RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi

Öz

Sagas, stories, anecdotes,
poems, novels etc. are literary works that history teachers can use in their
courses. Literary works are the leading materials to arouse students’ curiosity
for history courses who consider history courses boring and who develop a
negative attitude towards history courses. There are three learning areas in
the education: cognitive, psychomotor and affective learning. One of the important
elements operating in the affective learning area, which is one of these
learning areas, is literary works. As in many courses, literary works are used
in history courses as teaching materials even if it is not at the desired
level. It is seen that the importance of the use of literary works in history
teaching is emphasized in books on field education, at scientific meetings and
symposiums held in recent years. Furthermore, the importance of literary works
in history courses is underlined in the secondary education history course
teaching programs, as well and history teachers are asked to use literary works
in their courses. In parallel to these, the use of literary works as an
instructional material in history teaching has begun to increase. The aim of
this study is to instruct about the literary genres that can be used in history
courses. In this context, literary genres that can be used in the
teaching-learning process are explained, and the importance of their use and
the methods to use them in history courses are elaborated. In history courses,
literary works that can contribute to making history teaching more effective
and productive should be used.