Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
180300507125TEXT ANALYSISCompulsory473
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To provide a general understanding of the extremely rich content world of Classical Turkish poetry with the commentary methods of Classical Turkish poetry with selected examples from texts between 13-19th centuries. To gain the ability to understand, explain and interpret the texts of classical Turkish literature and to analyze and analyze these texts and to apply different approaches such as philological, etymological and semantic approaches in understanding the texts.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Murat Ali KARAVELİOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1Understands the traditional and modern methods used in understanding, explaining and interpreting classical Turkish poetry texts.
2Based on a wide variety of (religious-sufufic or non-religious (profane)) textual examples, he determines and interprets the rich content world of Classical Turkish poetry.
3Identifies and evaluates the religious-mystical, national, social, cultural, aesthetic and poetic elements of classical Turkish poetry from text samples.
4To be able to read Turkish texts in Arabic script selected from the specified periods, transfer them to Turkey Turkish and analyze them.
5Have a sense of professional ethics and responsibility.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
There is no prerequisite for this course.
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Definitions of text commentary, text analysis and text analysis and the differences between them; traditional and modern approaches and methods for the commentary of religious-mystical or non-religious Classical Turkish poetry texts; outlining and reinforcing the necessary background knowledge for the commentary of a text; drawing attention to the religious-mystical, national, social, cultural, aesthetic and poetic elements contained in such texts with practical examples.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Text annotation, text explanation, text analysis, text analysis, text analysis terms related to the definition, features and information about the differences between them. Basic issues to be known in the annotation of classical Turkish poetry texts.
2Annotation methods used in analyzing and understanding classical Turkish poetry texts.
3Commentary of selected couplets / poetry examples from Yûnus Emre Divan.
4Commentary of some selected couplets/poems from Nesîmî Divan.
5Commentary of some couplets/poetry examples from Kadı Burhaneddin Divan.
6Commentary of couplet / poem examples from Ahmadi Divan.
7Commentary of some selected couplets/poems from Ahmed Pasha Divan.
8Midterm Exam
9Commentary of couplet / poem examples from Necâtî Bey Divan.
10Commentary of selected couplets/poems from Fuzûlî Divan.
11Commentary of some selected couplets/poems from Bâkî Divan
12Commentary of selected couplets/poems from Neşâtî Divan.
13Commentary of some selected couplets/poems from Nedîm Divan.
14Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Muhammet Nur Doğan, (2004), Fatih Divanı ve Şerhi, İstanbul: Erguvan Publishing House. Muhammet Nur Doğan (2018), Leyla and Majnun, Istanbul: Yelkenli Publishing House. Ahmet Talat Onay (2023), Açıklamalı Divan Şiiri Sözlüğü, Eski Türk Edebiyatında Mazmunlar ve İzahı, İstanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat Yayınları. İskender Pala (2024), Encyclopedic Divan Poetry Dictionary (Hardcover), Istanbul: Kapı Publications. Ahmet Atilla Şentürk, Guide to Ottoman Poetry (Volumes 1-7). Ahmet Atilla Şentürk (2019), Ottoman Poetry Anthology, Istanbul: Yapıkredi Publications. Ali Nihat Tarlan (2017), Fuzuli Divan Commentary, Ankara: Akçağ Publications. Fahir İz (2021), Old Turkish Literature Nazım I, Ankara: Akçağ Publications. Faruk Kadri Timurtaş (2021), Ottoman Turkish Texts 2, Istanbul: Alfa Publications.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Self Study12560
Individual Study for Mid term Examination199
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)81
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