MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS | |||||
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) | Utilize the wealth of information stored in computer databases to answer basic biological questions and solve problems such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases. | 3 |
2) | Acquire an ability to compile and analyze biological information, clearly present and discuss the conclusions, the inferred knowledge and the arguments behind them both in oral and written format. | 4 |
3) | Develop critical, creative and analytical thinking skills. | 5 |
4) | Develop effective communication skills and have competence in scientific speaking, reading and writing abilities in English and Turkish. | 3 |
5) | Gain knowledge of different techniques and methods used in genetics and acquire the relevant laboratory skills. | 4 |
6) | Detect biological problems, learn to make hypothesis and solve the hypothesis by using variety of experimental and observational methods. | 4 |
7) | Gain knowledge of methods for collecting quantitative and qualitative data and obtain the related skills. | 3 |
8) | Conduct research through paying attention to ethics, human values and rights. Pay special attention to confidentiality of information while working with human subjects. | 5 |
9) | Obtain basic concepts used in theory and practices of molecular biology and genetics and establish associations between them. | 4 |
10) | Search and use literature to improve himself/herself and follow recent developments in science and technology. | 5 |
11) | Be aware of the national and international problems in the field and search for solutions. | 4 |