Comparative Literature: Contemporary Literature of Turkey and Turkic Countries

Course:

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Comparative Literature: Contemporary Literature of Turkey and Turkic Countries
Code
ННД.06
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO 7 Analyse, compare and classify different trends and schools in Turkish linguistics and Turkic literature. PLO 10 Collect and systematise linguistic, literary and folklore facts, interpret and translate texts of different styles and genres. PLO 11 Carry out scientific analysis of linguistic and literary material, interpret and structure it taking into account appropriate methodological principles, formulate generalisations based on independently processed data. PLO 15 Choose the best research approaches and methods for analysing a particular linguistic or literary material.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful completion of the course requires master's students to have basic knowledge of the history of Turkic literature and the literature of Turkey, as the learning objectives of the discipline are to acquaint students with the basic concepts of comparative literature; to analyse the contemporary literature of Turkey and Turkic countries; to give students an idea of the works of writers from Turkey and Turkic countries, highlighting common and distinctive features in their literary works. Prior to taking this course, students should know the main characteristics of Turkic culture and have a good command of Turkish language, which meets the communication needs for reading works in the original and translation.
Course content
The discipline "Comparative Literature: Contemporary Literature of Turkey and Turkic Countries" introduces students to the basic and conceptual principles of analysis of the contemporary Turkic literary process and the peculiarities of comparative analysis of works of fiction by Turkish and Turkic writers. The study of this discipline involves a detailed analysis of Turkish literature after the establishment of the Republic of Turkey headed by Kemal Ataturk and its comparative analysis with the contemporary literature of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan (late twentieth century to the present). The discipline involves the analysis of literary material, taking into account appropriate methodological principles. The planned independent work in the discipline contributes to the formulation of a generalisation of information about the modern literary process of Turkey and Turkic countries on the basis of independently processed data.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Grisbakh-Tugan H. Novitnie turetske krasne pysmenstvo / Die Modern Türkische Prosaliteratur / V.Dubrovskyi (avtoryzovanyi pereklad z nim. movy). – B.m.: B.v., 1948. – 30 s. dyv. Kochubei Yu. V.V. Dubrovskyi (1897-1966) yak skhodoznavets / Yu.M. Kochubei; In-t skhodoznavstva im. A.Iu. Krymskoho NAN Ukrainy. – K., 2011. S. 280-316. 2. Dzheihan N. Literaturnyi rukh «Servet-i fiunun» / N. Dzheihan // Visnyk KNUTSh. Skhidni movy ta literatury. – 2009. – Vyp. 15. S. 46-51. 3. Zhyrmunskyi V.M. Folklor Zapada y Vostoka. Sravnytelno-ystorycheskye ocherky / V.M. Zhyrmunskyi. M.: OHY, 2004. 464 s. 4. Zhurnal suchasnoi azerbaidzhanskoi literatury «Laivlib». – Baku. 2006r. 5. Z turetskoi poezii // Miroshnychenko M. Na svitlovydnoti: Avtorska antolohiia perekladacha / M. Miroshnichenko; uporiad. L. Miroshnichenko; peredm. S. Borshchevskoho. – K.: Etnos, 2009. S. 342-367.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Work with the works of Turkic and Turkish writers, analysis and comparison of their works and biographies; oral response, preparation and defence of presentations, module tests.
Assessment methods and criteria
Knowledge control is carried out according to the ECTS system, which provides for a two-level assessment of the material learned, in particular, assessment of theoretical training - learning outcomes (knowledge), which is 40% of the total grade, and assessment of practical training - learning outcomes (skills), which is 60% of the total grade. Assessment of semester work: 1. Work in seminar classes: 10 - 26 points. 2. Presentations: 2 - 4 points. 3. Module tests #1 and #2: 13 -15 points. 4. Exam: 24 - 40 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian/Turkish

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Uliana Ihorivna Kyrychuk-Hassan Sayed Hassan
Departament of Turkology
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Departament of Turkology
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology