Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
- STV630 Turkish Compulsory 3 + 0 3.0 8.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Graduate
Mode of delivery Face to Face
Course Coordinator
Instructor(s)
Goals To relate gender, race, religious and ethnic micro identity policies, implicit propaganda form, political history representations, production distribution and purchasing processes.
Course Content Cinema has always been intertwined with politics, with its direct political themes, and narrative techniques and movie examples that reflect a political stance. In this context, the course is organized to examine the direct or indirect relations of cinema with politics in a historical perspective. Subjects such as political economy will be within the scope of the course.
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Establishes the relationship between politics and art and cinema.
2 Understands and differentiates political themes among film genres.
3 Associates social history with cinema history.
4 Recognizes the representation of micro policies in cinema.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Introduction: The dimensions of the relationship between cinema and politics Research, Interview
2. Week Social history and political films Research, Interview
3. Week Statesmen and their representations in cinema 1 Research, Interview
4. Week Statesmen and their representations in cinema (continued) Research, Interview
5. Week The themes of nation-state cinema Research, Interview
6. Week “Democracy” and cinema Research, Interview
7. Week Propaganda movies and aesthetics Research, Interview
8. Week midterm exam Practice
9. Week View of historical events and ideology in cinema Research, Interview
10. Week Sexist Movies and Patriarchal Discourse Research, Interview
11. Week Feminist politics and cinema Research, Interview
12. Week Ethnic minority and representation in cinema Research, Interview
13. Week “Black” cinema and its effects Research, Interview
14. Week Transnational films and co-productions Research, Interview
15. Week FINAL 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.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Ryan.M & Kellner. D. (2016) Politik Kamera, Ayrıntı Yayınları
  • Murat Bakır (ed.) Sinema, İdeoloji ve Politika, Nirengi Kitap
  • Barış Kılınç (ed.), Sinema ve Politika, Literatürk Academia Yayınevi
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
Research 2 1 2
Interview 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