Aimilia Themopoulou

Associate Professor

athemop[at]turkmas.uoa[dot]gr

3 hours per week

Course Objectives

The aim of the course is the examination of the Turkish Scholarly Literature, its influence during the long period of the Ottoman Empire and its evolution from the 15^th century until the beginning of the 20^th century.

Course Structure

In this course we examine the principal periods of the Turkish Literature and more specifically:

• the Ottoman palace literature from the 15^th century until the 19^th century; main types and the ottoman poetry;

• the application of aruz in poetry, the important influence of Arabic and Persian language, the evolution of the Ottoman language from the classical period until the 19^th century, and the principal poets: Asik Pasa, Nesimi, Baki, Fuzuli, Necati, Nefi, Nedim, Seyh Galip;

• the formation of ideologies in the 19^th century, the influence of the Western literature and ideas in Tanzimat literature;

• the influence of the translations from the western literature, Ottoman intelligentsia, and the literature of theatre in the Ottoman Empire, the authors Namik Kemal, Ibrahim Sinasi, Abdulhak Hamit Tarhan, Ziya Paşa;

• Tanzimat Literature: Edebiyat-i Cedide. The literary movement of Servet-i Funun in the Tanzimat Literature from the end of the 19^th century until the beginning of the 20^th century. Theauthors Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem, the romancersHalit Ziya Usakligil, Mehmet Rauf and the poet Τevfik Fikret.

Assessment

Written assignment (25% of the total grade), final written examination (75% of the total grade).

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