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Last Updated: 10/07/2026

Code - Course Title Compulsory/Elective Laboratory + Practice ECTS
EDB313 - Turkish Folktales V. SEMESTER 2 +0 4.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. ÇİĞDEM KARA
Mode of Delivery face to face
Place of Delivery
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended novel analysis, story analysis, discourse analysis, structralism and literature criticism
Recommended Resources *Başgöz, İlhan (1986) Folklor Yazıları. İstanbul: Adam. *Bazşgöz, İ. (2012) Türkülü Aşk Hikayeleri. İstanbul: Pan. *Kononenko Moyle, N. (1990). The Turkish Minstrel Tale Tradition. New York: Garland Pub., *Elçin, Şükrü (1998) Halk Edebiyatına Giriş. Ankara: Akçağ. *Binyazar, Adnan (2003) Halk Anlatıları. İstanbul: Can Yayınları. *Kemal, Yaşar (2002) Sarı Defterdekiler. istanbul: İş Bankası. *Elçin, Ş. (2000) Kerem İle Aslı Hikayesi. Ankara: Akçağ. *Duymaz, A. (2001) Kerem İle Aslı Hikayesi Üzerinde Mukayeseli Bir Araştırma. Ankara: KB.
Work Placement Not Applicable
Aims of the Course

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 The description of folktale from minstrels
Week - 2 The Relationship between minstrel folktale and other literary genres.
Week - 3 The sources of minstrel folktale
Week - 4 The Classification of minstrel folktale
Week - 5 Features of minstrel as a narrator
Week - 6 Oral composition theory and the education of minstrel.
Week - 7 mid term exam
Week - 8 Features of minstrel folktale narrator community
Week - 9 Introduction of minstrel folktale episodes
Week - 10 Structuralist folk tale analysis theory
Week - 11 The analysis of selected example texts
Week - 12 minstrel folktale according to performance theory
Week - 13 The analysis of selected example texts
Week - 14 Differences between narrators in variants of the same minstrel folktale

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 40
Final Exam 1 60
Toplam (%) 100

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