SOCIOLOGY | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
FTV4901 | Turkish Cinema I | 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 : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DENİZ GÜRGEN |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DENİZ GÜRGEN |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course aims to evaluate the cinema of Turkey before the 1990s in its socio-political, economical and cultural context. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. gain knowledge about the history of Turkish cinema 2. make connections between the history of Turkey and the cinema of Turkey 3. gain the ability to problematize the relationship between Turkish modernization process and its impact on cinema 4. gain the ability read films through different theories and perspectives. |
This course explores the socio-cultural, historical and ideological background of cinema in Turkey until the 1990s. The cinema of Turkey is evaluated in relation to the modernization process in Turkey and Turkish modernity. The narrative form and content of the chosen films are analyzed from multiple theoretical perspectives and films of particular eras in the cinema of Turkey are discussed in the context of concepts such as identity, migration, gender and urbanization. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Course Syllabus | |
2) | Discussions on the Concept of National Cinema | Aşk Filmlerinin Unutulmaz Yönetmeni (1990) |
3) | The Modernization Process Cinema between 1910 and 1922 and film screening as a spectatorial practice The impact of traditional arts on cinema in Turkey The Period of Theater Men The Period of Transition | Films: Muhsin Ertuğrul- Ateşten Gömlek (1923) Muhsin Ertuğrul - Bir Millet Uyanıyor (1932) Lütfi Akad - Vurun Kahpeye (1949) Faruk Kenç - Yılmaz Ali (1940) Turgut Demirağ - Bir Dağ Masalı (1947) |
3) | The Period of Cinema Men | Film: Lütfi Akad - Kanun Namına (1952) |
4) | The Period of Cinema Men | Film: Memduh Ün - Üç Arkadaş (1958) |
5) | Yeşilçam as an Industry | Arslan, Savaş. Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, pp.97-124 Abisel, Nilgün. Türk Sinemasi Üzerine Yazilar |
6) | Yeşilçam as an Industry II | Arslan, Savaş. Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, pp.97-124 Abisel, Nilgün. Türk Sinemasi Üzerine Yazilar |
7) | Genres and Narration in Yeşilçam | Arslan, Savaş. Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, pp.125-199 Abisel, Nilgün. Çok Tuhaf Çok Tanıdık Vesikalı Yarim Üzerine |
8) | Midterm | |
9) | Popular Cinema and Historiography: Historical Films of Independence War | Özgüç, Agah. Kurtuluş Savaşı Filmleri, Antrakt 1990 pp.14-19 |
10) | Yeşilçam in 80’s Cinema in Turkey in 90’s | Arslan, Savaş. Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, pp. 201-272 |
11) | Auteur Cinema | Film: Ömer Kavur - Anayurt Oteli (1987) |
12) | Women's Films | Film: Atıf Yılmaz - Adı Vasfiye (1985) |
13) | Discussions on New Cinema in Turkey | |
14) | Final Presentations |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Abisel, Nilgün (2006). Türk Sineması Üzerine Yazılar. İstanbul: Phoenix Yayınları Adanır, Oğuz (2006). Kültür, Politika ve Sinema. İstanbul: +1 yayınları Akser, Murat (2009). Yılmaz Güney’s Beautiful Losers: Idiom and Performance in Turkish Political Film. Cinema and Politics: Turkish Cinema and Europe içinde. Deniz Bayrakdar (Ed.). UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Arslan, Savaş (2010). Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History. New York: Oxford University Press Arslan, Umut Tümay (2010). Mazi Kabrinin Hortlakları. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları Dönmez-Colin, Gönül (2008). Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging. London: Reaktion Books Erdoğan, Nezih. “Yeşilçam’da Sessiz Bedenler, Bedensiz Sesler”. http://www.neziherdogan.net/articles/filmsoundtr/bedenses.htm Erdoğan, Nezih (1995). “Ulusal Kimlik, Kolonyal Söylem ve Yeşilçam Melodramı”. Toplum ve Bilim. Sayı:67, ss.178-196 Evren, Burçak (2014). Yücel Çakmaklı: Milli Sinemanın Kurucusu. İstanbul: Küre Yayınları Kayalı, Kurtuluş (1994). Yönetmenler Çerçevesinde Türk Sineması. Ankara: Ayyıldız Yayınları Mutlu, Dilek Kaya (2007). “The Russian Monument at Ayastefanos: Between Defeat and Revenge, Remembering and Forgetting”. Middle Eastern Studies. 43:1, ss.75-86 Mutlu, Dilek Kaya (2010). “Between Tradition and Modernity: Yeşilçam Melodrama, Its Stars and Their Audiences”. Middle Eastern Studies. 46:3, ss.417-431 Özön, Nijat (2010). Türk Sineması Tarihi. İstanbul: Doruk Yayınları Scognamillo, Giovanni (1998). Türk Sinema Tarihi. İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınları |
References: | Abisel, Nilgün (2006). Türk Sineması Üzerine Yazılar. İstanbul: Phoenix Yayınları Adanır, Oğuz (2006). Kültür, Politika ve Sinema. İstanbul: +1 yayınları Akser, Murat (2009). Yılmaz Güney’s Beautiful Losers: Idiom and Performance in Turkish Political Film. Cinema and Politics: Turkish Cinema and Europe içinde. Deniz Bayrakdar (Ed.). UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Arslan, Savaş (2010). Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History. New York: Oxford University Press Arslan, Umut Tümay (2010). Mazi Kabrinin Hortlakları. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları Dönmez-Colin, Gönül (2008). Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging. London: Reaktion Books Erdoğan, Nezih. “Yeşilçam’da Sessiz Bedenler, Bedensiz Sesler”. http://www.neziherdogan.net/articles/filmsoundtr/bedenses.htm Erdoğan, Nezih (1995). “Ulusal Kimlik, Kolonyal Söylem ve Yeşilçam Melodramı”. Toplum ve Bilim. Sayı:67, ss.178-196 Evren, Burçak (2014). Yücel Çakmaklı: Milli Sinemanın Kurucusu. İstanbul: Küre Yayınları Kayalı, Kurtuluş (1994). Yönetmenler Çerçevesinde Türk Sineması. Ankara: Ayyıldız Yayınları Mutlu, Dilek Kaya (2007). “The Russian Monument at Ayastefanos: Between Defeat and Revenge, Remembering and Forgetting”. Middle Eastern Studies. 43:1, ss.75-86 Mutlu, Dilek Kaya (2010). “Between Tradition and Modernity: Yeşilçam Melodrama, Its Stars and Their Audiences”. Middle Eastern Studies. 46:3, ss.417-431 Özön, Nijat (2010). Türk Sineması Tarihi. İstanbul: Doruk Yayınları Scognamillo, Giovanni (1998). Türk Sinema Tarihi. İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınları |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 10 |
Presentation | 1 | % 20 |
Project | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 30 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 70 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 48 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 5 |
Project | 1 | 4 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 4 |
Midterms | 2 | 12 |
Final | 2 | 8 |
Total Workload | 123 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions. | |
2) | To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels | |
3) | To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences. | |
4) | To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes | |
5) | To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills | |
6) | To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields. | |
7) | To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime. | |
8) | To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective | |
9) | To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge | |
10) | To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects | |
11) | To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member. | |
12) | To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school. |