GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO MYTHOLOGY/1050050
Course Title: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO MYTHOLOGY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof.EVRİM ÖLÇER ÖZÜNEL
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/eolcer/contact
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  eolcer@gazi.edu.tr evrimolcer@gmail.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
They will learn about the importance of mythology, and the relationship between it, mythology and daily life then identify the building process.
They master the eras and texts of Turkish literature and can analyse Turkish culture on literary texts.
They know and use the oral and written Turkish cultural resources.
They analyze the social practices based on traditions, customs and folk beliefs and develop new models on applied folklore.
They can relate world cultures to mythhologies and also make comparative studies.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction to mythology.
2. Week  Understanding the mythology or menaing the mythology?
3. Week  Questioning the existance and annihilisation through mythology.
4. Week  The ethiology of blue marbel: The mtyhology of nature from rivers to mountains, mountains to trees.
5. Week  The epiphanies and hyrophonies of the sacred: Stones and symbols.
6. Week  The fertility and agriculturel myths from mother goddess to devine father.
7. Week  The loops of sacred and nature from the beginig to the end.
8. Week  The soul’s victory: overcoming the evil; the myhtology of good and bad.
9. Week  The mighty of iron and fire: The alchemy of the iron.
10. Week  From hero to anti-hero: Thousand face of the hero.
11. Week  As the same they did: Myth and ritual theory
12. Week  The inner myths: Mythology of dreams
13. Week  The mythical and mysthical language of fairy tales.
14. Week  The mythology and the literary images.
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Emel Esin. Türklerde maddi Kültürün Oluşumu Emel Esin. Türk Kozmolojisine Giriş Bahaddin ögel, Türk Mitolojisi I-II Mircea eliade: Mitlerin özellikleri Mircea Eliade. Dinler tarihine Giriş Mircea Eliade. Dinler Tarihi 1,2,3 Joseph Campbell: Yaratıcı Mitoloji Joseph Campbell: İlkel Mitoloji Joseph Campbell: Doğu Mitolojisi Joseph Campbell: Batı Mitolojisi Joseph Campbell: Kahramanın Sonsuz Yolculuğu Yaşar Çoruhlu: Türk Mitolojisinin Ana Hatları B. Malinowski: Büyü, Bilim ve Din B. Malinowski: İlkel Toplumlarda Cinsellik B. Malinowski: Bilimsel Bir Kültür Teorisi Murat uraz: Türk Mitolojisi J. Paul Roux: Türklerin ve Moğolların Eski Dini A. İnan: T. Ve B. Şamanizm Bilge Seyidoğlu: Türk Mitolojisi Araştırmaları Ysev Bonnefoy: Mitolojiler Sözlüğü I-II (Dost yayınevi)
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
5
70
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
4
56
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
10
10
 Final and Studying for Final
1
10
10
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To attain basic concepts and theories of folklore.X
2To learn folklore research methods and techniques and use them efficiently.X
3To get knowledge on historical development of folkloristic and the role of Turkish folklore studies in world folklore studies.X
4To learn written and oral Turkish cultural sources and use them.X
5To perform interdisciplinary research by using data derived from different social science disciplines in order to embrace holistic approach to cultural process.X
6To have knowledge on Turkish literary periods and texts and analyze Turkish culture through the analysis of literary texts.X
7To use practical and theoretical knowledge of the performance arts such as Turkish folk theatre, folk music and folk dance.X
8To analyze social practices based on custom and usages and folk beliefs, discuss them and develop new models in applied folklore.X
9To recognize relations among world cultures and their mythologies and carry out comparative studies.X
10To collect, organize and share data through information and internet technologies.X
11To apply theoretical knowledge of media, tourism, animation fields to applied folklore studies.X
12To display cultural heritage by means of museology within the context of identification, archiving, visualizing, protection of cultural heritage.X