COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MELODRAMA STUDIES II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTA 5120 MELODRAMA STUDIES II 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

Comparative study of films particular to melodramatic cinema from Hollywood, Yeşilçam and other countries, reading of films. Comparative anaylsis and evaluations of film adaptations samples made from novel, drama etc.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Study of relation between 'woman' and 'melodrama' winthin the context of films,
2   Study of Freudian approach and melodrama within the context of Hollywood cinema,
3   Comparative study of samples from Hollywood, Yeşilçam and other national cinemas.
4   Analysis of the concept of post-melodrama through samples,
5   Comparison of various cinematic samples within the context of culture, mentality, social transformation and aesthehtics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Women Studies and melodrama
2 Women, Freud, Psychoanalysis an melodrama
3 Melodrama density in Hollywood and cultural reasons
4 Film Analysing
5 General roundup of the theory and analyzed films
6 midterm
7 dentification and discussion of seminar topics
8 Yeşilçam and Melodrama
9 A sample film analysing on Yeşilçam Cinema
10 Film analysing and comparation between Yeşilçam, Hollywood and Bollywood
11 Film Analysing
12 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1-Melodramatic Imagination-Peter Brooks
2-Popular Cinema and Genres-Nilgün Abisel
3-Meaning and Narration on Cinema- Oğuz Adanır
4-Between Light and Darkness-Ömer Lütfi Akad
5-Art of the Drama, Breaking Point of Life-Sevda Şener
6-From Karagöz to Cinema-1-2: Nijat Özön
7-Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality-Sigmund Freud
8-Introduction to Psychoanalysis-Sigmund Freud
9-Film, Form and Culture-Robert P.Kolker
10-Silent Cinema-Nilgün Abisel
11-Aesthetic and Psychology of Cinema-Jean Mitry
12-Sexual Personae-Camille Paglia
13-Melodrama West to East, Hollywood to Yeşilçam-Dilek Tunalı
14-Scenario; Bülent Oran- Ibrahim Türk

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

It is measured by examination, presention of report and report which is needed to include a literature review on the topic studied by students, data collection, complation, analysis and its results.

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
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 3 30 90
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 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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