COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH THEATRE TEXTS I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DYA 2005 TURKISH THEATRE TEXTS I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Play Writing - Dramaturgy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ASLIHAN ÜNLÜ

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 1940s).

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 skill 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.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Three main genre/form in our traditional thater: Shadow Play / Ortaoyunu /Meddah, aesthetic categories of them and characteristics of the narration
2 The pace and effects of the traditional narrative techniques in Turkish play writing.
3 First step of the author: Şinasi - Şair Evlenmesi
4 Effects of Romanticism: Namık Kemal - Vatan Yahut Silistre
5 Struggle to meeting traditional and/with western theater: Musahipzade Celâl - Macun Hokkası - Aynaroz Kadısı
6 Effects of the Western Theater: R. Nuri Güntekin- Yaprak Dökümü
7 Eski Şarkı
8 First steps to reach universality: Nazım Hikmet - Kafatası
9 Eski Şarkı
10 Midterm Exam I
11 A turning point in our play writing: Ahmet Kutsi Tecer - Köşebaşı
12 Popüler yazar Cevat Fehmi Başkut - Koca Bebek
13 Harput'ta Bir Amerikalı
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; Şair Evlenmesi nden Önceki Ilk Türkçe Oyunlar, Inkılap ve aka Yayınları, Istanbul, 1983.
And, Metin; Tanzimat ve Istibdat Döneminde Türk Tiyatrosu (1838-1907) T. Iş Bankası Yay, Ankara, 1972.
And, Metin; Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Tiyatrosu, T. Iş Bankası Yay, Ankara, 1983
Nutku, Özdemir; Dünya Tiyatrosu Tarihi 1. 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.
Akıncı, Uğur; Kalemden Sahneye, YGS Yay, Istanbul, 2003.
Inceleme konusu oyunlara ilişkin oyun eleştirileri ve değişik makaleler.

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

thursday 10.20-12.00

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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