COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY AND CINEMA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAH 2110 HISTORY AND CINEMA ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR MEHMET ŞERIF ERKEK

Offered to

History (Evening)
History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to enhance the use of visual material in history education and achieve a necessary understanding of the way of interpretation of the historical events in cinema and examine the periodic characteristics of the films.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   the invention of cinema and its place in art
2   explain the history of voiceless and sound cinema
3   explain the interpretation of history in cinema
4   analyze the use of cinema as a propaganda tool
5   reach results from the use of cinema in history classes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. The first years of cinema (1895-1930)
2 2. The rise of cinema as an art (1908-1918)
3 3. Cinema after the First World War
4 4. The Golden Age of voiceless cinema
5 5. The invention of sound cinema
6 6. The First World War and All quite on the western front
7 7. World Economic Crisis and cinema
8 8. Midterm
9 9.Great dictator by Charlie Chaplin
10 10. The Second World War and cinema
11 11. Cinema as a propaganda tool I
12 12. Cinema as a Propaganda Tool II
13 13. Cold War and cinema
14 14. The Vietnam War and cinema
15 15. Post-Cold War and cinema
16 16. Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Gülşah Nezaket Maraşlı Göç, Türk Siname Tarihi ve Kemal Film, Biyografi.net, Istanbul, 2021.
Ali Özuyar, Sessiz Dönem Türk Sinema Tarihi (1895-1922), Yapı Kredi yayınları, Istanbul, 2017.
Ali Özuyar, Sessiz Dönem Türk Sinema Tarihi II (1923-1931), Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul, 2023.
Fikret Hakan, Türk Sinema Tarihi, Inkılap Kitabevi, Istanbul, 2010.
Özlem Tığçe Keleş, Tebaadan Ulusa Erken Dönem Sinema Tarihi 1896-1943 Arası Bir Tarihselleştirme Önerisi, Türkmen Kitabevi, 2020.
Mustafa Aslan, Serhat Yetimova, Tarihi Aydınlatan Sinema Sinemadaki Kültürlerarası Farklılıkların Tarih Algısındaki Roller, Atlas Akademi, 2019.
Nijat Özön, Sinema-Uygulayımı-Sanatı-Tarihi, Hil yay., Istanbul, 1985.
Marc Ferro, Sinema ve Tarih, Kesit yay., 1995.
Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, Dünya Sinema Tarihi, Kabalcı Yayınevi, 2003.
Paul Rotha, Sinemanın Öyküsü, Izdüşüm Yayınları, 2000.
Gökçen-Faruk Alpkaya, 20. Yüzyıl Dünya ve Türkiye Tarihi, Tarih Vakfı, 2004.
Film, hz. Daniel Borden, Florian Duijsens, Thomas Gilbert, Adele Smith, NTV yay., Istanbul, 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation

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

1. LO 1-3: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term examination.
2. LO 1-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 80% attendance is obligatory. You cannot enter class more than 20 minutes late.
2. Non-attendance will not be considered as an acceptable excuse.
3. Participation to the term and final examinations will be considered in the
evaluation.
4. Students are expected to act in accordance with scientific rules in lessons and homework.
5. Course materials are uploaded to online.deu.edu.tr.
6. Students are expected to behave in accordance with their student identity in classes.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Gülsüm Tütüncü Uğurlubay
Mail: tutuncugulsum@gmail.com
Room: Öğretim Üyeleri Binası 313 nolu oda
Phone: +902323019408

Office Hours

Wednesday time: 13:00-17:00
Thursday time 11:15-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 15 15
Preparation for Final Exam 1 15 15
Preparing Presentations 1 7 7
Final 1 1,5 2
Mid-term 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 93

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1444
LO.25
LO.35
LO.455
LO.54