| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Cinema Theories | RTS306 | Turkish | Compulsory | 6. Semester | 3 + 0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Mode of delivery | Face to Face |
| Course Coordinator | Prof. Dr. Ayla KANBUR |
| Instructor(s) | |
| 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. |
| # | Öğrenme Kazanımı |
| 1 | Associates the economic, technological and aesthetic development of the cinema with social theories. |
| 2 | Comprehends the approaches of interdisciplinary studies that consider cinema as an art and / or mass media. |
| 3 | Evaluates the psychological, political and economic relationships that occur in cinema through examples. |
| 4 | Examines the propositions of philosophical and social approaches regarding the production styles, aesthetics and analysis of cinema. |
| Week | Topics/Applications | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Cinema, mass culture / industry, introduction to contemporary discussions on cinema. | Class Hours Research Verbal Expression |
| 2. Week | Basics of linguistics, discourse, text and analysis | Verbal Expression Research Class Hours |
| 3. Week | Psychoanalysis and linguistics | Verbal Expression Research Class Hours |
| 4. Week | Althusser's theory of ideology, language and representation | Class Hours Research Verbal Expression |
| 5. Week | Approaches in which Marxist and Psychoanalytic analysis unite | Class Hours Research Verbal Expression |
| 6. Week | Apparatus, expression, continuity and identification: Case studies | Class Hours Research Verbal Expression |
| 7. Week | Alternative aesthetics: French New wave, Brecht | Verbal Expression Class Hours Research |
| 8. Week | midterm exam | Class Hours Practice |
| 9. Week | Third cinema and cinema policies. Movements and meetings outside the mainstream | Class Hours Verbal Expression Research |
| 10. Week | Feminist film theories and reinterpretation of the Marxist-psychoanalytic approach | Class Hours Verbal Expression Research |
| 11. Week | Postcolonialism, multiculturalism and race, gender, class and ethnicity concepts in film studies | Class Hours Research Verbal Expression |
| 12. Week | From text to intertextuality… Distribution of theory, post-structuralism and film theory discussions | Class Hours Research Verbal Expression |
| 13. Week | Postmodernism in cinema, post fordism, post structuralism | Research Verbal Expression Class Hours |
| 14. Week | From industry to aesthetics, from box office to festivals, the political economy of cinema | Class Hours Research Verbal Expression |
| 15. Week | FINAL | Class Hours Practice |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Students will be able to define the concepts related to cinema and television sectors. | ✔ | |||||
| 2 | Students will be able to discuss the reflections of this information in the fields of application by dominating both basic and new theoretical orientations and concepts in cinema and television fields. | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | Students will be able to comprehends the historical processes of cinema, television, media and communication fields and compares them with today's sectoral trends. | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | Students will be able to have knowledge about the structure and working principle of the technical materials used in the field, follow the current material developed in line with the new orientations and apply this knowledge by reflecting on their own studies. | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | Students will be able to work in the field of cinema and television, they develop appropriate solutions by calculating possible problems. | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | Students will be able to combine the theoretical knowledge related by the cinema and television sectors with the practical methods. | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | Students will be able to develop collaborative work by linking cinema and television fields with other arranged disciplines. | ✔ | |||||
| 8 | Students will be able to questioning the innovations they pursue, they discover their own directions of cinema and television. | ✔ | |||||
| 9 | Students will be able to provide the opportunity to use and share knowledge, skills effectively by participating in national and international film screenings, festivals, contests and similar organizations. | ✔ | |||||
| 10 | Students will be able to recognize the ethical values in cinema and television fields and applies them in the working environment. | ✔ | |||||
| 11 | Students will be able to organize that bring together individuals working in the field of cinema and television organizations and arrange an environment of reflection and discussion. | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| PY2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| PY5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
|---|---|
| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| ECTS credits and course workload | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ders İçi |
Class Hours | 15 | 1 | 15 |
|
Ders Dışı |
Preparation, After Class Study | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
Sınavlar |
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 | 98 | |||
| *AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 | ECTS Credit of the Course | 4.0 | ||
