Lesson plan / CLASSICAL TURKISH LITERATURE-III

Lesson Information

Course Credit 3.0
Course ECTS Credit 4.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. METİN AKAR
Instructor (s) Prof. Dr. METİN AKAR
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course The aim of this course is to analyze the poets of Turkish Classical Literature who lived at XVIth century in the social and historical context of the era and to study on selected manuscripts and printed works.
Course Content The significant literary figures of Turkish Classical Literature at XVIth century, selected manuscript and printed works are analyzed. Common characteristics of Turkish Classical Literature are specified.

Weekly Course Subjects

1General view on Turkish civilization and its literature at XVIth century.
2Ruler poets at XVIth century.
3Life and works of Lâmiî (d. 1532).
4Life and works of Zatî (1471-1546).
5Life and works of Fuzulî (d.1556).
6Commentary on selected verses from Fuzulî’s “Kasîde Der Na’t-ı Hazret-i Nebevî”.
7Introduction of Fuzulî’s Leyla and Mecnun Mathnawi, commentary on some of its verses.
8Fuzulî’s prose, review of Şikâyetnâme.
9Life and works of Yahya Bey (d.1582). Commentary on selected verses from “Şehzâde Mustafa Mersiyesi”.
10Life and works of Nev’î (d.1599).
11Life and works of Bakî (d.1600). Commentary on selected verses from his gazels.
12Commentary on Bâkî’s “Mersiye-i Sultan Süleyman Han”[terci-i bend].
13Life and works of Bağdatlı Rûhî (d.1605). Commentary on selected verses from his terkib-i bent.
14General roundup of XVIth century Turkish Classical Literature.

Resources

Banarlı, Nihad Sami, Resimli Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi, c.I, İstanbul 1971.
İpekten, Haluk, İsen, M., Karabey, T., Akkuş, M., “XVI.Yüzyıl Dîvân Nazmı”, Başlangıcından Günümüze Kadar Büyük Türk Klâsikleri, c.3-4, İstanbul 1986.
İz, Fahir, Eski Türk Edebiyatında Nazım, İstanbul 1966-1967.