This course is a continuation of TUR 403 and aims
at students' understanding of modern
Turkish texts, namely short stories, poems, articles,
essays, and theses written from 1910s
up to the present. Readings will cover topics in
modern Turkish language, history, literature,
society, and politics, and will support
students' actual research in Turkish Studies
or related fields. Assignments will include: reading
of the daily course material; translations
from and into Turkish; response papers and essays
written in Turkish; work on vocabulary concentration
and work on colloquial, idiomatic, and
technical phrases.
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