COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLOGY OF FILM II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTB 2116 SOCIOLOGY OF FILM II COMPULSORY 4 0 0 4

Offered By

Department of Film Design and Directing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MURTAZA TALHA ALTINKAYA

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Course Objective

Objective of this course is to analyze roles within cinema itself and generally roles of culture industry in a social life on aesthetical, historical, political, economical and cultural aspects from the point of view of Walter Benjamin.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student is to be able to obtain wide range of knowledge related to critical theory.
2   Student is able to have detailed knowledge about how culture industry Works,in which cinema is also sited.
3   Student is be able to have capacity to evaluate connections between cinema as an art form and products of culture industry.
4   Student is to be able to evaluate knowledge and amusement provided from film production on the aspects of race, religion, gender and socio-political groups/classes.
5   It is expected that student is be able to analyze other media products in films and culture industry as a whole by means of critical theory.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is critical theory and its importance
2 What is critical theory and its importance
3 History of Critical theory.
4 History of Critical theory.
5 Opinions of Walter Benjamin about photography and cinema.
6 Opinions of Walter Benjamin about photography and cinema.
7 Critical Theory and Culture Industry.
8 Critical Theory and Culture Industry.
9 Critical Theory and Culture Industry.
10 Connections cinema with culture industry.
11 Connections cinema with culture industry.
12 Media analyse by means of critical theory.
13 Media analyse by means of critical theory.
14 Midterm exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Walter Benjamin, Pasajlar, YKY Yayınları, Istanbul, 2012.

Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, Aydınlanmanın Diyalektiği, Istanbul, Kabalcı Yayınları,2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Courses are given in accordence with a weekly syllabus, which is determined by lecturer.

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

In the exams,it is expected that students answer questions related to the subjects during any term through their original comments.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Participation to the %80 of the courses is compulsory.
All the attempts of plagiarism results in disciplinary punishment.

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 4 52
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 2 5 10
Preparation for final exam 3 5 15
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 109

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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