Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
- STV623 Turkish Compulsory 3 + 0 3.0 8.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Graduate
Mode of delivery face to face
Course Coordinator Doç. Dr. Tunç YILDIRIM
Instructor(s)
Goals To inform students in the field of cinema historiography and to introduce them to the basic texts of this field (articles, books, book chapters). To transform students into “New Cinema History” researchers who can design and conduct original, scientific, qualified studies and research in the discipline of cinema history.
Course Content It analyses the discursive evolution of the discipline of cinema historiography on the axis of three-fold historical periodisation and conceptualisation (emergence: traditional, standard, amateur cinema historiography, phase of change: revisionist and critical cinema historiography, professionalisation: transition to the new cinema history paradigm and institutionalisation of the discipline of Cinema Studies).
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 The student learns the history of cinema and different styles of film historiography.
2 The student knows how studies of film history are written and constructed.
3 The student understands the historiography of cinema in the context of its historical evolution.
4 The student designs, researches and writes case studies that fall within various areas of film history and fit within the New Cinema History paradigm.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Explaining the history of cinema: an introduction to historical science and the history of cinema. Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
2. Week Explaining the history of cinema: an introduction to the discipline of film historiography and the main areas of film history. Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
3. Week Tools of cinema history: research design Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
4. Week The tools of cinema history: the matter of method Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
5. Week Tools of cinema history: use of multiple/different/diverse sources Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
6. Week Tools of cinema history: different styles of cinema history and the development of the “problem-history” focused approach Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
7. Week Tools of cinema history: different styles of cinema history and the development of the “problem-history” focused approach Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
8. Week Midterms Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Practice
9. Week Traditional and standard cinema history: memories, testimonies, masterpieces and the legitimacy of cinema as art Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
10. Week Towards a revisionist historiography of cinema: critique and transcendence of tradition Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
11. Week 1978 as a historical turning point: What the “Cinema 1900-1906” Symposium brought to the table at the FIAF Brighton Congress Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
12. Week Transition to a New Paradigm of Cinema History: from traditional and amateur film historiography to expert and university approaches Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
13. Week The New Cinema History paradigm: description, analysis, proof, truth and verifiability Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
14. Week The New Paradigm of Cinema History: The Institutionalization of the Cinema Studies Discipline in Universities Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Interview
15. Week Finals Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Practice
*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 Defines concepts related to the 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.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4
PY1 5 5 5 5
PY2 1 1 1 1
PY3 2 2 2 2
PY4 0 0 0 0
PY5 5 5 5 5
PY6 1 1 1 1
PY7 5 5 5 5
PY8 0 0 0 0
PY9 0 0 0 0
PY10 3 3 3 3
PY11 4 4 4 4
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Robert C. Allen & Douglas Gomery, Film History: Theory and Practice, New York, Knopf, 1985.
  • Michèle Lagny, De l’histoire du cinéma. Méthode historique et histoire du cinéma, Paris, Armand Colin, 1992.
  • Irène Bessière & Jean A. Gili (Ed.), Histoire du cinéma: Problématique des sources, Paris, INHA, 2003.
  • Kristin Thompson & David Bordwell, Film History: An Introduction, McGraw-Hill, 2003.
  • James Chapman, Mark Glancy & Sue Harper (Ed.), The New Film History: Sources, Methods, Approaches, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
  • Philippe Gauthier, “L’histoire amateur et l’histoire universitaire: paradigmes de l’historiographie du cinéma”, Cinémas 21 (2-3), 2011, ss. 87-105.
  • Tunç Yıldırım, Sinema Tarihine Giriş: Büyük Estetik Ekoller, Tarzlar, Akımlar, Hareketler, Ankara, Akademisyen, 2021.
  • Malte Hagener & Yvonne Zimmermann (Ed.), How Film Histories Were Made: Materials, Methods, Discourses, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2024.
  • Vahdettin Engin & Ahmet Şimşek (Ed.), Türkiye’de Tarihyazımı, İstanbul, Yeditepe, 2011.
  • François Cadiou, Clarisse Coulomb, Anne Lemonde & Yves Santamaria, Tarih Nasıl Yapılır? Uygulama ve İçerik, İstanbul, İletişim, 2013.
  • Barış Saydam (Der.), Sinemada Tarihyazımı: Burçak Evren – Marian Tutui Söyleşisi, İstanbul, UBFF, 2015.
  • Belgesel film izleme-1: Histoire(s) du cinéma [Sinema Tarih(ler)i], 8 Bölüm = 266’, Jean-Luc Godard, 1988.
  • Belgesel film izleme-2: The Story of Film: An Odyssey [Sinemanın Hikâyesi: Bir Yolculuk], 15 Bölüm = 915’, Mark Cousins, 2011.
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi
Class Hours 15 3 45
Ders Dışı
Interview 2 1 2
Presentation (Preparation) 2 1 2
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 2 2
Homework 1 10 5 50
Homework 2 10 5 50
Quiz 1 10 5 50
Final 1 3 3
Total Workload 204
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 8.0