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| TDE6520 | Turkish Folk Literature Text Analyses | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Berk YILMAZ | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Kemal ÜÇÜNCÜ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The history of the acceptance of folklore as a discipline in the world and in Turkey, and the study of theoretical works produced in this field. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The definition of folklore and folkloristics
The history of folkloristics studies in the world and in Turkey
Folkloristics research methods and techniques
Theories of folkloristics |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Who are the people, what is the folklore? | | | Week 2 | The emergence of folklore as a branch of science, Herder and the Brothers Grimm | | | Week 3 | Developments in European and world history in the context of folklore | | | Week 4 | Early folklore studies; sun myths, meteorology, cultural borrowing theories, Max Müller, Theodor Benfey | | | Week 5 | Early folklore studies; sun myths, meteorology, cultural borrowing theories, Max Müller, Theodor Benfey | | | Week 6 | The Historical-Geographical Method; its proponents and application methods, Elias Lönnrot and the Kalevala Epic | | | Week 7 | The Historical-Geographical Method; its proponents and application methods, Julius and Kaarle Krohn, Axel Olrik's Epic Laws of Folk Narrative | | | Week 8 | The Historical-Geographical Method; its proponents and application methods, Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson, fairy tale catalogue and motif index of folk literatüre | | | Week 9 | Mid-term Exam | | | Week 10 | Structural analysis of folk literature texts, Lord Raglan, Eric Hobsbawm hero patterns | | | Week 11 | Structural analysis of folk literature texts ,Russian Formalism - Propp Method ,C. L. Strauss - The relationship between culture and structure | | | Week 12 | An anthropological perspective in folklore studies, A. Lang, E. Tylor and J. Frazer - Cultural Evolution ,B. Malinowski and W. Bascom - The concept of function in culture and folklore | | | Week 13 | Oral-formulaic composition, Milman Parry and Albert Lord | | | Week 14 | Performance, Applied folklore and open-air / living museums | | | Week 15 | 2. Discussion and assessment of mid-term exam (assignment) work | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Çobanoğlu, Ö. 2007, Halkbilimi Kuramları ve Araştırma Yöntemleri Tarihine Giriş, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara. | | | 2 | Oğuz, Ö. vd, 2005, Türk Halk Edebiyatı El Kitabı, Grafiker Yayınları, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 6/04/2026 | 1 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 15 | 1/06/2026 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 2/06/2026 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 8 | 24 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 6 | 42 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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