Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Ali CANÇELİK

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Student learns relation between literature and city.
1) Student learns relation between literature and city.
2) Student learns city symbols and comment them.
2) Student learns city symbols and comment them.
3) Student realizes and understand verses on the epigraphs in Ottoman cities.
3) Student realizes and understand verses on the epigraphs in Ottoman cities.
4) Student learns emotional ties between city and human.
4) Student learns emotional ties between city and human.
5) Student learns effect of the city about literature.
5) Student learns effect of the city about literature.
6) Student learns city history and its social life.
6) Student learns city history and its social life.
7) Student learns concepts of literature and city.
7) Student learns concepts of literature and city.
8) Student learn the value that exists in the background of city.
8) Student learn the value that exists in the background of city.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Program Competencies

Learning Outcomes

No relation

High

No relation

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Islamic Turkish Literature

Course Contents

Works about Islamic and Ottoman cities; City studies; Travel notes.

Weekly Schedule

1) Literature and City: Concepts
2) Cities and Symbols
3) City, Poetry and Social life.
4) City, Human and Society perception in Sahrangizs.
5) Aesthetic Memory of City: Inscriptions
6) Literary circles
7) Elements of the city's founding in Ottoman Poetry
8) Mid-term exam
9) Travel books: Evliya Chalabi Travel Book-1
10) Travel Books: Evliya Chalabi Sayahatnâmasi-2
11) Travel Books: İbni Batuta Travel Books
12) Yahya Kemal's İstanbul Poetries-1
13) To Read Principles of Ottoman City in Yahya Kemal's İstanbul Poetries
14) A tidal travel: Ahmed Hamdi Tanpınar'da Five Cities
15) Reflections of the city to sensitive mind: Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities
16) Final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Sadettin Ökten, Yahya Kemal'den Bugüne İstanbul, Ötüken Neşriyat, İstanbul 2015.
2- Turgut Cansever, Osmanlı Şehri, Timaş, İstanbul 2016.
3- Ali Cançelik, Sehir Üzerine Düsünceler-I, Bölüm adı:(Sehirler ve Semboller), Esenler Şehir Düşünce Merkezi, İstanbul 2014.
4- Ali Cançelik, (2015). Istanbul Sehrengizlerinde Sehrin Kurucu Unsuru Olarak Askınlık. EKEV Akademi Dergisi(61), 83-96.
5- Ali Cançelik, (2014). Sehrin Estetik Hafızası: Kitabeler. Gelecegin Sehri Sempozyumu Esenler Belediyesi Sehir Düsünce Merkezi, 46-57.
6- Ali Cançelik, (2013). Istanbul Sehrengizlerinde Sehir Toplum ve Insan Algısı. Sehir ve Düsünce (1), 66-71.
7- Ali Cançelik, (2014). Sehir ve Sehirli Arasındaki Etkilesim. Sehir ve Düsünce(4), 36-43.
8- Musa Duman, Evliya Çelebi Seyahatname Seçmeler, Kesit Yayınları, İstanbul 2011.
9- Ebu Abdullah Muhammed İbn Battuta Tanci, İbn Battuta Seyahatnamesi (tek kitap), Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul 2016.
10- Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Beş Şehir (Notlarıyla), Dergah Yayınları, İstanbul 2016.
11- Italo Calvino, Görünmez Kentler, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul 2016.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Brain Storming

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

Course Unit Title	Course Unit Code	Type of Course Unit	Level of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	ECTS Credits
Literature and City	ILH330	Elective	Bachelor's degree	3	Spring	5