A Review of Graduate Works on Melancholy Studies in Türkiye

Öz

This study aims to explore the graduate dissertations and theses on melancholy studies done in Türkiye between 2005 and 2022. It primarily provides a content analysis of the 34 master’s theses and doctoral dissertations under examination. Intended to serve as a literature review, the study categorizes the submissions by the field of study. Hence, the title of the manuscript, the name of the author, the argument the researcher deploys throughout, the theories proposed, and the findings and discussions suggested in line with each doctoral dissertation and master’s thesis are correspondingly explained in a concise manner. The major impetus behind this descriptive overview is to offer students, scholars, and researchers useful and clear insight into melancholy studies, and to assist them to perceive in which aspects their research might be distinguished from the preceding studies and in what the originality of their argument or research questions lies. In the study, two tables are further drawn up to indicate the data for the theses and dissertations under examination so that the authorial genders, the rate of master’s theses and doctoral dissertations and the number of submissions made for each field of study are provided for the intended readers. Keywords: Melancholy, Literature Review, Melancholy Studies, Graduate Dissertations, Turkey

Anahtar Kelimeler

• melancholy
• literature review
• melancholy studies
• graduate dissertations
• Turkey

Türkiye’de Melankoli Çalışmaları İle İlgili Yapılmış Lisansüstü Tezler Üzerine Bir İnceleme

Öz

Bu çalışma, Türkiye'de 2005-2022 yılları arasında melankoli çalışmaları üzerine yazılmış olan lisansüstü tezlerini irdelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Öncelikle incelenen 34 adet yüksek lisans, sanatta yeterlilik ve doktora tezinin içerik analizlerini sunmaktadır. Bu açıdan, literatür taraması niteliğinde de olması amaçlanan çalışma tamamlanan lisansüstü tezlerini araştırma alanlarına göre kategorize etmektedir. Dolayısıyla yapılmış her bir çalışmanın başlığı, araştırmayı yürütmüş olan yazarın adı, çalışmanın tamamlandığı tarih, araştırmacının çalışmasında öne sürdüğü argümanlar, çalışmada benimsediği teoriler, her bir doktora, sanatta yeterlilik ve yüksek lisans tezinde ortaya çıkan bulgular ile yapılan tartışmalar kısa ve öz bir şekilde okuyuculara açıklanmaktadır. Bu betimleyici çalışmanın asıl amacı ise öğrencilere, akademisyenlere ve araştırmacılara, Türkiye’de 2005-2022 yılları arasında yapılmış olan melankoli çalışmaları ile ilgili yararlı ve net bir bakış açısı kazandırabilmek, yapacakları çalışmaların hangi yönlerden önceki çalışmalardan farklı olabileceğini ve geliştirecekleri argümanlarının orijinalliğinin ne olabileceğini anlamalarına yardımcı olacak bir yol haritası çizebilmektir. Çalışmada ayrıca incelenen her lisansüstü teze ilişkin verilerin yer aldığı iki tablo verilmiştir; böylece melankoli çalışmaları üzerine araştırma yapmış olan yazarların cinsiyetleri, yüksek lisans, sanatta yeterlilik ve doktora tezlerinin oranları ve her bir araştırma alanı için yapılan toplam çalışma sayıları okuyucuların bilgisine sunulmuştur. Anahtar Kelimeler: Melankoli, Kaynak Taraması, Melankoli Çalışmaları, Lisansüstü Tezler, Türkiye

Anahtar Kelimeler

• melankoli
• kaynak taraması
• melankoli çalışmaları
• lisansüstü tezler
• Türkiye

Kaynakça

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