TURKISH LITERATURE 1

The course is part of the cultural subjects of the curriculum and aims at providing an introduction at the beginnings of Turkish literature exploring the poetry production of Ottoman literati.

1. Knowledge and comprehension
- To understand the social and cultural contexts of Ottoman love poetry
- To learn the rhetorical figures
- To understand the main poetical forms and the most important poets

2. Capacity of application
- To apply the knowledge on the texts
- Capacity to analyze an Ottoman gazel

None. The texts will be provided in Latin transcription, the knowledge of the Arabic alphabet is not necessary.

Α. Introduction
1. Ottoman literature and Ottoman society
2. Transcription

B. The "levels" of Ottoman poetry
1. The poetical personae
a. the lover
b. the beloved
c. the other: rival, ascet etc.

2. The mystical level

3. The level of authority

4. The level of emotion


C. Formal aspects of Ottoman poetry
1. Genres and forms

2. The rhetorics

ANDREWS, Walter G.: An Introduction to Ottoman Poetry. Minneapolis: Bibliotheca Islamica 1976.
ANDREWS, Walter G. & KALPAKLI, Mehmet: The age of beloveds: love and the beloved in early-modern Ottoman and European culture and society. Durham 2005.
ANDREWS, Walter G.: Poetry’s Voice, Society’s Song. Ottoman Lyric Poetry. Seattle/London 1985.

The student will prepare a beyt (distich) to present at the oral examination, with translation, rhetorical analysis and interpretation.

oral

Independently from the attendance modality, evaluation is expressed by the following assessment scale:
18-22:
- sufficient knowledge and capacity to understand what has been requested according to the course program
- sufficient capacity of application of the acquired knowledge through autonomous text analysis
- sufficient capacity of data collecting and interpretation and of critical judgment

23-26:
. average knowledge and capacity to understand what has been requested according to the course program
- average capacity of application of the acquired knowledge through autonomous text analysis
- average capacity of data collecting and interpretation and of critical judgment


27-30:
- good or very good knowledge and capacity to understand what has been requested according to the course program
- good or very good capacity of application of the acquired knowledge through autonomous text analysis
- good or very good capacity of data collecting and interpretation and of critical judgment

The grade of excellence ("lode") is assigned in cases of excellent achievements according to the criteria listed above.

Lecture with text analysis and homework.

Students who are not able to attend the classes are requested to contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester.

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development