TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	5
SEMESTER	Tenth Term (Spring)
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) recall and repeat Turkish epics. 2) compare between Turkish and world epics. 3) develope method of observing of writing and verbal products.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	mythology
COURSE DEFINITION	In this course, the definition and classification of the legends which are evaluated in the scope of Turkish folk literature are made and the legends such as Ergenekon, Manas, Yaratılış, Türeyiş, Göç are analyzed. General information about the transition period legends as Köroğlu, Dede Korkut are given. These legends are investigated and comprised with other literary varieties.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week What is epic? Formation conditions, phases and properties. 2nd Week Function of myth in the epic, issues, beliefs and ideas of the formation and development of systems in place. 3rd Week Turks gathered from MITI texts (creation, the flood and doomsday on) on the investigations 4th Week the old Turkish belief system elements(Tengricilik,nature-ancestors cults,shamanism, Buddhism, maniheism 5th Week MITI texts and historical-legend epics between similarities and differences 6th Week Who is narrator? The epic of exercise, the epic hero 7th Week Classification of the epic is a matter- before Is. Turkish epos: Şu, Alp er Tunga, Göktürk and Uygur epos: Oguz Khan epos 8th Week Mid-term exam 9th Week Epic of the Turkish-Islamic period: Battalname,Danişmentname: studies on type-From "alp" to "alperen" and "gazi":"Köroğlu" 10th Week The book of "Dede Korkut" 11th Week The world of the Turkish community epos: Kyrgyz epos and epic tradition-Manas 12th Week The epic heroism and tradition of the Turkish Altaic and Şor 13th Week Tuva and Başkurt Turks epos and epic tradition 14th Week Kazak and Uygur Turks epos and epic tradition
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	- Prof. Dr Fuat Köprülü, Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi, Akçağ Yay, Ankara 2003; - Reşit Rahmeti Arat-W Bang, Uygur Harfli Oğuz Kağan Destanı; - Zeki Velidi Togan, ReşideddinOğuznamesi; - Prof. Dr. Saim Sakaoğlu-Prof. Dr. Ali Duymaz, İslamiyet Öncesi Türk Destanları, Ötüken Yay, İstanbul 2002; Prof. Dr. - Bahaeddin Ögel, Türk Mitolojisi I,II; - Türk Halk Edebiyatı El Kitabı (Edt. Prof. Dr. Öcal Oğuz),; - Mircea Eliade, Mitlerin Özellikleri; - Dinler Tarihine Giriş; Şamanizm; - Prof. Dr Metin Ergun, Şor Kahramanlık Destanları, Akçağ Yay, Ankara 2006; vd.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,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