COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGION AND FILM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4146 RELIGION AND FILM ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MURAT MEMIŞ

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

Looking, from a special perspective, at the interaction between art and religion which are cultural areas of the society, (a) to have information about usage of religious and moral elements in the cinema; (b) to considerate these uses from perspective of religious thought in detail; (c) to contribute to the correct use of religious-moral elements in the cinema.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will see the utilizing of religious and moral elements in the art of cinema.
2   will discover the implicit or explicit religious and moral messages in the movies.
3   will evaluate the positive or negative purposes of using of these messages.
4   will learn the opportunities of using of religious elements, in different perspectives, such as content and visual ones.
5   will understand the importance of the art of cinema in the education of religion.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information about Islamic art
2 General information about art of cinema
3 Relation between cultur and cinema
4 Cinema as an instrument of religious education
5 Cinema as an instrument against religion
6 The religious-moral elements of Turkish cinema
7 Sufism and cinema
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Movie analysis (atheism at cinema)
10 Movie analysis (issue of fate at cinema)
11 Movie analysis (sufism at cinema)
12 Movie analysis (death and beyond at cinema)
13 Movie analysis (emphasis on ethics at cinema)
14 Movie analysis (piety at cinema)
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Oliver Leaman, Islâm Estetiğine Giriş, çev. Nuh Yılmaz, Istanbul 2010.
2. Yılmaz Can-Recep Gün, Islâm Sanatına Giriş, Istanbul 2009.
3. Rudolph Arnheim, Sanat Olarak Sinema, çev. Rabia Ünal Tamdoğan, Istanbul 2010.
4. Enver Gülşen, Sinemanın Hakikati, Istanbul 2011.
5. Ayşe Şasa, Yeşilçam Günlüğü, Istanbul 2010.
6. Mahmud Shelton, Yüzüklerin Efendisi ve Simya, çev. Ahmed Demirhan, Istanbul 2005.
7. Muhammed Veysel Bilici, "Hollywood Filmlerindeki Apokaliptik Temalar: Sinema, Popüler Kültür ve Din", Milel ve Nihal, cilt 4, sayı 2 (2007), ss. 139-161

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lactures

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 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.memis@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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