Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
New Turkish Literature V TDE323 Turkish Compulsory 5. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 5.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Recai ÖZCAN
Instructor(s)
Goals This course aims to interpret the historical development of Turkish literature considering the periods before and after the proclamation of the Republic, identify the key concepts of Turkish literature in the Republican Era, understand the characteristics of Republican Era Turkish poetry, gain knowledge about the lives and literary identities of poets of the period, and analyze selected poems.
Course Content -
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Understand the relationship between social, political, and cultural change.
2 Know the key concepts of Republican Era Turkish Literature.
3 Gain knowledge about the emergence of the “nationalist” (memleketçi) literature.
4 Recognize the poetic features of the Garip movement.
5 Comprehend the characteristics of Turkish poetry between 1923–1950.
6 Be informed about the phonetic and formal characteristics of Republican Era Turkish poetry.
7 Understand the importance of text-based work in poetry analysis.
8 Grasp the contributions of poetic movements formed during the Republican Era to Turkish Literature.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Development of Turkish poetry from the Second Constitutional Era to the Proclamation of the Republic
2. Week General characteristics of Republican Era Turkish poetry (Classification, content, literary movements, etc.)
3. Week Yahya Kemal – Life and Literary Identity
4. Week Yahya Kemal’s poetic theory and sample poems
5. Week Literary approach of the Five Syllabists group
6. Week Poem analysis from Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
7. Week Life and Literary Identity of Nâzım Hikmet
9. Week Analysis of Nâzım Hikmet’s poems
10. Week Life and Literary Identity of Necip Fazıl
11. Week Analysis of Necip Fazıl’s poems
12. Week Life and Literary Identity of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
13. Week Analysis of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar’s poems
14. Week Orhan Veli Kanık and characteristics of the Garip movement
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6 DK7 DK8
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • – Şerif Aktaş, Cumhuriyet Devri Türk Edebiyatı – Enginün, İnci, Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Edebiyatı – Ahmet Oktay, Cumhuriyet Dönemi Edebiyatı (1923–1950) – Hüseyin Tuncer, Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Edebiyatı – Mehmet Kaplan, Şiir Tahlilleri I, Dergâh Yayınları – Nihat Sami Banarlı, Resimli Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi, vol. 2, Ministry of Culture – Orhan Okay, Batılılaşma Devri Türk Edebiyatı, Dergah Yayınları – Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Antolojisi, Istanbul University Faculty of Letters Publications – Nurullah Çetin, Şiir Çözümleme Yöntemi, Ankara, Öncü Kitap, 2004