COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRAVELOGUES IN TURKISH CULTURE STUDIES I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STD 6047 TRAVELOGUES IN TURKISH CULTURE STUDIES I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ÖZBAŞ

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Course Objective

Course ObjectiveThis course aims to examine travelogues as source material in cultural anthropology and folklore studies. The focus will be on analyzing elements such as folk beliefs, rites of passage, everyday practices, celebrations, and folk medicine as reflected in travel accounts. The course will also critically address the historical contexts, purposes, power dynamics, and publication practices of travel writing.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understands how to use travelogues in cultural analysis.
2   Identifies folk culture elements in travel accounts.
3   Analyzes the historical and ideological contexts of travel writing.
4   Compares travelogues written about different geographies.
5   Learns methods of ethnographic data collection through travel writing.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is a Travelogue: Conceptual Framework
2 History of Travel Writing: From Antiquity to Present
3 Purposes of Travel Writing and Authorial Identity
4 Travelogues and Power: Colonialism, Orientalism
5 Folk Beliefs and Mythological Elements in Travel Accounts
6 Rites of Passage: Birth, Marriage, Death
7 Folk Medicine and Healing Practices
8 Midterm Exam
9 Holidays, Seasonal Celebrations and Folk Calendar
10 Everyday Traditional Practices
11 Representation of Women and Social Role
12 Travelogue Publishing and Travel Writing as a Literary Genre
13 Analysis of Selected Travelogues on Turkey I
14 Analysis of Selected Travelogues on Turkey II
15 General Evaluation and End-of-Term Discussion
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Löschburg, Winfried (1997). Seyahatin Kültür Tarihi. Ankara: Dost Kitabevi
MacLean, Gerard (2005). Doğu'ya Yolculuğun Yükselişi. Osmanlı Imparatorluğu'nun Ingiliz Konukları (1580-1720). Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları
Üçel-Aybet, Gülgün (2003). Avrupalı Seyyahların Gözünden Osmanlı Dünyası ve Insanları. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları
Touati, Houari (2001). Ortaçağ'da Islam ve Seyahat. Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Said, Edward W. (1999). Şarkiyatçılık. Batı'nın Şark Anlayışları. Istanbul: Metis Yayınları
Kabbani, Rana (1993). Avrupa'nın Doğu Imajı. Istanbul: Bağlam Yayınları
Parla, Jale (1985). Efendilik, Şarkiyatçılık, Kölelik. Iletişim Yayınları
Schiffer, Reinhold (1999). Oriental Panorama. British Travellers in 19th Century Turkey. Rodopi: Amsterdam-Atlanta

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, discussion, question-answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students taking the course are required to follow the lessons regularly and fulfill the obligations of the course in a complete and timely manner.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Özbaş
Social Sciences Building, Z-06
Tel.:0 232 3012106
mustafa.ozbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday, 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 157

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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