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Last Updated: 10/07/2026

Code - Course Title Compulsory/Elective Laboratory + Practice ECTS
EDB120 - Introduction to Turkish Folk Literature II. SEMESTER 2 +0 3.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Required Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. ZÜLFÜKAR BAYRAKTAR
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 Anthropology, Turkish folklore
Recommended Resources *ALANGU, Tahir (1983) Türkiye Folkloru El Kitabı. İstanbul: Adam Yayıncılık. *BAŞGÖZ, İlhan (1986) Folklor Yazıları. İstanbul: Adam Yayınları. *BAŞGÖZ, İlhan (1996) “Protesto: Folklorun Beşinci İşlevi (Fonksiyonu)”, Folkloristik-Prof. Dr. Umay Günay Armağanı içinde. (haz.) Özkul Çobanoğlu, Metin Özarslan. Ankara: Feryal Mat., s.1-4. *BORATAV, Pertev Naili (1984a) 100 Soruda Türk Halk Edebiyatı. İstanbul: Gerçek Yayınevi. *BORATAV, Pertev Naili (1984b) 100 Soruda Türk Halkbilimi. İstanbul: Gerçek Yayınevi. *BORATAV, Pertev Naili (1991) Folklor ve Edebiyat 2 C. (1982). İstanbul: Adam Yayınları. *BORATAV, Pertev Naili (2000) Halk Edebiyatı Dersleri. İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yayınları. *BURKE, Peter (1996) Yeniçağ Başında Avrupa Halk Kültürü. (çev.) Göktuğ Aksan. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi. *ÇOBANOĞLU, Özkul (1999) Halkbilimi Kuramları ve Araştırma Yöntemleri Tarihine Giriş. Ankara: Akçağ. *ELÇİN, Şükrü (1998) Türk Halk Edebiyatına Giriş. Ankara: Akçağ.
Work Placement Not Applicable
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 discussing the terms 'folk, culture and tradition'
Week - 2 history of European folklore studies
Week - 3 history of folklore studies in Turkey
Week - 4 definitions and function of folklore
Week - 5 classification of Turkish folk literature
Week - 6 features of oral culture
Week - 7 mid term exam
Week - 8 features of epic genre
Week - 9 historic - geografic method and epic text
Week - 10 structuralist methods and epic texts
Week - 11 oral composition method and epic texts
Week - 12 analyzing selected examples of proverb
Week - 13 analyzing selected examples of riddle
Week - 14 analyzing selected exampels of mani

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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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