COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLASSIC NARRATIVE CINEMA AND CULTURAL EFFECTS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBS 2123 CLASSIC NARRATIVE CINEMA AND CULTURAL EFFECTS I ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Department of Film Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DILEK TUNALI

Offered to

Sound Editing and Cinematography
Animation Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Screenwriting
Film Design and Directing
Cartoon Film and Animation
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

1- Student attended to this course will learn the importance of notion of classical narration in cinema, to dissociate this cinema according to national-cultural differences and evaluate all of this notions.
2. The course benefits from cultural-anthropological data related to origins of and structure of narration with the motivation of popular films fictionalised on cinematic "narration" and reached to mass public. In this way, students would comprehend the influence of cinema with scientific and comparative knowledge.
3. It would emphasise on samples of dramatic structure, tragedy, melodrama and comedy. Theoretical base which is needed in creative practical works of students from departments of film directing, image management and writing would be structured.
4. The course of Classical Narration Cinema and Cultural Effects I-II is completely and contextually different with respect to scientific method and study from other courses such as Introduction to Cinema, World Cinema History, Contemporary cinema History, Contemporary Cinema Aesthetics and Communication Theories.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehend classical narration cinema,
2   Analyse narration construction through national-cultural film samples,
3   Evaluate comparatively source books and the samples of classical narration cinema,
4   Be able to make seminars with presentations and scientific researches on topic,
5   Orientate his own research by detecting open parts to creativity of classical narration cinema, besides its features formality and repeatability.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Informing on general method of course; literature review on books and review on cinema films
2 Cultural concepts
3 Dramatic concepts and Tragedy
4 Presentation of concepts acquired by classical narration schema with samples
5 A film sample and evaluation
6 A film sample and evaluation (continue)
7 Midterm
8 Specific analyses on narration structures (Fable)
9 Comparison through characters, means and events in fable and characters, means and events in Classical Narration Cinema
10 Comparison of tragedy and melodrama
11 A Film Sample and Analysis / Discussion
12 Evaluation of homeworks
13 Evaluation of homeworks
14 Evaluation of homeworks

Recomended or Required Reading

Morphologhy of Folk Tales-Vladimir Propp
Eternal Return of Mythos-Mircea Eliade
Eternal Way of Hero-Joseph Campbell
Poetica-Aristo
Classical Narrative Cinema-Ayşen Oluk
The Golden Bough 1-2- James George Frazer
L'ınvention de la littérature de l'ivresse grecque ou text latin, La Découverte- Florance Dupont
Patterns of Culture- Ruth Benedict
The Dialogical Imagination, Four Essays- Mikhail bakhtin

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Profiting from different scientific disciplines, comparative thinking, gaining the ability to analyse.
Verbal lecture, PowerPoint presentation, film analysis, discussion, homework and seminars.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist.Prof.Dr. Dilek Tunalı (PHD), dilek.tunali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 3 1 3
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 63

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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