Aristotelis Mitraras

University Teacher (PD 407/80)

amitraras[at]turkmas.uoa[dot]gr

3 hours per week

Course Objectives

The primary goal of the course is to bring students closer to the modern works of Turkish literature, both of prose and poetry. The linguistic, aesthetic and interpreting approach of the literary texts will lead students to gain various experiences. More precisely, they will get familiar to the Turkish literary language and they will understand the modern ideological developments, cultural values and particular traditional elements that are linked to the subject, time, concepts and generally everyday life of the Turkish people.

Course Structure

The course 'Turkish Literature I: Modern Trends' deals with literary works that were written between 1923 – 1950. This period, being part of the History of the New Turkish Literature, unfolds chronologically through the analysis of texts of various writers and poets who shaped the modern literary movements.

The course includes the following sections:

a) A reference to the general ideological principles and particularities of each literary movement is analysed separately. Moreover, we highlight and examine the basic characteristics of the works of each writer or poet, according to the literary movement he/she belongs to.

b) Following the theoretical examination of each literary movement, we aim to analyze the texts through different perspectives: vocabulary, aesthetic and interpretative analysis of representative literary texts.

Assessment

Final examination.

Bibliography

Alangu, Tahir, Cumhuriyetten Sonra Hikaye ve Roman 1–3, İstanbul Matbaası Yayınları, İstanbul, 1965.

Enginün, İnci, Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Edebiyatı, Dergâh Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002.

Kaplan, Mehmet, Cumhuriyet Devri Türk Şiiri, Dergâh Yayınları, İstanbul, 1975.

Kudret, Cevdet [Solok], Türk Edebiyatında Hikaye ve Roman, c. 2 – 3, Varlık Yayınları, İstanbul, 1990.

Moran, Berna, Türk Romanına Eleştirel Bir Bakış, c 1 – 3, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 1994.