TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	5
SEMESTER	Ninth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Fatma Özlem Bay Gülveren
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn Turkish culture's products. 2) Learn other nations' culture products. 3) Compare and discuss two different cultures. 4) Evalute the history of culture in an overall aspect. 5) Recognize current social and cultural practices and become aware of their roots. 6) Become aware of culture products.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The sources of Turkish and world's mythology, features and works. The comparison and evaluation of mythological works in respect of cultural and universal values.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Description of myth and mythology, sources and creation of myths 2nd Week Functions and varieties of myths 3rd Week Myths and other genre: "Mytht-Legend-Epic-Folk tales" Comparison 4th Week Ancient Turkish Belief System and Shamanism 5th Week Totemism, Reflections of Totemism in Turkish mythology and various totems 6th Week Description and creation of Epic 7th Week Variation of Epic and classification of Turkish 8th Week Midterm exam 9th Week Turkish epic of creation, properties and analysis 10th Week Turkish epic of creation and other societies' epic of: Sümer, Akad, Mısır, Fenike, İran, Yunan, Cermen vb... 11th Week Differences and similarities between Turkish and foreign epics 12th Week National epics: Oğuz Kağan Destanı 13th Week Epic of Oghuz khan and other societies' epics: Zerdüş Efsanesi, Perseus Efsanesi, Cuchulainn Destanı, Gılgamış Destanı 14th Week Review of the term
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	- Türk Dünyası El Kitabı (4 cilt), " Masal-Mit-Efsane", Türk Kültürünü Araştırma Enstitüsü Yayınları. 2- Türk Dünyası Edebiyat Tarihi (7 cilt), Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Başkanlığı Yayınları.cilt: 1, 2, 3. 3- Bahaddin Ögel, Türk Mitolojisi I, II, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları 4- Pertev Naili Boratav, 100 Soruda Türk Halk Edebiyatı, Koç Yayınları. 5- ---------------------, Halk Hikayeleri ve Halk Hikayeciliği. 6- Saim Sakaoğlu, Masal Araştırmaları. 7- Ali Berat Alptekin, Halk Hikayelerinin Motif Yapısı 8- Abdülkadir İnan, Tarihte ve Bugün Şamanizm 9- Yaşar Çoruhlu, Türk Mitolojisinin Ana Hatları 10- Mircea Eliade, Mitlerin Özellikleri, Om Yayınları. 11- Mehmet Kaplan, Türk Edebiyatı Üzerine Araştırmalar, 3. cilt: Tip Tahlilleri. 12- İbrahim Kafesoğlu, Türk Milli Kültürü.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Discussion,Presentation,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 20 Presentation of Article 1 20 Total(%) 70 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 70 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 30 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No