COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NARRATIVE AND SUBJECTIVITY IN CINEMA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTA 5122 NARRATIVE AND SUBJECTIVITY IN CINEMA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Film Design

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MURTAZA TALHA ALTINKAYA

Offered to

Film Design

Course Objective

This course is an entry course related to narrative studies in the field of film and subjectivity theories. In addition, the current theories will be addressed with the historical development of these studies. In this course, with the questions for narrative theories, the answer to the problem of the cinema and narratives will be searched for the problem of what subjects produced.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Inheritance of Narrative Types
2   2. Assessment the concept of narrative in the context of different art branches
3   3. Understanding the subjectivity in cinema
4   4. Review of the subjectivity in cinema and different art disciplines
5   5. Review of the subjectivity, in terms of narrative structures and other cinematographic elements in movies
6   6. Review of subjectivity production with sample movies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, Meeting and Course Plan
2 What is the narrative
3 What is the subjectivity
4 Philosophical origin of the concept of subjectivity
5 Narrative Types
6 Narrative Types and examples in Movies
7 Discussion about project and presentation
8 The Production of Subjectivity and Cinema
9 Art and subjectivity
10 Film Review
11 Presentation
12 Presentation
13 Presentation
14 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

- Akay, A. (2018). Felix Guattari: Öznellik Alanları. Istanbul: Otonom Yayıncılık.
- Aristoteles. (2010). Poetika (çev. Samih Rifat). Istanbul: Can Yayınları.
- Bal, M. (2009). Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
- Barthes, R. (1988). Anlatıların Yapısal Çözümlemesine Giriş (çev. Mehmet Rifat, Sema Rifat). Istanbul: Gerçek Yayınevi.
-Berger, A. A. (1997). Narratives in Popular Culture, Media and Everyday Life. London: Sage Publicat
-Bordwell, D. (1985). Narration in The Fiction Film. Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press.
-Bowie, A. (2003). Aesthetics and Subjectivity: from Kant to Nietzsche . Manchester University Press.
-Branigan, E. (1984). Point of View in The Cinema: A Theory of Narration and Subjectivity in Classical Film. New York: Mouton Publishers.
-Branigan, E. (1992). Narrative Comprehension and Film. New York: Routledge
-Chatman, S. (2008). Öykü ve Söylem: Filmde ve Kurmacada Anlatı Yapısı (çev. Özgür Yaren). Ankara: De Ki Yayınları.
-Constable, C. (2015). Postmodernism and Film. New York: Columbia University Press.
-Giddens, A. (2010b). Modernite ve Bireysel Kimlik - Geç Modern Çağda Benlik ve Toplum (çev. Ümit Tatlıcan). Istanbul: Say Yayınları.
-Hall, D. E. (2004). Subjectivity. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis.
-Lazzarato, M. (2016a). Göstergeler ve Makineler - Kapitalizm ve Öznellik Üretimi (çev. Ferda Nur Demirci). Istanbul: Otonom Yayıncılık.
-Lazzarato, M. (2014). Borçla Yönetmek (çev. Şule Çiltaş). Istanbul: Otonom Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 SEM SEMINAR
4 PAR PARTICIPATION
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 + PRJ * 0.30 + SEM * 0.30 + PAR * 0.10


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

-

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor M. Talha ALTINKAYA
talhaaltinkaya@gmail.com

Office Hours

After the class.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Case study 1 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparing assignments 3 9 27
Preparing presentations 3 9 27
Project Final Presentation 1 4 4
Project Assignment 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 164

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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