BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri
| Course Code: | GEP0605 | ||||||||
| Ders İsmi: | Popular Culture | ||||||||
| Ders Yarıyılı: |
Fall Spring |
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| Ders Kredileri: |
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||||||
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| Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: | No | ||||||||
| Type of course: | GE-Elective | ||||||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ | ||||||||
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Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği
| Course Objectives: | This course is designed to analyze the basic patterns and pillars of popular culture as they are used and revealed in certain examples of American cinema to present to masses the basic institutions and life style of the United States of America. In method, it is essentially a film-reading course. |
| Course Content: | The meaning of “popular”, a brief history of popular culture, its main pillars and basic elements, characteristic features, paradigms, replication myth and the influence of myths like creation myths, themes and patterns. Analyses of examples from American cinema, TV shows and programs, music, art, namely sculpture, architecture; their language and style and presentations, their artistic and political interpretations related to American life and its basic institutions. |
Learning Outcomes
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Ders Akış Planı
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction & definition of popular culture & ubiquity of popular culture, power of the media, the rise to fame and money, American dream of success and popular culture, stories of Rags to Riches. | -Class Discussion: Popular TV series, programs -Film for class discussion: Tootsie -Comparative discussion with Grease & Saturday Night Fever, West Side Story, Magnolia. |
| 2) | Basic characteristics and pillars of Popular Culture and the & replication myth and the necessity of creating a Hero | -Film for class discussion & analysis: Truman Show -Comparative discussion with Reality Bites & Show Time, Elvis: The Early Years, 15 Minutes, Mask: From Zero to Zero |
| 3) | De-mythification of the Myths of Individual Opportunity, Pursuit of Happiness and Progress and the Myth of the American Dream of Success | -Film for class discussion: Requiem for a Dream -Comparative discussion with The Pursuit of Happiness, Dream Girls, Follow that Dream, The Food Nation. |
| 4) | Patterns & archetypes (of fear& terror; apocalyptic thinking and binary oppositions; labyrinth, cell; utopia/dystopia) | -Film for class discussion: Swordfish -Comparative discussion with: Fahrenheit 9/11 and Signs, Donnie Darko, Independence Day, The Shining, The Exorcist , Omen sequels, Carrie, The Tree of Life, Melancholi |
| 5) | Pillars of Popular Culture (Demos, Ethnos: People, Race & Groups) | -Film for class discussion: Fight Club -Comparative discussion with Mississippi Burning, The Joy Luck Club, Color Purple |
| 6) | Pillars of Popular Culture: Theos, God, Faith, Religion | -Film for class discussion: Seven -Comparative discussion with The Mission (Dir. Roland Joffe) or City of Angels, Bruce Almighty, The Celebrity, The Da Vinci Code, From Within |
| 7) | Pillar of Popular Culture: Logos: & the Power of Words, and Symbols, Freedom of Conscience & Expression) | -Film for Class Discussion Fahrenheit 451 Comparative Discussion with It Happened Here, Alphaville, 1984, Metropolis |
| 8) | Pillars of Popular Culture (Heros; The Absolute Maybes; Eikons/Icons and the American Institutions; and the hero myth, the savior/ monomyth) | -Film for class discussion: Matrix Trilogy I -Comparative discussion with Avatar, The Superman, Batman, Braveheart, Spartacus (Kubrick), Taxi Driver, King Kong, The Chronicles of Riddick. Marvel, The Smurfs |
| 9) | Popular Myth of the Happy Model Family | -Film for class discussion: American Beauty -Comparative discussion with Tideland, A Home at the End of the World. |
| 10) | The Myths of Gender & Sexual Roles and Problems of Identity; Who am I This Time? | -Film for class discussion: Flawless or Being John Malkovitch -Comparative discussion with Hours, Zelig, Desperate Housewives, The Witches of Eastwick, Beach Girls, Deathproof, Angels in America, |
| 11) | Myth of the Melting Pot | -Film for class Discussion: Crash -Comparative discussion with The Joy Luck Club, In America |
| 12) | Popular Culture & Ideology and the concepts of love, faith and justice; selling the myths. | -Film for class discussion: Wag the Dog -Comparative discussion with: Monster, American Graffiti, Three Days of Condor, Monster |
| 13) | Cliches, fetishes, the kitsch, the cult, tales & myths and story-telling. | -Film for class discussion: Big Fish -Comparative discussion with The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter or The Fisher King |
| 14) | Wrap Up | |
| 15) | Final Exam | |
| 16) | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | 1. Douglas K. Stevenson. American Life and Institutions. Stuttgard: Ernst Klett Verlag, 1996. 2.Marshall W. Fishwick, Seven Pillars of Popular Culture. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985. |
| References: | 1. Atayman, Veysel (Derleyen). Şiddetin Mitolojisi. İstanbul: Don Kişot Yayınları, 2003. 2. Atikkan, Zeynep. Amerikan Cinneti: 11 Eylül Amerika’yı Nasıl Değiştirdi? Istanbul: YKY, 2006. 3. Baudrillard, Jean. Amerika. Çev. Yaşar Avunç. İstanbul: Ayrıntı, 1996. 4. Bir Zamanlar Amerika. Doğu Batı Düşünce Dergisi Sayı 32. Mayıs-Haziran-Temmuz, 2005. 5. Camus, Albert. Amerika Günlükleri. Çev. Osman Akınhay. Ankara: Öteki Yayınevi, 1992. 6. Canetti, Elias. Kitle ve İktidar. Çev. Gülşat Aygen. Ayrıntı: 1998. 7. Colombo, Gary, R.Cullen, B. Lisle. Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing. Boston: Bedford Books of Saint Martin’s Press, 1992. 8. Eradam, Yusuf. Vanilyalı Ideoloji. Istanbul: Aykırı Yayıncılık, 2004 (Pandora-on Istiklal & Mavikum Bookstore on Cihangir Street) 9. Goodnow, Katherine J. Kristeva in Focus: From Theory to Film Analysis. New York: Berghahn Books, 2010. 10. Kuçuradi, İoanna. Uludağ Konuşmaları: Özgürlük, Ahlak, Kültür Kavramları, Ankara: Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu Yayınları, 1994. 11. Güngor, Nazife (Der.). Popüler Kültür ve İktidar: Popüler Kültür Üzerine Kuramsal İncelemeler. Ankara: Vadi Yayınları, 1999. 12. Kilicer, Devrim F. Tower Power: The US on a Freudian Couch after 9/11. A Socio-Psychoanalytic Study of New York Towers. Stutgart: ibidem-Verlag, 2008. 13. Kuçuradi, İoanna. Sanata Felsefeyle Bakmak. Ankara: Ayraç Yayınları, 1996. 14. Mansfield, Nick. Öznellik: Freud’dan Haraway’e Kendilik Kuramları. İzmir: Aralık Yayınları, 2006. 15. Modleski, Tania (ed). Studies in Entertainment: Critical Approaches to Mass Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986. 16. Somay, Bülent, Tarihin Bilinçdışı: Popüler Kültür Üzerine Denemeler. İstanbul: Metis, 2004. 17. Sprengler, Christine. Screening Nostalgia: Populuxe props and Technicolor aesthetics in contemporary American film. New York: Berghahn Books, 2009. 18. Storey, John. Popüler Kültür Çalışmaları: Kuramlar ve metotlar. Çev. Koray Karaşahin. İstanbul: Babil Yayınları, 2000. 19. Tecimer, Omer. Sinema: Modern Mitoloji. Istanbul: Plan B, 2005. 20. Walker, Alexander. Stardom: The Hollywood Phenomenon. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974. 21. Wells, Liz. (2003)The Photography Reader. London: Routhledge, 2010. 22. Yazıcı, İsmet. Kitle İletişiminde İmaj: Kuramsal Bir Yaklaşım. İstanbul: Bilim Yayınları, 1997. |
Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi
| Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları | |||||||||||
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| Program Outcomes | |||||||||||
| 1) Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. | |||||||||||
| 2) Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | |||||||||||
| 3) Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | |||||||||||
| 4) Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | |||||||||||
| 5) Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | |||||||||||
| 6) Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | |||||||||||
| 7) Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | |||||||||||
| 8) Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. | |||||||||||
| 9) Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | |||||||||||
| 10) Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | |||||||||||
| 11) Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | |||||||||||
| 12) Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. | |||||||||||
Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. | |
| 2) | Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | |
| 3) | Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | |
| 4) | Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | |
| 5) | Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | |
| 6) | Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | |
| 7) | Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | |
| 8) | Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. | |
| 9) | Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | |
| 10) | Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | |
| 11) | Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | |
| 12) | Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |
Öğrenme Etkinliği ve Öğretme Yöntemleri
Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 33 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 9 | 4 | 36 |
| Midterms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 91 | ||