Information Package / Course Catalogue
Turkish Folk Poets and Minstrelsy Literature
Course Code: TRDE569
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Minstrel tradition and minstrel literature; traditions, literature, history, elements and elements and analysing and introducing these types.

Course Content

The tradition of minstrel and minstrel literature, underlying factors that created minstrel literature, Minstrel tradition and minstrel literature, birth and development of minstrel tradition in Anatolia, the formation and development of literature and the theories about the origin of the tradition of minstrelsy, socio-cultural conditions that created the minstrel tradition, social and cultural environments where minstrels grew up, Minstrel sessions, analysing and commenting on sample texts in minstrel traditions.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Knows about the tradition of minstrel literature.
2.Is able to explain literature texts in minstrel tradition.
3.Knows about the formation of minstrel literature.
4.Is able to provide information about the places where tradition of minstrelsy is carried out.
5.Is able to give information on the training of minstrels.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Erman Artun, Âşıklık Geleneği ve Âşık Edebiyatı, Karahan Yayınları, 2012.
2.Türk Halk Edebiyatı El Kitabı, M. Öcal OĞUZ vd. , Grafiker Yayınları, 2014
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Tradition of minstrels and minstrel literature.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Factors in preparing the minstrel literature.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Tradition of minstrel and minstrel literature studies.
Week 4 - Theoretical
The tradition of minstrels in Anatolia and the formation and development of minstrel literature.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Approaches to the origin and development of the minstrel tradition
Week 6 - Theoretical
Socio-cultural conditions that make up the tradition of minstrel.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Social and cultural environments where minstrels grew up.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Approaches to minstrel literature.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Training minstrels in the tradition of minstrels.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Culture medias
Week 11 - Theoretical
Minstrell sessions
Week 12 - Theoretical
Examples of minstrel tradition.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Applied minstrel recital and evaluation
Week 14 - Theoretical
General review
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Midterm Examination130131
Final Examination150252
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
OÇ-2
2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026