| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
The problem of evil. |
The nature of evil. Evil in western philosopy and its representations. The connection between evil and tragedy. |
| 2) |
Evil in Judeo-Christian tradition. |
Evil as the black side of creation. The Satan versus Jesus. |
| 3) |
How to approach evil in literature? |
Reading strategies, analyzing methods and approaching evil in literary texts. |
| 4) |
Evil in modern philosophy. |
Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche. |
| 5) |
Keeping track of the evil characters in literary texts |
Eroticism and evil: Nero and Caligula in Sade
Satan in literature: (Faust by Goethe).
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| 6) |
Keeping track of the evil characters in literary texts |
Anti-hero in gothic literature: (Dr. Frankenstein by M. Shelley). The stories of Edgar Allen Poe. |
| 7) |
Keeping track of the evil characters in literary texts |
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. |
| 8) |
Evil in the East and Islam |
Good and Evil (Hayır ve Şer) in Koran. The difference between western and eastern traditions. The representations of evil in traditional literary texts and narratives. |
| 9) |
Keeping track of the evil characters in literary texts |
The rise of anti-hero in Turkish novel. The case of Suat in Huzur by A. H. Tanpınar. |
| 10) |
Keeping track of the evil characters in literary texts |
Kıskanmak by N. S. Örik. |
| 11) |
Keeping track of the evil characters in literary texts |
Kıskanmak by N. S. Örik. |
| 12) |
Keeping track of the evil characters in literary texts |
Evil in Turkish short story. Kötülük by S. İleri and Kağnı by Sabahattin Ali. |
| 13) |
Evil and Poetry. |
The represantations of evil in modernist and avangard poetry. İkinci Yeni and “kötücüllük”. Ece Ayhan and his poetry. |
| 14) |
Evil and Poetry. |
Eroticism and semi-evil. The poetry of Edip Cansever, Turgut Uyar and Cemal Süreya. |
| 15) |
Final Exam |
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| 16) |
Final Exam |
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| Course Notes / Textbooks: |
Ders öncesi öğrencilere verilecek ve dersle ilgili makaleleri içeren ders notları.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.
J. W. von Goethe, Faust.
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Huzur.
Nahid Sırrı Örik, Kıskanmak.
Selim İleri, Kötülük.
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| References: |
Georges Bataille, Literature and Evil.
Margaret Sönser Breen, Understanding Evil: An Interdisciplinary Approach.
Alford, C. Fred, What Evil Means to Us.
B. S. Markesinis, Good and evil in art and law: an extended essay.
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society |
4 |
| 2) |
Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art |
3 |
| 3) |
Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area |
1 |
| 4) |
Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey |
1 |
| 5) |
Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product |
2 |
| 6) |
Being able to write a script ready to be shot |
2 |
| 7) |
Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment |
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| 8) |
Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations |
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| 9) |
Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages |
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| 10) |
Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage |
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| 11) |
Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white |
3 |
| 12) |
Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility |
5 |
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