Reading Dede Korkut’s “Yigenek” Through the Lens of Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory

Dede Korkut’s stories are considered some of the most important works of the Turkish language. These stories were first created by Dede Korkut as an oral narrative tradition and recorded in writing in the 15th century. Since the two copies of this text, by which we can learn about the concrete and a...

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Main Author: Bilge Merve Karadağ
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Language:English
Published: Istanbul University Press 2021-06-01
Series:İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi
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description Dede Korkut’s stories are considered some of the most important works of the Turkish language. These stories were first created by Dede Korkut as an oral narrative tradition and recorded in writing in the 15th century. Since the two copies of this text, by which we can learn about the concrete and abstract cultural assets of Turks, have been found— one in Dresden and one in the Vatican archives—numerous studies have been conducted in Turcology. The current research examines the character of Yigenek, The Son of Kazılık Koca, who has been mentioned 18 times in 3 of Dede Korkut stories, within the framework of Kohlberg’s theory of cognitive moral development. Kohlberg called his theoretical approach to morality and moral motivation “cognitive developmental” to describe his contextualization of moral development within social and non-social (physical) cognitive development. According to Kohlberg, moral values that develop continuously at pre-traditional, traditional, and post-traditional levels are divided into two phases at each level. The name Yigenek appears in 18 places throughout the work, including the story in which he is the main character. Because of this frequency, the Yigenek character was chosen as the subject of study because of the many specified emotions, thoughts, and actions from Kohlberg’s moral development theory.
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spelling doaj-art-5404034d1a3a4e8fba8ded5a3bc340432025-08-20T02:31:08ZengIstanbul University Pressİstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi2602-26482021-06-0161120522010.26650/TUDED2020-0043123456Reading Dede Korkut’s “Yigenek” Through the Lens of Kohlberg’s Moral Development TheoryBilge Merve Karadağ0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4792-2876İstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, TürkiyeDede Korkut’s stories are considered some of the most important works of the Turkish language. These stories were first created by Dede Korkut as an oral narrative tradition and recorded in writing in the 15th century. Since the two copies of this text, by which we can learn about the concrete and abstract cultural assets of Turks, have been found— one in Dresden and one in the Vatican archives—numerous studies have been conducted in Turcology. The current research examines the character of Yigenek, The Son of Kazılık Koca, who has been mentioned 18 times in 3 of Dede Korkut stories, within the framework of Kohlberg’s theory of cognitive moral development. Kohlberg called his theoretical approach to morality and moral motivation “cognitive developmental” to describe his contextualization of moral development within social and non-social (physical) cognitive development. According to Kohlberg, moral values that develop continuously at pre-traditional, traditional, and post-traditional levels are divided into two phases at each level. The name Yigenek appears in 18 places throughout the work, including the story in which he is the main character. Because of this frequency, the Yigenek character was chosen as the subject of study because of the many specified emotions, thoughts, and actions from Kohlberg’s moral development theory.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/18DCE442E1364F9A9E0922DBE50DB4F9theory of moral developmentlawrence kohlbergdede korkut hikayeleriyigenekturkish literature
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Reading Dede Korkut’s “Yigenek” Through the Lens of Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory
İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi
theory of moral development
lawrence kohlberg
dede korkut hikayeleri
yigenek
turkish literature
title Reading Dede Korkut’s “Yigenek” Through the Lens of Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory
title_full Reading Dede Korkut’s “Yigenek” Through the Lens of Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory
title_fullStr Reading Dede Korkut’s “Yigenek” Through the Lens of Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory
title_full_unstemmed Reading Dede Korkut’s “Yigenek” Through the Lens of Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory
title_short Reading Dede Korkut’s “Yigenek” Through the Lens of Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory
title_sort reading dede korkut s yigenek through the lens of kohlberg s moral development theory
topic theory of moral development
lawrence kohlberg
dede korkut hikayeleri
yigenek
turkish literature
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