Relationship Between Tale and Librettos of A.a. Saygun's Operas

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Yok

Course Contents

Many operas which received their themes from the folk tales were composed during the cultural revolution of the Turkish Republic period. These were the products of a revolutionary spirit which turned its face towards the cultural heritage of Anatolia. This cultural enviroment and official art policies influence Ahmed Adnan Saygun.

Weekly Schedule

1) Relation of the State-Art in the Ottoman Empire Encounters with art Western Scene art of the Ottomans Relation of State-Art in the Republican Era
2) Music Revolution and Transformation in Music Practices in the field of Western Music Practices in the folk music
3) A.A.Saygun Education Process and Studies in Turkey A.A.Saygun's Art Appreciation A.A.Saygun's Works in the Field of Public Science
4) Ahmed Adnan Saygun’s Operas: Özsoy, Taşbebek, Kerem, Köroğlu, Gılgameş
5) Ahmed Adnan Saygun's and Selahattin Batu's Production Process
6) S. Batu 's Conception of Art and Performing Arts
7) Relationship of story-Libretto: The opera Kerem
8) The Story of Kerem and Asli, and Motif Structures
9) Kerem and Asli theater play and the Motif Structures
10) Motif Structure of the opera Kerem
11) Mystical Elements in the Opera Kerem
12) Comparative Analysis of the story and the opera
13) Comparative Analysis of the story and the opera
14) Comparative Analysis of the story and the opera
15) Comparative Analysis of the story, the play, the opera
16) Comparative Analysis of the story, the play and the opera

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Modelling
3) Group Study
4) Self Study
5) Project Based Learning

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required