COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FILM AND ART THEORIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTA 6025 FILM AND ART THEORIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Film Design

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SAVAŞ ARSLAN

Offered to

Film Design

Course Objective

In this course, an overview of general theoretical and philosophical approaches in film and art studies will be presented. In this regard, in addition to structuralism, difference, ideology, culture industries, subject, gender, race and poststructuralism that are especially introduced in interdisciplinary approaches, a number of fundamental philosophical approaches behind these theories will be exemplified through Kant, Nietzsche, Hegel, Heidegger, Derrida, and Nancy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, student will be expected to have a knowledge of the following: 1. The main theoretical approaches on cinema and art, 2. The main philosophical approaches on cinema and art, 3. How the interdisciplinary perspectives are positioned, 4. The main concepts in interdisciplinary approaches, and 5. The main philosophical approaches behind such perspectives.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 The Difference between Theory and Philosophy and Syllabus
2 2 Structuralism
3 3 Difference
4 4 Ideology
5 5 Culture Industries
6 6 Subject
7 7 Gender
8 8 Race
9 9 Film Phenomenology
10 10 Kant
11 11 Nietzsche
12 12 Hegel
13 13 Heidegger
14 14 Derrida and Nancy

Recomended or Required Reading

Main sources:
Skinner, Quentin. 2013. Çağdaş Temel Kuramlar. Istanbul: Iletişim.
Easthope A and K Mcgowan. A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader. Open UP, 2004.
Additional Sources:
Bennett, T, L Grossberg and M Morris. New Keywords. Blackwell, 2005.
Kant, Immanuel. Saf Aklın Eleştirisi. Seçme parçalar.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Tragedyanın Doğuşu. Seçme parçalar.
Nancy, Jean-Luc. Hegel, the Restlessness of the Negative. Seçme parçalar.
Heidegger, Martin. Sanat Eserinin Kökeni. Seçme parçalar.
Derrida, Jacques. Resim Sanatında Hakikat. Seçme parçalar.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The courses will be held through
1. the students preparation for the course by reading the assigned texts and discussing them with their classmates before the class,
2. the students active participation in class by asking questions and through discussions, and
3. in addition to doing the necessary readings in relation to film theory, by supplementing their written contribution to class through homeworks and exams.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 RST RESIT ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** 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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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