MINSTREL TRADITION AND LITERATURE

TDE540

Course Code: TDE540
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Ayşe Duvarcı

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn genres and representatives of Minstrel literature.
Make evaluations on the basic problems of Minstrel literature.
Analyze poetry by folklore theories.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course focuses on the development of minstrel tradition in Anatolia, origins and characteristics of minstrel literature, as well as its impacts on Turkish culture through the examples of minstrels and their poetry.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Minstrel tradition in Turkish literature
2^nd Week	The transition process from Ashik poets to minstrel
3^rd Week	Minstrelsy tradition
4^th Week	Master-apprentice relationship, adopting a pseudonym
5^th Week	Drinking wine and dream motives
6^th Week	Minstrel branches
7^th Week	Social environments of minstrels
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Genres in Minstrel literature
10^th Week	Genres in Minstrel literature
11^th Week	Representatives of Minstrel literature (16th-20th century)
12^th Week	Representatives of Minstrel literature (16th-20th century)
13^th Week	Stories of minstrels
14^th Week	Poetry of minstrels
15^th Week	General review

Recommended or Required Reading

Artun, Erman. Aşıklık Geleneği ve Aşık Edebiyatı. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 2011.
Bilgegil, Kaya. Saz Şairinim Kadroları. İstanbul: Salkımsöğüt Yayınları, 2012.
Çobanoğlu, Özkul. Aşık Tarzı Kültür Geleneği ve Destanı. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 2009.
Günay, Umay. Aşık Tarzı Şiir Geleneği ve Rüya Motifi. Ankara: Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Yayınları, 1986.
Köprülü, M. Fuad. Saz Şairleri. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 2004.
Özarslan, Metin. Erzurum Aşıklık Geleneği. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Questions/Answers
Presentation
Other

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	15
Attendance	1	5
Presentation of Article	1	10
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1.5	1.5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	15	2	30
Preparation for Final exam	1	25	25
Course hours	15	3	45
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1.5	1.5
Homework	2	18	36
Review article writing	1	20	20
Literature review	12	1.5	18
Article Presentation	2	18	36
Article	12	2	24
Weekly Articles and Resource Research	12	2.5	30
Total Work Load			287
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			9.56
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2	X	X	X
K3
K4
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12
K13
K14	X	X	X
K15

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K1	X	X	X
K2	X	X	X
K3
K4
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12
K13
K14	X	X	X
K15

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2	X	X	X
K3
K4
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12
K13
K14	X	X	X
K15

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2	X	X	X
K3
K4
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12
K13
K14	X	X	X
K15