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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 |
ACL2004 | Introduction to Drama | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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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 ELİF BAŞ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ELİF BAŞ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course will offer the students selected plays from Greek drama to the 20th century European drama with emphasis on the history and dramatic movements of Western drama. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Students will learn • to apply the charactersistic points of classical tragedy to plays studied, • to evaluate social psychological and political perspectives in the texts, • to discuss major authors and themes related to different periods, • to present their own perspectives and/or to compare and contrast different concepts in well-developed essays. |
Survey of world drama from the classical age to 20th century. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | General Introduction / Aristotle, Poetics/ definition of tragedy | Reading |
2) | Introduction to Sophocles/ Analysis of the play | Reading |
3) | Sophocles continued | Reading |
4) | Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Drama / Excerpts from Everyman and Dr. Faustus | Reading |
5) | Analysis/ discussion of the plays | Reading |
6) | Introduction to 19th Century Drama-Realism / G. B. Shaw | Reading |
7) | Shaw, Candida continued. | Reading |
8) | Introduction Ibsen: A Doll’s House /Well-made play / Analysis/ discussion of the play | |
9) | Introduction to Naturalism /expressionism / Strindberg /Analysis/ discussion of the play | Reading |
10) | Introduction to Beckett and 20th century drama/ Analysis/ discussion of the play | Reading |
11) | Beckett continued | Reading |
12) | Whose Life is it, anyway? , Brian Clark/ Introduction to P. Shaffer | Reading |
13) | Discussion of. Equus | Reading |
14) | Introduction to H. Pinter/ Discussion of Betrayal | Reading |
15) | Final Examination | |
16) | Final Examination |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | 1. Sophocles: Antigone 2. Anonymous: Everyman 3. C. Marlowe: Dr. Faustus 4. G. B. Shaw: Candida 5. H. Ibsen: A Doll’s House 6. A. Strindberg: Miss Julie 7. S. Beckett: Waiting for Godot 8. H.Pinter: Betrayal Aristrotle, Poetics Anthology of living Theater, Wilson/Goldfarb 7 Plays by Strinberg |
References: | Robert Brustein: Theater of Revolt Eric Bentley :Life of Drama |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 0 |
Quizzes | 3 | % 30 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 5 | 80 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Quizzes | 5 | 5 | 25 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 156 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | 4 |
2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 3 |
3) | Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | 1 |
4) | Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | 1 |
5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 2 |
6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | 2 |
7) | Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |
8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | |
9) | Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | |
10) | Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | |
11) | Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | 3 |
12) | Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility | 5 |