COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRE-ISLAMIC TURKISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GKD 5057 PRE-ISLAMIC TURKISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞERIF ALI BOZKAPLAN

Offered to

Music Teacher Education
Turkish Language Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Geography Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
Special Teacher Education
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
Mathematics Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
Social Studies Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to introduce the linguistic structure and cultural characteristics of pre-Islamic Turkic societies in historical, philological, and sociocultural contexts. Students will become familiar with written and oral sources of the period and understand the relationship between language evolution and cultural elements.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Can explain the linguistic and cultural structures of pre-Islamic Turkic societies.
2   Identifies and analyzes written and oral sources from the era.
3   Evaluates the historical development of Old Turkic.
4   Interprets mythological, epic, and religious texts within their cultural context.
5   Compares linguistic features of the era with Modern Turkish.
6   Analyzes the foundations of Turkish cultural history using scholarly methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course and basic concepts
2 The origin of the term "Turk" and historical Turkic communities
3 Introduction to Old Turkic: Dialects and periods
4 Pre-Islamic written sources
5 Oral tradition: Epics, myths, and narratives
6 Steppe life and social structure
7 Tengrism and belief systems
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 The Orkhon and Yenisei inscriptions
10 Linguistic features of early texts
11 Syntax and morphology in Old Turkic
12 Art, music, and aesthetics
13 Sacred texts and religious terminology
14 Student presentations and discussions
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ercilasun, Ahmet Bican (2004). Eski Türk Dili. Akçağ Yayınları.

Tekin, Talât (1995). Eski Türk Şiiri. Simurg Yayınları.

Clauson, Gerard (1972). An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth-Century Turkish. Oxford University Press.

Erdal, Marcel (2004). A Grammar of Old Turkic. Brill Academic Publishers.

Golden, Peter B. (1992). An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples. Otto Harrassowitz.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, demonstration, discussion, question and answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student's success is determined by the grade he/she will receive from the midterm and final exams. Apart from this, there is no special evaluation criterion.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students must prepare for the topics specified in the course program before coming to class. Attendance at 70% of classes is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erhan.aydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61

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