COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE LANGUAGE OF CINEMA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 6078 THE LANGUAGE OF CINEMA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MELTEM SARGIN

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to develop students' views and awareness of the language used by cinema, which is a powerful tool for conveying meaning (both in terms of dialogues in the script and visual representations), by examining it in detail in the context of different film genres.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. identifying the characteristics and techniques of film dialogues as a text type
2   2. relating the language and visual representations used in films
3   3. discussing the importance of different film genre narratives in constructing and conveying meaning
4   4. analyzing the plot and characters of movies
5   5. being able to interpret films from a critical point of view in the light of the knowledge gained so far about language

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Course introduction
2 2. History of cinema (in the world and in Turkey)
3 3. Movie scripts as a text type
4 4. Expression and style in script
5 5. Different movie genres (drama, comedy, horror, western, science fiction, musical)
6 6. Elements of context in movies
7 7. Silent film era and semiotics
8 8. Midterm exam
9 9. Critical film evaluation
10 10. Analysis of movie characters
11 11. The relation of science fiction movies to mythology (watching and discussing the movie Star Wars)
12 12. Feminist cinema (watching and discussing the movie Color Purple)
13 13. Fantastic cinema (watching and discussing the movie Ah Belinda)
14 14. Gothic elements in cinema (watching and discussing Baram Stoker's Dracula)
15 15. The concept of cult film in cinema (watching and discussing the movie Cinema Paradiso)
16 16. New realism movement in cinema (watching and discussing the movie Two Languages and a Suitcase)

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Buckland, W. (2009). Film Theory and Contemporary Hollywood Movies. Routledge: NY and London.
2. Cook, P. (ed) (2007). The Cinema Book. BFI publications: London
3. King, G. (2002). New Hollywood Cinema: An introduction. I.B. Tauris: London
4. Langford, B. (2005). Film Genre: Hollywood and Beyond. Edinburgh UP: Edinburgh
5. Metz, C. (1974). Film language: A semiotics of the cinema. (Trans. Michael Taylor). The University of Chicago Press.
6. Metz, C. (2010). Classic debates. The cinema : language or language system . In Marc Furstenau, The film theory reader: debates and arguments. New York: Routledge.
7. Pärn, K. (2012). Language of cinema and semiotic modelling. Chinese Semiotic Studies, 6, 324 332.
8. Reid, D. & Sanders, B. (2021). The Visual Language of Cinema. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352884352_12_The_Visual_Language_of_Cinema Doi: 10.11647/obp.0255.12.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation on the subject
2. Lecture/watching films/discussion
3. Question and Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-4 will be evaluated via midterm exam, individual assignment, final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1- 80% class attendance is obligatory.
2- Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3 - Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assisstant Prof. Dr. Meltem SARGIN
B Block, office B 432

Office Hours

Whenever possible.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Web Search and Library Research 6 3 18
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.355555
LO.455555
LO.555555

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