COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH THEATRE TEXTS II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DYA 2006 TURKISH THEATRE TEXTS II COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Play Writing - Dramaturgy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR UĞUR AKINCI

Offered to

Dramatic Writing and Dramaturgy
Play Writing - Dramaturgy

Course Objective

Introduction of the Turkish play writing pace and development, the evaluation of its content and form, to the students of Main Art Branche of Dramatic Writing (The Traditional Theater, Play Writing in Tanzimat and Meşrutiyet Era, from the Republic years till the 1960s).

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To evaluate the characteristics of the content and the form of a stage play text according to a specific genre,
2   To conceal the author-text relation
3   To establish bridges between the text and the era characteristics,
4   To develop the still to find examples to specific concepts that are used for surveying a stage text
5   To make comparisons between different interpretations and opinions,
6   To express the ideas both orally and verbally.
7   To transfer obtained information into materials for play-writing

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A look at the `1950s People in Turkish Play Writing History
2 Family Oriented Plays: Sabahattin Kudret Aksal - Evin Üstündeki Bulut
3 Family Oriented Plays: Sabahattin Kudret - Şakacı
4 The Issue of westernisation: Refik Erduran - Cengiz Han'ın Bisikleti
5 A different point of view: Çetin Altan - Tahteravalli
6 Çemberler
7 Evironment Plays: Haldun Taner - Fazilet Eczanesi
8 Mid Term Exam I
9 Universal Themes: Aziz Nesin - Biraz Gelir Misiniz
10 Bişey Yap Met
11 Nazım Hikmet - Ferhat ile Şirin
12 Yusuf ile Menofis
13 Güngör Dilmen - The Ears of Midas
14 End of the year Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Akı, Niyazi; Çağdaş Türk Tiyatrosuna Toplu Bakış (1923-1967), Atatürk Üniv. Yay, Erzurum 1968.
And, Metin; Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Tiyatrosu, T. Iş Bankası Yay, Ankara, 1983
Nutku, Özdemir; Dünya Tiyatrosu Tarihi 2. Cilt, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1985.
Şener, Sevda; Tiyatroda Yaşam-Oyun Ilişkisi, Dost Yay, Ankara, 2010
Şener, Sevda, Cumhuriyet'in 75. Yılında Türk Tiyatrosu, T.Iş Bankası Yay, Ankara, 2008.
Şener, Sevda, Çağdaş Türk Tiyatrosunda Ahlak, Ekonomi, Kültür Sorunları, Ank. Ü. DTCF Yay, Ankara, 1972.
Şener, Sevda; Nazım Hikmet'in Oyun Yazarlığı, Kültür Bakanlığı Yay, Ankara, 2002.
Yüksel, Ayşegül; Çağdaş Türk Tiyatrosundan On Yazar, MitosBoyut, Ankara, 1977.
Yüksel, Ayşegül; Haldun Taner Tiyatrosu, Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara, 1986.
Ünlü, Aslıhan; Merkeze Dönmek, Mitos-Boyut , Istanbul, 2009
Nutku, Hülya; Orhan Asena, Kültür Bakanlığı Yay, Ankara, 1998.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The main method in the lectures is the discussions to help the students understand the characteristics covered, after the lecturer states the context and form characteristics of a stage play text.
These discussions, aim to lead the students to create new and unique ideas and comparisons between different ones as well as the new information taken lately.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The comprahension of the genre, literary movement and author of the play, characteristics of those, are the base in the exam evaluations.
Another significant part is to prove this characteristics with examples from the plays and capacity to make comparisons.
As the basis of the evaluation consists of the written exams, it is very important for students to use a very fluent, rich and correct language to express the ideas and thoughts.

Assessment Criteria

It is significant to deliver the papers complete and on time, to do sufficient research of sources and using them in ethical way and make correct use of that.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students are responsible for the reading of the sources about stage play texts as well as the play texts to be held in the class in advance.
Students are to fulfil the personal responsibilities without delays, about any kind of given research and paper in the program of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ugur.akinci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Yok

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 2 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 54

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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