At the end of this course, the students; 1) Discuss the social change and transformation that started with the National Struggle and the Republican period through literary texts. 2) Evaluate the basic characteristics of the literature of the National Struggle and Revolution period. 3) Discuss the approaches of the writers and poets of the Republican period comparatively. 4) Examine selected texts from the genres of novels, poems and stories of Turkish literature of the Republican period within the framework of the conditions of the period.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No
COURSE DEFINITION
The social change and transformation that started with the National Struggle and the Republic period will be introduced through literary texts. In this course, in which the dynamics shaping modern Turkey will be discussed, the continuities and transformations between the Ottoman and Republican periods will be discussed according to the development line of literary genres.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Getting started
2nd Week
Conditions that prepare the period of National struggle and revolutions ("Milli Mücadele" and "İnkılap")
3rd Week
Features of literature of "Milli Mücadele" and "İnkılap period"
4th Week
Literature and literary canon; Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu: "Yaban"
5th Week
Halide Edip Adıvar: "Sinekli Bakkal"
6th Week
Social realism; Nazım Hikmet: "Memleketimden Insan Manzaraları"
7th Week
Orhan Veli, Oktay Rifat, Melih Cevdet Anday
8th Week
Midterm
9th Week
Peyami Safa: "Fatih-Harbiye"
10th Week
Turkish story of Republic period; Memduh Şevket Esendal: "Feminist", Sabahattin Ali: "Bir Orman Hikayesi", Sait Faik Abasıyanık: "Lüzümsüz Adam", "Alemdağ'da Var Bir Yılan"
11th Week
Reşat Nuri Güntekin: "Yeşil Gece"
12th Week
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek: "Çile"
13th Week
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar: "Huzur"
14th Week
General evaluation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Aktaş, Şerif. Yenileşme Dönemi Türk Şiiri ve Antolojisi. Ankara: Akçağ Kitabevi, 1996. Enginün, İnci. Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Edebiyatı. İstanbul: Dergah Yayınları, 2002. Halman, Talat (Ed.). Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınevi, 2007. Kahraman, Hasan Bülent. Türk Şiiri, Modernizm, Şiir. İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı, 2004. Karaca, Alattin. İkinci Yeni Poetikası. Ankara: Hece Yayınları, 2005. Korkmaz, Ramazan, vd. Yeni Türk Edebiyatı El Kitabı. Ankara: Grafiker Yayınları, 2003. Moran, Berna. Türk Romanına Eleştirel Bir Bakış. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1983. Sazyek, Hakan. Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Şiirinde Garip Hareketi. Ankara: İşbankası Yayınları, 1996. Timur, Taner. Osmanlı Türk Romanlarında Tarih Toplum ve Kimlik. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi, 1991.