COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHOTOGRAPHY COMMENT AND CRITICISM II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTZ 4008 PHOTOGRAPHY COMMENT AND CRITICISM II ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Photography

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SADIK TUMAY

Offered to

Graphic
Sound Editing and Cinematography
Ceramics
Accessory Design
Cinema and Television
Textile Design
Animation Film Design and Directing
Ceramic and Glass Design
Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Illustration and Printmaking
Accessory Design
Fashion Apparel Design
Cartoon Film and Animation
Textile Design
Textile and Fashion Design
Textile
Film Design and Screenwriting
Graphic Design
Film Design and Screenwriting
Ceramic and Glass
Photography
Graphic Arts

Course Objective

In this lesson students will have psychoanalytic, constructivist and semiotical reading method in addition which they gain in the course of "Photo Interpretation and Criticism I" Presentations of criticism will be given about sample photographers and photographs. Students will be written critics in the framework of photo criticism methods about their own photographs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1-Will have ability to Read and criticise photographs by using psychoanalytic reading method
2   2- Will be able to use structural reading methods comparatively
3   3. Will be able to translate literary texts written in semiotics
4   4. Will have Information about relevant persons and institutions in photography related matters; will be able to convey the suggestions of solutions to problems and ideas in written and verbally
5   5- will be able to evaluate artistic and photography activities

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Psychoanalytic Reading and Photography Criticism
2 Psychoanalytic Reading and Photography Criticism
3 Structuralist Reading and Photography Criticism
4 Structuralist Reading and Photography Criticism
5 Semiological reading and photo criticism
6 Semiological reading and photo criticism
7 Student presentations and critics
8 Student presentations and critics
9 Student presentations and critics
10 Midterm exam
11 Student presentations and critiques
12 Student presentations and critiques
13 Evaluation of criticism texts
14 Evaluation of criticism texts

Recomended or Required Reading

-Barthes Roland,Camera Lucida,Çev:R.Akçakaya,Altıkırkbeş,Ist,1992
-Berger John, Görme Biçimleri,Çev:Y. Salman,Metis Yay.,Ist,1995
-Berger John,O Ana Adanmış,H:Y.Salman-M.Gürsoy Sökmen,Metis Yay,Ist,1998
-Sontag Susan,Fotoğraf Üzerine,Çev:R.Akçakaya,Altıkırkbeş,Ist,1993
-Peter Burke, Tarihin Görgü Tanıkları, Çev:Zeynep Yelçe, Kitap Yayınevi,Istanbul,2003
-Ü.Ağır,Türk Fotoğraf Eleştirisi Üzerine Genel Kuramsal Bir Çalışma,Lisans Tezi,Izmir,2004
-Seyit Ali Ak, Fotoğraf Söz Kavuşması, ,Bileşim Yayınevi,Ankara,2003
-W.A.Ewing, The Body,Thames and Hudson,London,1994
-Faruk Akbaş, Fotoğraf Teknik Okumaları, ,Om Yayınevi,Istanbul, 2003
-Michel Frizot,A History Of Photography, Könemann,Italy,1994
-Fotoğraf Nerede Biter,Sanat Dünyamız,Y.K.Y,Sayı 84,Istanbul,2002
-Nazif Topçuoğlu,Iyi Fotoğraf Nasıl Oluyor Yani,Y.K.Y,Istanbul, 1992
-Nazif Topçuoğlu,Fotoğraf Ölmedi Ama Tuhaf Kokuyor,Y.K.Y,Istanbul 2000
-Barthes Roland,Yazı ve Yorum,Ç:T.Yücel,Metis Yay.Ist,1999
-Mehmet Ergüven,Görmece,Metis Yay,Ist,1998
-Platon,Devlet,Ç:S.Eyüboğlu,M.A.Cimcoz,Remzi Kitabevi,Ist,1980
-Yücel,Tahsin, Eleştirinin ABC si,Simavi Yay.Ist,1991
-W.M.T. Mitchell, Iconology: Image, Text, Ideology, Paradigma, 2005
-Beatrice Lenoir Sanat Yapıtı, YKY, 2003
- G.Freund, Fotoğraf Ve Toplum, Sel Yayıncılık,2006
- Touraine Alain,Modernliğin Eleştirisi,Ç:H.Tufan,Y.K.Y,Ist.1994
- Fischer Ernst,Sanatın Gerekliliği,Ç:C.Çapan,Imge Kitabevi,Ankara,1990
- Eagloton Terry,Estetiğin Ideolojisi,Ç:A.Çitil,Özne Yay.Ist,1998
- Slater, Phil ,Frankfurt Okulu,Çev:A.Özden, Kabalcı Yayınevi,Istanbul,1998

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- The related literature will be given to the students.
2-Lecture topics will be supported.
3- Brain storm will be done.
4-Text will be produced about photographic images samples

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

-A midterm exam will be done for the course (20%), at least one in-class evaluation (20).
-A final exam will be given (60)
- The students are responsible for the exhibitions and artistic events that were held in the city.
-The weight of the presentation by the students and the passing of the criticism letter is 20%.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Complying with the course hours and following up actual related activities

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç.Dr.Sadık Tumay
D.E.Ü Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Fotoğraf Bölümü
02323016702
sadik.tumay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 51

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.13
LO.23
LO.3333
LO.433
LO.533