COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD ELC. 6 (STORY STUDIES IN TURKISH LITERATURE)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TED 3014 FIELD ELC. 6 (STORY STUDIES IN TURKISH LITERATURE) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞERIF ALI BOZKAPLAN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to introduce students to important story types and prominent writers in different periods of Turkish literature, and to provide them with the ability to examine and interpret selected stories using literary criticism methods. Students will be able to analyze the structural features, themes, characters, narrative techniques, the author's style and their relationship with literary movements. In addition, they will evaluate the historical, social and cultural contexts of the stories and gain the competence to deeply penetrate the texts by applying different critical approaches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Explain the historical development and important periods of the story genre in Turkish literature.
2   2. Will be able to recognize the prominent story writers and their works of the Tanzimat, Servet-i Fünun, National Literature, Republic and later periods.
3   3. Will be able to analyze the structural features (plot, characters, time, place, narrator, etc.) of selected Turkish literature stories.
4   4. Will be able to identify and interpret the main themes and motifs in the stories examined.
5   5. Will be able to evaluate the psychological depth and social representations of the characters in the stories.
6   6. Will be able to identify different narrative techniques (point of view, internal monologue, stream of consciousness, etc.) used in stories and interpret their effects.
7   7. Will be able to analyze the authors' original styles and language use.
8   8. Will be able to relate the stories examined to the historical, social and cultural contexts of the period to which they belong.

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: Historical Development and Importance of the Story Genre in Turkish Literature
2 Tanzimat Period Storytelling: Basic Characteristics and Important Authors
3 Storytelling in the Servet-i Fünun Period: Individual Themes and the Understanding of Art for Art's Sake
4 Storytelling in the National Literature Period: National Identity and Social Problems
5 Storytelling in the Early Republic Period: New Values and Anatolian Reality
6 Storytelling in the Period Between 1950-1980: Modernism and Social Changes
7 Storytelling After 1980: Postmodernism and New Discourses
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Structuralist Approach to Story Analysis: Analysis of Plot, Characters, Time and Place Elements
10 Thematic Approach to Story Analysis: Identifying, Interpreting and Relating Themes to Universal Context
11 Character Analysis in Story Analysis: Characters' Motivations, Development, and Social Representations
12 Narrative Techniques in Story Analysis: Point of View, Narrator Types, Internal Monologue, Stream of Consciousness and Analysis of Dialogues
13 Style and Language Analysis in Story Analysis: Author's Word Choice, Sentence Structures, Rhythm and Harmony
14 Sociological and Historical Context in Story Analysis: The Relationship of Stories to the Social, Political and Cultural Reality of the Period in Which They Were Written
15 Story Analysis with Different Critical Approaches: Application of different approaches such as Psychoanalytic Criticism, Social Realist Criticism, Feminist Criticism to selected stories.
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Kaplan, Mehmet ( 1976 ). Studies on Turkish Literature 1. Dergah Publications.
Moran, Berna ( 1991 ). A Critical View of Turkish Novel 1-2-3 . Iletişim Publications.
Kundakçı, Yaşar ( 2015 ). Turkish Storytelling: Textual Analysis . Kesit Publications.
Tekin, Mehmet ( 2004 ). Novel Art and Criticism . Ötüken Publications.
Parla, Jale ( 2001 ). Novel from Don Quixote to Today . Iletişim Publications.
Eagleton, Terry ( 2017 ). Literary Theory: An Introduction (Translation: Tuncay Birkan). Iletişim Publications. (Original publication date: 1983 )

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, discussion, question-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 success of the student is determined by the midterm and final exam grades. Apart from this, there are no special evaluation criteria.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students should prepare for the subjects specified in the syllabus before coming to the classes. Attendance to 70% of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.bozkaplan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 15:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555
LO.655
LO.755
LO.855

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