GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
THE HISTORY OF FOLKLORE SEARCHES/1050051
Course Title: THE HISTORY OF FOLKLORE SEARCHES
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. M. Öcal Oğuz
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ocaloguz
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ocaloguz@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To compare the development of folklore discipline in Turkey and Europe and enable the students to do comparative analysis.
To reveal the the problems regarding the history of folklore and provide some help for solution ways. To examine the emergence, development processes
To evaluate the emergence and development stages of Turkish folklore and current situation in a comparative manner. Ultimately, to help students gain
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
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 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
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 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
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 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Syllabus and Assignments
2. Week  Defining Folklore
3. Week  Story of the Primitive-Oriented Curiosity
4. Week  Ossianism and Its Latter Influences
5. Week  Herder and Folk Spirit
6. Week  The Rise of Myths and Fairytales: Grimm Brothers
7. Week  The First Usage of the Term Folklore in England and Germany
8. Week  The Problem of Homer and The Rise of Epic
9. Week  Folklore and Nation Building: Fact of Finnish
10. Week  Russian Formalists and Propp
11. Week  Folklore and Social Classes
12. Week  After World War II. : Quests and Applied Folklore
13. Week  During 1980’s: The Rise of Local and The New Interpretation of Folklore
14. Week  UNESCO and Folklore
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Cocchiara, G. The History of Folklore in Europe, ISHI, 1981. Oğuz, M. Öcal, Türk Dünyası Halkbiliminde Yöntem Sorunları, Ankara: Akçağ Yay., 2007 Yıldırım, Dursun, Türk Bitiği, Ankara: Akçağ Yay., 1998. Oğuz, M. Öcal vd., Türk Halk Edebiyatı El Kitabı, Ankara: Grafiker Yay., 2004. Oğuz, M. Öcal, Küreselleşme ve Uygulamalı Halkbilimi, Ankara: Akçağ Yay., 2002. Örnek, Sedat Veyis, Türk Halkbilimi, 1995. Oğuz, M. Öcal vd., Halk Biliminde Kuramlar ve Yaklaşımlar 1, Ankara: Geleneksel Yay. 2014. Oğuz, M. Öcal vd., Halk Biliminde Kuramlar ve Yaklaşımlar 2, Ankara: Geleneksel Yay. 2014. Oğuz, M. Öcal vd., Halk Biliminde Kuramlar ve Yaklaşımlar 3, Ankara: Geleneksel Yay. 2014. Oğuz, M. Öcal vd., Halk Biliminde Kuramlar ve Yaklaşımlar 4, Ankara: Geleneksel Yay. 2014. Ögel Bahaeddin, Türk Mitolojisi I-II, Ankara: TTK Yay., 1986
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
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 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
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 -- 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
0
 Final and Studying for Final
1
10
10
 Other
1
10
10
 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