Explain the birth and development of Sufie Literarute in Anatolia.
Knows the types of Sufi literature.
Interpret the product of Sufi literature.
Mode of Delivery
Face to face
Prerequisites
No
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Description
Within this course, as highlighting common framework of Tekke-Sufi Literature definition, through the topic of Turks and Islam, tradition of Ahmet Yesevi will be introduced by defining the historical ground that forms this literature. By giving information about the creation of this literature in Anatolia, outputs of Sufi literature will be evaluated from the point of topic, theme, form and type features, language and also rhetoric. In addition, the most important literary identities of the literature of this period according to centuries will be discussed through selected works.
Course Contents
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
General introduction of Sufi Literature
2nd Week
The formation of Tekke literature in Anatolia
3rd Week
Source works in Sufi literature
4th Week
Form and genre in Sufi Literature
5th Week
Menakıbname, Velayetname, Evliyaname etc.
6th Week
Type of hymn and examples
7th Week
Nutuk etc. species and examples
8th Week
Midterm
9th Week
Yunus Emre
10th Week
Hacı Bektaş Veli (13th century)
11th Week
Kaygusuz Abdal (14th century)
12th Week
Hacı Bayram Veli (15th century)
13th Week
Aziz Mahmut Hüdai, Pir Sultan Abdal (16th century)
14th Week
Examples from 17th, 18th, 19th century poets
15th Week
General review
Recommended or Required Reading
Güzel, Abdurrahman. Dini-Tasavvufi Türk Edebiyatı. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 2006.
Köprülü, Fuat. Türk Edebiyatında İlk Musatavvıflar. Ankara: Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı Yayınları, 1976.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lecture
Questions/Answers
Presentation
Project
Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity
Percentage (%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
1
10
Attendance
1
10
Total(%)
50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
