Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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/ İLH327 - ISLAMİC THEOLOGY

Code: İLH327 Course Title: TEXTUAL FEATURES OF THE QUR'AN Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 2
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ISLAMİC THEOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer HAVVA ÖZATA (hozata@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ZÜLFİKAR DURMUŞ, MEHMET KILIÇARSLAN, HACI MEHMET SOYSALDI, YAHYA YAŞAR,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to gain knowledge and skills about the textual features of the Qur'an around the criteria of modern textlinguistics.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can define the textuality criteria. PO-16 To think rationally
LO-2 Can explain the textual features of the Qur'an. PO-4 To can recite the Quran properly and comment within the framework of scientific measurements.
PO-9 The ability of defining, fictionalizing and evaluating individual,social and global events and issues and offering solutions to them in accordance with the data of social sciences.
LO-3 Can list the effects of the inner and outer context of the Qur'an on interpretation. PO-4 To can recite the Quran properly and comment within the framework of scientific measurements.
PO-7 To be able to evaluate Religion and religious issues philosophically, sociologically and psychologically.
PO-15 To think critically
LO-4 Can analyze the Qur'an around the criteria of textuality. PO-4 To can recite the Quran properly and comment within the framework of scientific measurements.
PO-15 To think critically
PO-16 To think rationally
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The content of this course covers the criteria of textlinguistics, internal and external context, grammatical structure and stylistic features of the Qur'an.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Textuality criteria I Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
2 Textuality criteria II Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
3 Coherence in the Qur'an Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
4 Coherence and grammatical structures in the Qur'an Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
5 Elliptical structures in the Qur'an Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
6 Anaphora and cataphora in the Qur'an Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
7 Argumentation structure in the Qur'an Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
8 mid-term exam
9 Cohesion in the Qur'an Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
10 Cohesion and context in the Qur'an Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
11 Macro and micro scale structure in the text of the Qur'an Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
12 The i'jaz and textual features of the Qur'an Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
13 Textual analysis of Sūrat al-Fātiḥa Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
14 Textual analysis of al-Baqara 1-5. verses Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
15 Textual analysis of Sūrat al-Insān Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Drilland Practice.
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Kur'an-ı Kerim
2 Abdul-Raof, Hussein, Text Linguistics of Qur'anic Discourse: An Analysis (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East), London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
3 Gülşen Torusdağ-İlker Aydın, Metindilbilim ve Örnek Metin Çözümlemeleri Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık 2020.
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 5 10
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 3 6
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 3 6
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 4 8
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 60