Eksiz Her Sey
HUMANITIES INSTITUTE TURKIC FOLKLORE As Performance Art Course Description: Designed for English-speaking students, this course will cover some of the major issues surrounding Turkish folklore and oral literature. Among the subjects are the Turkish epic, romantic epic (or hikâye), Turkish name-giving traditions, folklore and nationalism, folk religion, the structure and performance of Turkish romances, the formula in oral creation, performer-audience relationship, folklore as a political instrument, digression in oral narrative, proverbs and social change, folk theater, orality in the written text, and the gender dynamics of oral literature and performance. The course will also integrate some of the fundamental theoretical works of the field of Folklore, and their applicability to the Turkish context. About the Professor This course was developed by Ilhan Basgoz, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Folklore at Indiana University. Professor Basgoz is widely recognized as a preeminent scholar of Turkish folklore, and is author of numerous articles, essays, and many books, including Hikaye: Turkish Folk Romance as Performance Art, Turkish Folklore Reader, I, Hoca Nasreddin, Never Shall I Die: A Thematic Analysis of Hoca Stories. © 2015 by Humanities Institute 1 Contents Unit I Folklore Studies in the World Week 1: Introduction to the Study of Folklore Week 2: Folklore Studies in the West Week 3: The Function of Folklore Week 4: Folklore as Performance Unit II Turkic Folklore Studies Week 5: Turkish Folklore Studies Week 6-7: Epics Turkic Epics Manas The Dede Qorqut Epic Koroglu Epic Cycle Week 8: Folk Romance (hikaye) Week 9: Folk Tales Week 10: Humor, Jokes, and Anecdotes Week 11: Legends Week 12: Proverbs Week 13: Riddles Week 14: Onomastics: The Study of Names Week 15: Folk Theatre 2 ASSIGNMENTS Unit Essays : Write a paper of 3000 words on ONE of the following topics for each unit.
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