Selected topics in poetry and prose of the 20th century; conducted in Turkish. Prereq: 2102 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 651.

This course will familiarize students whose command of the Turkish language is at an advanced level with the history and varieties of discourse of the modern period. Students who have in the lower level courses read excerpts chosen largely for their degree of difficulty will read entire works chosen for their seminal influence in genre and style. Students will increase their fluency in reading and oral comprehension, and learn to exercise an enhanced critical facility in the language.