| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1113238 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences | 2014 | 5 Pages |
The aim of this study is to give examples about how to use tales, myths, epics, poems and riddles from the types of Cyprus Turkish Folk Literature in education with drama by unfitting them with the art of pottery. Both arts of pottery and literature, which are as old as the history of civilization, give information about the lifestyle, tradition, culture, economy and education of the era they were created. Literature is the art of composition of thoughts, feelings and dreams, by oral or nominal ways. Pottery is the name given to the item or the act of making this item, which is made by mixing soil and water. With this project, it is planned to compose pottery artworks and create new tales, myths, epics, poems and riddles by benefiting from the tales, myths, epics, poems and riddles and to associate them with lessons. In the Project, firstly Cyprus Turkish Folk Literature and pottery history were examined and specialist people were interviewed. It has been exampled how to get pottery and literature together to do an activity by drama method with a group of teachers, in a pottery factory. As a result of the researchers, it was observed that the motives in the art of pottery had a story and the stories were not being used with a relation with the types of Cyprus Turkish Folk Literature. Because of this, working could do examples about what kind of activities with the drama method, together with Cyprus Turkish Folk Literature and pottery was given. With the teachers that participated to the education, existing and newly created tales, myths, epics, poems and riddles were used to do drama based activities with students at schools. It is being thought that this project will help the values of Cyprus Turkish Folk Literature to be carried from past to the present and from present to the future. It has been planned for the artworks, which were created at the end of these activities to be exhibited in an exhibit hall or a studio, with the theme of “Kneading Literature With Clay”. In this study, nine teachers and fifty students were reached, and it is pointed out in the project action plan that it is planned to reach a hundred more people. By these, both artistic and educational activities were exampled, and it was assured to reflect cultural values to the future.
