Metaphors on Literature by Teachers to be Graduates of Turkish Language and Literature Departments

YAZICI N.

2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2010), İstanbul, Türkiye, 04 Şubat 2010 - 08 Şubat 2008, cilt.2, ss.5339-5343 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 2
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.870
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.5339-5343
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Metaphor, perception, literature, education, teachers-to-be
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aims at analyzing metaphors on the concept of "literature" by graduates of Turkish Language and Literature Departments. Metaphor, the use of a word instead of another, as a language act is one of the basic concepts of literature. In this study, on the use of metaphors by teachers-to-be, qualitative research method has been applied. Sampling is made up of 77 teachers-to-be who attend to Baskent University, Master's Program Without a Thesis on Secondary Education Department. The participants, having been asked to complete the open ended expression: "literature is similar to ... because ... ", were informed that they could use more than one metaphor. Results indicate that metaphors used to define "literature" are of positive content; that some features of the concept are highligted; and that there may be gender differences in the choice of metaphors.