Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
MYTHOLOGY II TİY108 Turkish Compulsory 2. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 4.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Oral presentation and discusssion that are supported by written and visual sources.
Course Coordinator Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Pınar İNCEEFE
Instructor(s)
Goals The purpose of the course is leading the students to discover the role of myths in cultural and artistic development processes of societies.
Course Content The course covers the relationship of myths from different cultures with dramatic literature and theatre practice.
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Gets knoweldge about the relationship of mythology and myths with culture and art.
2 Attains the skill to evaluate the connection of myths with dramatic literature.
3 Attains the skill to evaluate the connection of myths with contemporary theatre practice.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Introduction to the Course: Mythology and Art Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours (14 weeks)
2. Week Ancient Greek Myths and Tragedias Class Hours (14 weeks) Preparation, After Class Study
3. Week Ancient Greek Myths and Tragedias Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours (14 weeks)
4. Week Ancient Greek Myths and Tragedias - Contemporary Interpretations Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours (14 weeks)
5. Week Ancient Greek Myths and Tragedias - Contemporary Interpretations Class Hours (14 weeks) Preparation, After Class Study
6. Week Ancient Greek Myths and Tragedias - Contemporary Interpretations Class Hours (14 weeks) Preparation, After Class Study
7. Week Work on Re-interpreting an Ancient Greek Myth in the Contemporary World Class Hours (14 weeks) Preparation, After Class Study
8. Week MID-TERM EXAM Class Hours (14 weeks)
9. Week Ancient Greek Myth of Dionysos and Theodoros Terzopoulos Class Hours (14 weeks) Preparation, After Class Study
10. Week Indian Rama Myth and Ramlila Class Hours (14 weeks) Preparation, After Class Study
11. Week The Indian Epic of Mahabharata and Peter Brook Class Hours (14 weeks) Preparation, After Class Study
11. Week Indian Myth of Draupadi and Contemporary Interpretations Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours (14 weeks)
12. Week Myths and Shakespeare Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours (14 weeks)
14. Week General Discussion Class Hours (14 weeks)
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
No Program Requirements Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Has the theoretical and practical knowledge related to the methods of theatre and drama criticism, as well as dramaturgy.
2 Having the knowledge related to the theories, history, culture and aesthetics of theatre, internalises the theoretical and practical transformations in the field over time and attains the skill of evaluating these comparatively.
3 Has the theoretical knowledge of the elements, methods and techniques of the art of drama and attains the skill of integrating these with practice.
4 Has the knowledge of artistic and academic research methods and ethics that is related to art in general and theatre in particular.
5 Has the knowledge of the sub disciplines in the field of theatre (acting, directing, dramatic writing, stage design, dramaturgy) and relates these sub disciplines with each other.
6 Has the skill of analytic interpretation, which provides him/her working on a dramatic text towards staging creatively and critically with the director and other partners.
7 Puts forward innovative and original works by turning the knowledge on the art of drama that s/he learns into creative thought.
8 Has the knowledge and aesthetic sensibility, which provide him/her working alone or with his/her colleagues in a concordant and productive manner within project production processes that are related to the art of drama.
9 Has the communicative skill of transmitting subjects and works that are related to the art of drama to not only his colleagues but also to other members of society in an active and correct manner, as well as the analytical power of evaluating the results of this.
10 Following the contemporary developments in the field of performing arts in Turkey and abroad, has the knowledge concerning national and international values.
11 Improves his/her skills in critical and creative thinking, as well as expressing his/her thoughts in oral, embodied and written forms.
12 Has the knowledge of theatre’s connections with other arts (literature, cinema, opera, music, dance, painting, sculpture, etc.), as well as social sciences (philosophy, anthropology, sociology, aesthetics, art history, political sciencee, etc.) and makes research and production in his/her own field by using this interdisciplinary viewpoint.
13 Uses the up-to-date information and communication technologies that are required in the art of drama.
14 Improves the skill of connecting with the social, economical, political and especially cultural heritage of the history of civilisations and spends effort to make these values prevalent within the social environment s/he lives through projects and activities that s/he would prepare.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3
PY1 3 3 3
PY2 3 3 3
PY3 2 2 2
PY4 0 0 0
PY5 0 0 0
PY6 3 3 3
PY7 2 2 2
PY8 3 3 3
PY9 2 2 2
PY10 3 3 3
PY11 3 3 3
PY12 3 3 3
PY13 0 0 0
PY14 4 4 4
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Euripides, Bakkhalar, çev. Güngör Dilmen, Mitos Boyut Yayınları, İstanbul: 2001.
  • Homeros, İlyada, çev.Azra Erhat ve A. Kadir, Can Yayınları, İstanbul: 2013.
  • Homeros, Odysseia, çev. Azra Erhat ve A. Kadir, Can Yayınları, İstanbul: 2013.
  • Rosenberg, Donna, Dünya Mitolojisi, çev. Atıl Ulaş Cüce vd., İmge Kitabevi, Ankara: 1998.
  • Sophokles, Kral Oidipus, çev. Bedrettin Tuncel, Mitos Boyut Yayınları, İstanbul: 2002.
  • Kuçuradi, İonna, Sanata Felsefeyle Bakmak, Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu Yayınları, 5. Baskı İstanbul: 2013.
  • Euripides, Elektra, çev. Yılmaz Onay, Mitos Boyut Yayınları, İstanbul: 2008.
  • “Peter Brook ve Mahabharata”, Mimesis Tiyatro/Çeviri Araştırma Dergisi, 6: 1996.
  • Taşlıklıoğlu, Zafer, “Dionysos Dini ve Tragedia”, Tarih Dergisi, Cilt 7, Sayı 10: 1954.
  • Brecht, Bertolt, "Sofokles'in Antigonesi", Bütün Oyunları: Cilt 11, çev. Ahmet Cemal, Mitos Boyut Yayınları, İstanbul: 1997.
  • Anouilh, Jean, Antigone, çev. Yaşar Avunç, Agora Kitaplığı, İstanbul: 2011.
  • Demirel, Kemal, Antigone, Yaba Yayınları, İstanbul: 2002.
  • Yüksel, Ayşegül. 2017. “Shakespeare Truva Savaşı’na Gülünçlü ‘Yergi’nin Gözlükleriyle Bakıyor: Troilus ve Cressida”, William Shakespeare: Yüzyılların Sahne Büyücüsü. İstanbul: Habitus Yayıncılık, ss. 122-144.
  • Shakespeare, William. 1993. Troilos ile Kressida (çev. Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Mina Urgan). İstanbul: Adam Yayıncılık.
  • Sarkar Munsi, Urmimala. 2018. “Draupadi’yi Çağdaş Hindistan Performans Alanının Poetikası ve Siyasetine Yerleştirmek” (çv. Öykü Tümer), Kültür ve Siyasette Feminist Yaklaşımlar, 34-35, ss. 27-41.
  • Shaffer, Peter. Gorgon’un Armağanı (çev. Neslihan Ekmekçioğlu). Basılı olmayan metin, Devlet Tiyatroları arşivi.
  • Arıcı, Oğuz. 2010. “Oresteia: Bir Modern Devlet ve Adalet Tartışması”, Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Dergisi, 17, ss. 1-17.
  • Akgül, Tülay Yıldız, Dramatik Metinleri Mitolojiyle Okumak, Ekin Yayınevi, Bursa: 2018.
  • Terzopoulos, T., Dionysos'un Dönüşü, çev. Burç İdem Dinçel, Habitus Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2016.
  • Schechner, Richard, "Kainatı Arşınlamak: Ramnagar'ın Ramlila'sında Hareket, İnanç, Siyaset ve Mekan", Ritüelin Geleceği: Kültür ve Performans Üzerine Yazılar, çev. Zeynep Ertan, Dost Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara: 2015.
  • Sophokles, Antigone, çev. Ari Çokona, Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları, İstanbul: 2014.
  • Aiskhülos, Oresteia / Agamemnon, Adak Sunucular, Eumenidler, çev. Yılmaz Onay, Mitos Boyut Yayınları, İstanbul: 2010.
  • Erhat, Azra, Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul: 2007.
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi
Class Hours (14 weeks) 14 3 42
Ders Dışı
Preparation, After Class Study 14 2 28
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 12 12
Homework 1 3 2 6
Final 1 14 14
Total Workload 102
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0