Module Seven: The Uzbek Literature
Target Standards
Communication: Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
Cultures: Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.
Connections: Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
Comparisons: Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own. Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
Communities: Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting. Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
Cultures: Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.
Connections: Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
Comparisons: Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own. Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
Communities: Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting. Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
Set Goals
Nikolas and Roberta are graduate students. Nikolas is doing research on Navai's poetry.Roberta is studying about the Uzbek literature. They want to study following topics:
- Timeline of the Uzbek Literature
- Uzbek Classic Literature and famous written works
- Study of the Uzbek Literature in the US
- Navai and his works
- Contemporary Uzbek Literature
Expand your Knowledge
Kılıç, Nurten. "Sari Ismail: The Beloved Disciple of Haci Bektash Veli"(with Vernon Schubel) in Tales of God's Friends: Islamic Hagiographical Texts in Translation, Jack Renard (ed.). University of California Press, 2009.
Kılıç, Nurten. "Women Poets and Women's Poetry" in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, vol. V., Suad Joseph (ed.). Leiden: Brill, 2007.
Kılıç, Nurten. "Women and Gender in Legends and Epics of Central Asia" in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, v.V, Suad Joseph (ed.). Leiden Brill, 2007.
Kılıç, Nurten. "Poetry and Political Dissent in Central Asia: A Historical Perspective" in Prospects for Democracy in Central Asia, Birgit N. Schlyter (ed.). Istanbul: Swedish Research Institute, 2006.
Kılıç, Nurten. "Women, Gender and Pre-Modern Education for Women: Central Asia" in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, vol. IV, Suad Joseph (ed.). Leiden: Brill, 2006.
Kılıç, Nurten. "Women Poets and Women's Poetry" in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, vol. V., Suad Joseph (ed.). Leiden: Brill, 2007.
Kılıç, Nurten. "Women and Gender in Legends and Epics of Central Asia" in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, v.V, Suad Joseph (ed.). Leiden Brill, 2007.
Kılıç, Nurten. "Poetry and Political Dissent in Central Asia: A Historical Perspective" in Prospects for Democracy in Central Asia, Birgit N. Schlyter (ed.). Istanbul: Swedish Research Institute, 2006.
Kılıç, Nurten. "Women, Gender and Pre-Modern Education for Women: Central Asia" in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, vol. IV, Suad Joseph (ed.). Leiden: Brill, 2006.