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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
FTV4931 | Film Genres | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. OSMAN KAYA ÖZKARACALAR |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. OSMAN KAYA ÖZKARACALAR |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course is directed towards the comprehension and evaluation of popular cinema and popular films within a historical and cultural context. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Recognize the conception of popular cinema. 2. Identify the conception of genre. 3. Analyze the conflict between originality and genre. 4. Define different genres 5. Discuss the history of sci-fi genre 6. Analyze genre movies with a social perspective 7. Analyze genre movies with a historical perspective 8. Analyze genre movies with a political perspective 9. Evaluate the history of horror genre 10. Analyze genre movies with with an emphasis on genre issues 11. Analyze genre movies with an emphasis on desire. 12. Analyze genre movies with an emphasis on class issues. |
The course will start with the problems of definition of genre, with special emphasis given to specific iconographies of genres. Then, the course will deal with the issue of originality within the context of genre. Finally, case studies of two specific genres, science-fiction and horror, will be covered. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the class | - |
2) | Problems of definition; iconography | reading |
3) | Science-Fiction | reading |
4) | Mad scientists – fantastic voyages | reading - watching film |
5) | Alien invasions | reading - watching film |
6) | Alien encounters | reading - watching film |
7) | Dystopias | reading - watching film |
8) | Horror | reading |
9) | Monsters as Return of the Repressed | reading - watching film |
10) | Battle of the genders | reading - watching films |
11) | Onjects of desire | reading - watching film |
12) | Horrors with political agenda | reading - watching film |
13) | Other others | reading- watching film |
14) | presentations | presentation preparation |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | |
References: | 1.Michael Ryan and Douglas Kellner, Camera Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary Hollywood Film |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Presentation | 1 | % 45 |
Final | 1 | % 45 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 55 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 45 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 5 | 70 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Final | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Total Workload | 122 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
2) | To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level. | |
3) | To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them. | |
4) | To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends. | |
5) | To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner. | |
6) | To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents. | |
7) | To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content. | |
8) | To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit. | |
9) | To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
10) | To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels. |