COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MELODRAMA STUDIES I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTA 5119 MELODRAMA STUDIES I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Film Design

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DILEK TUNALI

Offered to

Film Design

Course Objective

Study of early exemples in cinema who carries melodramatic tendencies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The comprehension of classical narrative cinema within the context of melodrama,
2   The comprehension of classical narrative cinema within the context of melodrama,
3   Dealing with melodramatic structure in various artistic disciplines comparatively,
4   Study of samples from different disciplines (novel, drama, opera etc.) within the context of intertextuality,
5   Study of early exemples in cinema who carries melodramatic tendencies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Assignment of report/presentation topics - discussion
2 Midterm
3 Melodrama and the French Revolution
4 Melodrama, society and philosophy
5 General approach to 17th century melodramatic works
6 Study of 17th century melodramatic works
7 18. and 19. th century western novels melodramatics factors
8 Text evauliations
9 Report and presentation
10 Text Analysing

Recomended or Required Reading

Peter Brooks-Melodramatic Imagination
Edgar Morin-Cinema or the Imaginary Man
Robert Bechtold Hailman-Tragedy and Melodrama
Ed.Christine Gledhill-Home is Where the Heart is
Dilek Tunalı-Batıdan Doğuya Hollywooddan Yeşilçama Melodram (Melodrama From West to East; Hollywood to Yesilcam)
Michael Bakhtin-Karnavaldan Romana (Selected Articles on language and philosophy)
Hasan Karabulut-Kadına Melodram Yakışır
Nilgün Ağabeysel-Popüler Sinema ve Türler
Ruth Benedict-Kültür Kalıpları (Patterns of Culture)
Phillip Kolker-Değişen Bakış (Altering Eye)
Deborah Lupton-Duygusal Yaşantı (The Emotional Self: a Sociocultural Exploration)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the sections of "Evaluation Methods" and "Work load Calculation".

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + PAR * 0.10 + FCG * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 RST RESIT


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)

dilek.tunali@deu.edu.tr 0533 245 79 00

Office Hours

Thursday between 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 3 30 90
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 185

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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