma Yöntemleri Tarihine Giriş., Ankara 2002.
Dorson, M. R, Folklore and Folklife, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1972.
Toelken, Barre, The Dynamics of Folklore, Hougto Mifflin Company, Boston 1979.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

writing exam

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 6 14 84
Tutorials 7 14 98
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 184

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.153
LO.2552
LO.355
LO.4445

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