The Symposium titled Turkish World of Folktales and Oğuz Tansel on His 100th Birthday , commemorating renowned Turkish poet and folklorist Oğuz Tansel on his 100th birthday, shall be held on October 20-21, 2016, at Congressional Center of the Middle East Technical University Congressional Center. Only invited speakers shall be presenting their papers at this symposium organized jointly by Child and Youth Letters Research and Application Center of Ankara University and Department of Turkish of the Middle East Tecnical University.
32 participants from a multitude of universities, taking part in the symposium that will last two days, shall present papers discussing various aspects of Oğuz Tansel.
Topics of the symposium are as follows:
- Oğuz Tansel’s biograhpy
- Oğuz Tansel’s artistic philosohpy, style and language
- Oğuz Tansel’s place within the Literature for Children and Youth
- Oğuz Tansel’s Contribution to Folklore
- Publications and Research Concerning Oğuz Tansel
- On the Poetry by Oğuz Tansel
- Research on His Collection of Folk Tales
- Oğuz Tansel’s Reflections on Nature, Freedom, and Man
- Oğuz Tansel’s Unique Place Among the 1940 Generation of Poets
- Oğuz Tansel and the Later Movements of Poetry
The symposium. İs open to the public.
Head of the Organizing Committee of the Symposium
Prof. Dr. Sedat Sever (Chairman, ÇOGEM)
Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Aysıt Tansel
Research Assistant Sedat Karagül