COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY DIRECTORS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SSS 4001 CONTEMPORARY DIRECTORS I ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Performing Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BANU AYTEN AKIN

Offered to

Play Writing - Dramaturgy
Performance Arts
Stage Design
Dramatic Writing and Dramaturgy

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to introduce the students to give knowledge on contemporary theatre directors techniques by using theoretical and also practical works.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course the learner is expected to, be able to gain the theoretical and practical knowledge about the new theater environment of the 20th century, where the foundations of Contemporary Theatre were laid.
2   Be able to use the basic principles of contemporary theatre
3   Be able to use the methods and techniques of the decisive theatre directors from1890's
4   Be able to discuss the contemporary theater directors plays.
5   Be able to use the directing techniques to gain by testing the ability of the theory and application integrity
6   Be able to synthesize the Contemporary theatre as a multidimensional.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introducing the lesson
2 Looking the period
3 Looking at 20th century art
4 Meiningen, Antoine, Jarry ...
5 Stanislavski, Reinhardt theatre and directing method
6 Meyerhold's theatre and directing method
7 midterm
8 Piscator and Brecht
9 Artaud's theatre and directing method
10 Grotowski's theatre and directing method
11 the film on Eugenio Barba's play
12 practice on Eugenio Barba's theatre and directing method
13 .group exercises
14 .group exercises

Recomended or Required Reading

Artaud, A.,(1993). Theatre and Its Duble, Istanbul: YKY.
Barba, E,. (1995). The Paper Canoe, London: Routledge.
Barba, E,. Savarese, N., (1991). A Dictionary of Theatre Antropology, London: Routledge.
Brook, P. (1988). A Theatrical Casebook, ( Compiled David Williams ), London: Methuen.
Brook, P. (1988). The Shifting Point, London: Methuen.
Ergün, S. (1993). Contemporary Improvisation, Izmir: Dokuz Eylül Publishing.
WOLFORD, L. (1996), Grotowski's Objektive Drama Research, , U.S.A: University Press of Missisppi.
Additional Sources:
Mimesis: Number:4,5, 1992,1994.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Students are directed to create solutions and applications written in and requested to submit their views on issues.
Students participate in class discussions, will be promoted significantly related to present their views.
Students will be informed by best practices.

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 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Listening to the lesson by conducting research on the subject to be covered provides maximum efficiency. The expected goals are deemed to have been fulfilled when the student questions on the information he / she has acquired at the end of the lesson and reflects on its causes and consequences.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

banu.akin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 19.00-20.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 61

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5
LO.6

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