| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Cinema Theories | RTS306 | 6. Semester | 3 + 0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Face to Face |
| Course Coordinator |
Prof. Dr. Ayla KANBUR |
| Instructors |
Ayla KANBUR |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | This course aims to outline the concepts, frameworks and theoretical foundations of society and aesthetic theories coming together in the context of cinema. |
| Course Content | Since 1970s, in the light of developments in other disciplines of social sciences in cinema studies, new fields of inquiry, which are fed with a theoretical transformation and richness, have been opened. In this course, the development of interdisciplinary studies and their basic basis will be discussed and their relations with cinema will be discussed. Subjects such as psychoanalytic approach, ideology and cinema relationship, audience positions, feminist approaches, post-modernist tendencies will be within the scope of the course. |
| Learning Outcomes |
- Associates the economic, technological and aesthetic development of the cinema with social theories. - Comprehends the approaches of interdisciplinary studies that consider cinema as an art and / or mass media. - Evaluates the psychological, political and economic relationships that occur in cinema through examples. - Examines the propositions of philosophical and social approaches regarding the production styles, aesthetics and analysis of cinema. |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Cinema, mass culture / industry, introduction to contemporary discussions on cinema. | Research Course Hours Verbal Expression |
| 2. Week | Basics of linguistics, discourse, text and analysis | Research Verbal Expression Course Hours |
| 3. Week | Psychoanalysis and linguistics | Course Hours Research Verbal Expression |
| 4. Week | Althusser's theory of ideology, language and representation | Course Hours Research Verbal Expression |
| 5. Week | Approaches in which Marxist and Psychoanalytic analysis unite | Verbal Expression Research Course Hours |
| 6. Week | Apparatus, expression, continuity and identification: Case studies | Verbal Expression Research Course Hours |
| 7. Week | Alternative aesthetics: French New wave, Brecht | Research Verbal Expression Course Hours |
| 8. Week | midterm exam | Practice Course Hours |
| 9. Week | Third cinema and cinema policies. Movements and meetings outside the mainstream | Verbal Expression Research Course Hours |
| 10. Week | Feminist film theories and reinterpretation of the Marxist-psychoanalytic approach | Verbal Expression Research Course Hours |
| 11. Week | Postcolonialism, multiculturalism and race, gender, class and ethnicity concepts in film studies | Verbal Expression Research Course Hours |
| 12. Week | From text to intertextuality… Distribution of theory, post-structuralism and film theory discussions | Verbal Expression Research Course Hours |
| 13. Week | Postmodernism in cinema, post fordism, post structuralism | Research Course Hours Verbal Expression |
| 14. Week | From industry to aesthetics, from box office to festivals, the political economy of cinema | Verbal Expression Research Course Hours |
| 15. Week | FINAL | Practice Course Hours |
| Robert Stam, Sinema Teorisine Giriş, Ayrıntı Yayınları |
| Thomas Elsaesser, Malte Hagener, Film Kuramı: Duyular Yoluyla Bir Giriş, Dipnot Yayınları |
| Serpil Kırel, Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Sinema, Kırmızı Kedi Yayınları |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 40,60 |
| PY2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 40,60 |
| PY3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60 |
| PY4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 40,60 |
| PY5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 40,60 |
| PY6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60 |
| PY7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 40,60 |
| PY8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60 |
| PY9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60 |
| PY10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60 |
| PY11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60 |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| Preparation, After Class Study | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Verbal Expression | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Visual Presentation | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Homework 1 | 10 | 4 | 40 |
| Homework 2 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Classroom Activities | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Total Workload | 102 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4.0 | ||
