FTV4966 Cinema and Dramaturgy IIBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs FOREIGN TRADE (TURKISH)General Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
FOREIGN TRADE (TURKISH)
Associate TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 QF-EHEA: Short Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 5

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
FTV4966 Cinema and Dramaturgy II Spring
Fall
3 0 3 5
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Associate (Short Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Prof. Dr. NİLAY ULUSOY
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The main goal of this course is to explore the concept of identification and discuss the aesthetic values produced from different cinematic perspectives.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Will be able to develop dramaturgical perspective
2. Will be able to discuss the concept of identification and spectator
3. İdentify theories about gaze and film aesthetics
4. Will be able to discuss the relationship between the concept of identification and the political

Course Content

Relationship between gaze and identification will be elaborated through the works of Aristotle, Brecht, Lacan and Mulvey.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Identification theories
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
4) the politics of representation and identification in the genre melodrama
5) The process of identification in melodramas. Analysis of Dougles Sirk's film 'Imıtation of Life'
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.
8) Yabancılaşma ve Brehtyen Estetik
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
14) General overview and analysis over films

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:
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

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Homework Assignments 2 % 10
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 8 5 40
Homework Assignments 1 10 10
Midterms 1 15 15
Final 1 20 20
Total Workload 127

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) He/she comprehends the main theories and terminology of International Trade.
2) He/she comprehends the custom operations.
3) He/she applies international finance and accounting knowledge to business life.
4) He/she has skills of using computer and software.
5) He/she analyses Turkey and EU foreign trade structure.
6) He/she brings in the basic reason of international marketing.
7) He/she consults basic law rules and legislation which built the legal frame of foreign trade.
8) He/she evaluates and analyses risks which foreign trade companies may meet.
9) He/she comprehends the international logistics and transportation.
10) He/she has the qualification and eligibility to work on international platform.
11) He/she uses efficient oral and written communication skills.
12) He/she follows and applies the national and international actual and the economic developments about foreign trade.
13) He/she has vocational ethical value that market needs in qualified staff, can use Turkish effectively in writing and speaking communication; have proficiency in foreign language knowledge to making international correspond.