COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PLAYWRITING II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DYA 1012 PLAYWRITING II COMPULSORY 4 4 0 14

Offered By

Dramatic Writing and Dramaturgy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEMIH ÇELENK

Offered to

Dramatic Writing and Dramaturgy
Play Writing - Dramaturgy

Course Objective


The aim of the course play writing 2 is to teach the main principles and technique of play writing. It is to teach and apply the main priciples of daramatic writing which is the base of the texts of action including arts and their scenarios (like Movie -TV, Radio etc.).



Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To compose the main conflict to make a dramatic text,
2   To create a story within this conflict,
3   To built up a protagonist to move the story with all aspects,
4   To shape realtionship, conflict and balance between the protagonist and other characters,
5   create a stage text aware of the actor, the decor, and the total principles of applied stage design,
6   Ability to built the play timing and play spacing,
7   To reflect and observe real life with people, manners, places, relations well.
8   To receive a discussion or an idea out of the narration of the story.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 First practice in Writing Workshop. Upon an existing situation, over the lines, creating a stage character.
2 Practice Work/ Reading and Evaluating the Work
3 Practice Work/ Reading and Evaluating the Work / Foreign Writer Works
4 Reading Scenes From the Stage Plays and Evaluation / Introduction
5 Reading Scenes From the Stage Plays and Evaluation / Introduction
6 Reading Scenes From the Stage Plays and Evaluation / Finals
7 Foreign Writer Papers, Reading and Evaluation
8 Foreign Writer Papers, Reading and Evaluation
9 Workshop - (Funfair, Old Man and the Kid, Waiting etc.)
10 Workshop products, Reading and Evaluation
11 Workshop products, Reading and Evaluation
12 Presentation of the Writer Papers and Evaluation
13 Presentation of the Writer Papers and Evaluation
14 Overall evaluation of the student s folder with the student

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures: The instructor provides information on main characteristics of dramatic text, using the examples. Topics as the conflict, the situation, character, time and place are held.

2. Application: The instructor (either in limited time of a course hour of as a take-home) makes writing practices on building a story and a conflict and the characterisation .

3. Revision, Analyse, Discussion and Second Edition: After works of hte students are read, rest and the instructor criticises according to the principles faults are revealed. During the session basic erors are found, renewed and designed again; plus the students are asked to write the paper again.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.70 + ATT * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria



Further information section of assesment is also meaning the main criteria.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1) It is required to attend %80 of the play writing classes.
2) Every kind of plagiarism, any copied text without decent citation, is reason to disciplinary punishment.
3)Late papers, delivery after the class that was missed might be possible; but they will be evaluated only %50 points. It is significant to finish the class work or study within time given.
4)The course requires a special attention on perfect spelling and rules of the Turkish language usage.

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 4 56
Tutorials 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 12 120
Preparing assignments 9 12 108
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 340

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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