COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN CINEMA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 3011 AMERICAN CINEMA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

HAKAN DIBEL

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course aims to conduct a historical survey of major European and American films, and to examine contemporary theories of cinema.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To identify major directors and films of European cinema
2   To identify major directors and films of American cinema
3   To use the technical terminology of film production
4   To write film analyses
5   To explain major film theories

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Shot: Mise-en-scene and cinematography Discussion
2 Editing, Sound, Style Discussion
3 Genre and ideology Discussion
4 Writing a critical analysis of a film Discussion
5 Silent cinema 1895-1930 Discussion
6 Sound cinema 1930-60 Discussion
7 Modern cinema 1960-95 Discussion
8 Midterm Exam
9 Cinema today Discussion
10 The auteur, semiotics, genre analysis Discussion
11 Realism, apparatus theory, the gaze Discussion
12 Deleuze Discussion
13 Zizek Discussion
14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Bordwell and Thompson. Film Art (McGraw-Hill 2010)
2. Thompson and Bordwell. Film History (McGraw-Hill 2009)
3. Geiger and Rutsky, eds. Film Analysis (Norton 2005)
4. Stam and Miller, eds. Film Theory (Wiley 2000)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading, discussion, writing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

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 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 7 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.255
LO.35
LO.455
LO.55