Information Package / Course Catalogue
Comparative Folk Culture Studies II
Course Code: DKE520
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

To make mutual presentation and analysis of folk culture products with audio and visual materials.

Course Content

Folk culture products produced in different cultural environments will be presented and analyzed comparatively, based on the determinations made on folklore, verbal art, folk literature, national culture, tradition and culture.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Learn folklore method and knowledge
2.Learns how cultural products are spread and transformed
3.Can compare different folk culture products.
4.Integrates folklore method with cultural sciences
5.Can evaluate different products in different cultural environments
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Turkish Folk Literature Handbook, M. Öcal Oğuz
2.Folklore Handbook Pertev Naili Boratav
3.Oxford Islamic Dictionary, John. L. Esposito
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
First semester evaluations and summarizing the first term questions and answers.
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Sample texts and discussion on folklore in modern culture
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Sample texts and discussion on folklore in modern culture
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Sample texts and discussion on folklore in modern culture
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Sample texts and discussion on efforts to produce local and secular information
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Sample texts and discussion on efforts to produce local and secular information
Week 7 - Theoretical
Tradition research in different cultures, sample texts and discussion
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Tradition research in different cultures, sample texts and discussion
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
midterm
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Tradition research in different cultures, sample texts and discussion
Week 11 - Theoretical
How romance-love is handled in cultures
Week 12 - Theoretical
Heroism and its change and transformation in cultures.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Distribution of religions and cultural interactions
Week 14 - Theoretical
Distribution of religions and cultural interactions
Week 15 - Theoretical
Cultural transfer and cultural inhibition.
Week 16 - Final Exam
final
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1463126
Quiz1112
Final Examination1112
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)130
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
OÇ-1
3
4
3
4
3
3
5
3
OÇ-2
4
4
4
3
3
5
3
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
3
3
5
3
4
OÇ-4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
5
3
4
OÇ-5
4
3
3
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026