Ottoman Turkish Literature LITR.303 Fall 2011

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1 Ottoman Turkish Literature LITR.303 Fall 2011 INSTRUCTOR: Sooyong Kim Office: SOS Z08D, x1141 Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 14:00-15:00, or by appointment COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES This course surveys Ottoman Turkish literature from the fifteenth to the early-twentieth century, across a variety of genres ranging from a satire in verse to a modernist novel. We will consider the aesthetic principles that informed the tradition, as well as issues of convention and invention, persona and autobiography, and representation and gender. We will also address whether literary-critical approaches derived from the Western canon are appropriate for the Ottoman context. The class will be discussion-oriented, so please come prepared. Grading will be based on four requirements, assessed equally: 1. Regular attendance and participation, including one or two class presentations on an assigned reading 2. A gazel writing project in two parts, the details of which will given in due time 3. A midterm essay (4-6 pages); topics will be provided but you can choose your own 4. A final essay (6-8 pages); topics will be provided but you can choose your own. FOR PURCHASE AT THE BOOKSTORE Halide Edib Adıvar, Son Eseri THE REST OF READING ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED AS PDF DOCUMENTS ON E-RESERVES SCHEDULE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS (Reading assignments may be subject to change during the semester.) Week 1, Introduction and Background Tuesday, September Course Overview Thursday, September 22...Defining the Tradition Mehmed Çavuşoğlu, Divan Şiiri, Türk Dili: Türk Şiiri Özel Sayısı II 52 (1986): 1-16 Cemal Kurnaz, Türküden Gazele (1997), 63-72, Week 2, The Kaside Tuesday, September 27...Panegyrics Mehmed Çavuşoğlu, Kasîde, Türk Dili 52 (1986): Walter G. Andrews, Speaking of Power: The Ottoman Kaside, Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa, vol. 1, ed. Stefan Sperl and Christopher Shackle (1996), ; and vol. 2, ,

2 Thursday, September Varieties Mehmed Çavuşoğlu, Kasîde, Week 3, The Gazel Tuesday, October 4... Lyrics Cem Dilçin, Divan Şiirinde Gazel, Türk Dili 52 (1986): 78-90, , (Necati, 2), (Zati), (Hayali), (Yahya Bey), (Baki, 1), and (Ruhi) Thursday, October 6... Varieties Cem Dilçin, Divan Şiirinde Gazel, Week 4, Eroticism and Gender Tuesday, October On Eroticism Walter G. Andrews and Mehmet Kalpaklı, The Age of the Beloveds: Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society (2005), 1-22, Agah Sırrı Levend, Türk Edebiyatında Şehr-engizler ve Şehr-engizlerde İstanbul (1958), 13-17, XI-XX. Yüzyıllar El Yazması Metinler ve Özetleriyle Mesnevi Edebiyatı Antolojisi, vol. 2, ed. Numan Külekçi (1999), Thursday, October Women Poets Andrews and Kalpaklı The Age of the Beloveds, Mehmed Çavuşoğlu, 16. Yüzyılda Yaşamış Bir Kadın Şair, Tarih Enstitüsü Dergisi 9 (1970): Başlangıcından Günümüze Kadar Büyük Türk Klasikleri: Tarih, Antoloji, Ansiklopedi, vol. 2 (1985), Week 5, A Few Early Mesnevis Tuesday, October 18...Two Work by Şeyhi İsmail Ünver, Mesnevi, Türk Dili 52 (1986): Şeyhî nin Harnâme si, ed. Faruk Timurtaş (1971), Büyük Türk Klasikleri, vol. 2, , Gazel due Thursday, October Hevesname Büyük Türk Klasikleri, vol. 2, , Tacizade Cafer Çelebi, Heves-nâme, ed. Necati Sungur (2006),

3 Week 6, Satires and Witticisms Tuesday, October 25...Poetic Satires Edith Gülçin Amrbos, On a Connvetional Dimension of 16 th Century Scurrilous Ottoman Satire: Keşfī s (D. 945/1528-9) Hicviyyāt, Journal of Turkish Studies 31 (2007): Cem Dilçin, Divan Şiirinde Gazel, Thursday, October 27...Witty Anecdotes Mehmed Çavuşoğlu, Zâtî nin Letâyifi, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi 18 (1970): Büyük Türk Klasikleri, vol. 4 (1986), 151 Week 7, Responses and Criticism Tuesday, November 1...Poetic Parallels Dilçin, Divan Şiirinde Gazel, Büyük Türk Klasikleri, vol. 2, 226 (Necati, 5) (Mihri Hatun, 2), (Baki, LVI) Thursday, November 3...Biographical Notices Dilçin, Divan Şiirinde Gazel, Sehî Bey Tezkiresi (1998), 9-27, 75-75, , , , , 224, 248 Latîfî Tezkiresi, (1990) v-xiv, , , , , Midterm essay due Bayram Break Week 9, Post Sixteenth-Century Trends Tuesday, November 15...The Indian Style Dilçin, Divan Şiirinde Gazel, , , Walter Feldman, The Celestial Sphere, the Wheel of Fortune, and Fate in the Gazels of Nâ ilî and Bâkî, International Journal of Middle East Studies 28 (1996): Nâ ilî Divânı, ed. Haluk İpekten (1990), 235, 292 Büyük Türk Klasikleri, vol. 5 (1987), 202, 204 (4), (16), 208 (18) Thursday, November Localism Dilçin, Divan Şiirinde Gazel, Tunca Kortantamer, Nedim in Şiirlerinde İstanbul Hayatından Sahneler, Eski Türk Edebiyatı Makaleler, vol. 1 (1993), Kemal Silay, Nedim and the Poetics of the Ottoman Court: Medieval Inheritance and the Need for Change (1994),

4 Week 10, Personal Narratives Tuesday, November 22...The Case of the Sohbetname Cemal Kafadar, Self and Others: The Diary of a Dervish in Seventeenth Century Istanbul and First-Person Narratives in Ottoman Literature, Studia Islamica 69 (1989): Orhan Gökyay, Sohbetname, Tarih ve Toplum 3 (1985): Thursday, November 24...Evliya Çelebi on Istanbul Günümüz Türkçesiyle Evliya Çelebi Seyahatnamesi (2003), vol. 1, pt. 1, 1-5, ; pt. 2, , , Week 11, Personal Narratives Continued Tuesday, November 29 No Class Thursday, December 1...Evliya Çelebi on Cairo Evliya Çelebi Seyahatnamesi nden Seçmeler (1971), vol. 15, 1-55 Response gazel due Week 12, A Few Later Mesnevis Tuesday, December 6... Works by Nabi and Şeyh Galib Dilçin, Divan Şiirinde Gazel, Büyük Türk Klasikleri, vol. 5, , ; vol. 7, 36-38, Thursday, December 8...Zenanname Enderunlu Fazıl, Zenannâme: Kadınlar Kitabı = The Book on Women, ed. Filiz Bingölçe (2006), 7-17, , Week 13, The Tanzimat Era and Modernism Tuesday, December 13...Poetry in Transition Hüseyin Tuncer, Tanzimat Edebiyatı (1992), 14-26, 29-32, 38-41, 86-96, , Ziyad Ebüzziya, Şinasi (1997), 379 Nefi i Divanı, ed. Metin Akkuş (1993), Thursday, December 15...The Early Novel Tuncer, Tanzimat Edebiyatı (1992), Namık Kemal, İntibah: Ali Bey in Sergüzeşti (1972), v-xiii, 11-21, 39-41, Samipaşazade Sezai, Sergüzeşt (1972), iii-vi, 3-16 Week 14, At Empire s End Tuesday, December 20...Servet-i Fünun Hüseyin Tuncer, Servet-i Fünun (1992), 1-13, 15-31, 35-38, ,

5 Thursday, December Nigar Hanım and Her Poetry Nazan Bekiroğlu, Şâir Nigâr Hanım (1998), 17-24, , Kenan Akyüz, Batı Tesirinde Türk Şiiri Antolojisi (1958), Week 15, At Empire s End Continued Tuesday, December 27...A Novel by Halide Edib Halide Edib Adıvar, Son Eseri (2008), Thursday, December 29 Adıvar, Son Eseri, Final essay due by Thursday, January 12, 2012, at the latest 5