COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EVOLUTION OF COMEDY IN THE LIGHT OF LAUGHTER THEORIES II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SSA 6060 EVOLUTION OF COMEDY IN THE LIGHT OF LAUGHTER THEORIES II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Performing Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BANU AYTEN AKIN

Offered to

Performing Arts

Course Objective

Finding the emergence of absurd in the theater, as a theatrical element the use of before and after the Theater of the Absurd tradition, to investigate the use of absurd in Turkish Theater, to produce new studies on the subject.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1) develops the skill of acquiring theoretical knowledge in the performing arts.
2   2) enhances cultural background with performing arts.
3   3) can do scientific research and evaluate the results.
4   4) can make comments and criticism on the basis of comparison.
5   5) can interpret artistic genres and movements from historical perspective.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The evolution of comedy Week 1
2 The evolution of comedy Week 2
3 The evolution of comedy Week 3
4 The evolution of comedy Week 4
5 Comedy techniques Week 5
6 Comedy techniques Week 6
7 Comedy techniques Week 7
8 Comedy techniques Week 8
9 Analysis of comedy techniques with play texts Week 9
10 Analysis of comedy techniques with play texts Week 10
11 Analysis of comedy techniques with play texts Week 11
12 Analysis of comedy techniques with play texts Week 12
13 Presentations Week 13
14 Presentations Week 14
15 General evaluation Week 15

Recomended or Required Reading

* Bergson, H. (1996). Gülme, Çev. Yaşar Avunç, Ayrıntı y. Istanbul.
* Beviz, M. (2013). Komedya, çev. Sinem Akşen, Dost K. Ankara.
* Erhat, A. (1978). Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul.
* Frıedell, E. (1999). Antik Yunan ın Kültür Tarihi, Çev. Necati Aça, Dost yay, Ankara.
* Kimmel, L. (1998). Philosophy, Literature, and Laughter: Notes on an Ontology of the Moment, Analecta Husserliana, 56, 175-184, source of http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/phil_faculty
* McDonald, F. (2015). Laughter without Humor: Affective Passages through Post-War Culture, Dissertation submitted in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of English in the Graduate School of Duke University.
* Morreal, J. (1997). Gülmeyi ciddiye almak, Çev. Kubilay Aysevener, Iris Y. Istanbul.
* Morton, T. (2015). Ontological laughter: Comedy as experimental possibility space, ASAP/Journal, Vol. 1.2 (2016): 323-336, Johns Hopkins University Press.
* Parvulescu, A. (2017), Gülme: bir tutkuya dair notlar, Boğaziçi Üni. Y. Istanbul.
* Sanders, B. (2001), Kahkahanın zaferi, Çev. Kemal Atakay, Ayrıntı Y. Istanbul.
* Scruton, R. Jones, P. (1982). Laughter, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volumes, Vol. 56, pp. 197-228.
* Şentürk, R. (2016). Gülme teorileri, Küre Y. Istanbul.
* Weitz, Eric (2016). Theatre & Laughter, Palgrave-Mcmillan education.
and texts

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, class discussions, student assignments and presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STA TERM WORK (ANNUAL)
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STA * 0.70 +ASG* 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework and Presentation Studies.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are obligated to participate 70% of the lectures

2. All kinds of palagiarism and attept of palagiarism shall be concluded by disciplinary punishment

3. Students supposed to read the materials before lecture and participate the classroom discussions

4. Students are expected to make presentations about the subjects given by the lecturer.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Banu Ayten Akin
banu.akin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 6 5 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13
LO.23
LO.32
LO.42
LO.53