COURSE UNIT TITLE

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, film philosophy, as a field of art philosophy, will be covered. Having its backdrop in aesthetics-based approaches focusing on art work and in particular on film and also nurtured by the interdisciplinary approaches of film studies, film philosophy utilizes the interactions between philosophy and film theory. The course will also feature an overview of film literature, film sense, narrative and social repercussions of the link between film and philosophy before delving into the contemporary philosophical approaches on toward where cinema is moving.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Main sources:
Öztürk, Serdar. 2018. Sinema Felsefesine Giriş. Istanbul: Ütopya.
Cündioğlu, Dücane. 2013. Sinema ve Felsefe. Istanbul: Kapı.
Additional Sources:
Wartenberg, TE ve A Curran (Der). 2005. The Philosophy of Film. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Carroll N ve J Choi (Der). 2006. Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Cavell, Stanley. 1979. The World Viewed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP.
Carroll, Noel. 2008. The Philosophy of Motion Pictures. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Ranciere, Jack. 2009. The Future of the Image. London: Verso.
Andrew, Dudley. 2010. What Cinema Is. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.
Brown, William. 2015. Supercinema: Film Philosophy fort he Digital Age. New York: Berghahn.

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

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)

savas.arslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes