COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CULTURAL MEMORY AND CINEMA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTA 6042 CULTURAL MEMORY AND CINEMA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Film Design

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SIMBER RANA ATAY

Offered to

Film Design

Course Objective

To explain Memory Studies characteristics ,to determine Collective Memory and Cultural Memory,to discuss the relations between Classical Culture and Memory ,to study related philosophers and their theories ,to analyse related film examples.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students can determine Memory-Studies characteristics as a discipline.
2   Students can determine collective memory and cultural memory by related cases
3   Students can discuss Memory concept in Classical Culture context
4   Students can connect to the theories of related philosophers
5   Students can analyze cinematographical paradigmas about memory,reminiscence and forgetting.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Memory Studies as a discipline
2 Memory Studies as a discipline / Film example :Andrei Tarkovski :Solaris(1972)
3 Classical Culture and Memory
4 Classical Culture and Memory / Film example:Thor Freudenthal : Percy Jackson sea of Monsters ( 2013)
5 Maurice Halbwachs and Collective Memory
6 Maurice Halbwachs and Collective Memory / Film example:Kevin Kostner :Dance with Wolves (1990)
7 What is Cultural Memory
8 What is Cultural Memory
9 What is Cultural Memory / Film example :Andrej Wajda : Katyn(2007
10 Pierre Nora and `les lieux de mémoire Film example:Robert Longo :Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
11 Paul Connerton and 7 types of forgetting çeşidi Film example:Christopher Nolan Memento(2000)
12 Aby Warburg and Nachleben Film example:Joseph Kosinski:Oblivion (2013)
13 Cinema Culture in Izmir
14 exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Graf,Fritz,Grek Mythology

Halbwachs,Maurice ,The Collective Memory

Kuhn,Annette,An Everyday Magic Cinema and Cultural Memory

Nora ,Pierre,Lieux de Mémoire

Warburg,Aby,The renewal of Pagan Antiquity

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRJ PROJECT
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE*0,65+ASG*0,05+PRJ*0,30


*** 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 141

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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