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Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Identification theories |
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| 2) |
Exploring identification with selected films |
Watching the following films:
- Play it again, Sam
- Being John Malkovich
- Hayallerim Aşkım ve Sen |
| 3) |
Identification and Aristotle's theoratical writings, discussing on catharsis concept |
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| 4) |
the politics of representation and identification in the genre melodrama |
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| 5) |
The process of identification in melodramas. Analysis of Dougles Sirk's film 'Imıtation of Life' |
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| 6) |
Exploring of Metz's thought in terms of Lacan's concept of the mirror stage |
Readings on Lacan and Metz |
| 7) |
Elaborating the concept of identification and analysing a film though the concept. |
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| 8) |
Yabancılaşma ve Brehtyen Estetik |
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| 9) |
The impact of Brecht on Godard |
Film Screening; Le Mepris by Godard |
| 10) |
Impacts of Brechtian structure on cinema |
Watching Lars von Trier's Dogville |
| 11) |
The masculine gaze and identification in cinema, Laura Mulvey readings |
Watching Hitchcock's Rear Window |
| 12) |
Identification and queer cinema |
Watching Almadovar's Todo Sobre mi Madre |
| 13) |
Hybrid identities, identification and accented cinema |
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| 14) |
General overview and analysis over films |
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| Course Notes / Textbooks: |
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| References: |
1. An Accented Cinema, Naficy, 2001
2. Bertolt Brecht, Lellis, 1982Brecht'i Anlamak, Benjamin, 2004
3. Melodram ve Anlam, Klinger, 1994
4. Film theories, A. Dudley, 2000
5. Poetica, Aristoteles, 2011
6. Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, Mulvey
7. Narration in Fiction Film, Bordwell, 1985 |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. |
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| 2) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. |
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| 3) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. |
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| 4) |
Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. |
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| 5) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. |
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| 6) |
Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. |
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Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. |
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Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. |
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Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. |
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