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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
ACL2004	Introduction to Drama	Spring	3	0	3	6

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Basic information

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.

Learning Outcomes

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.

Course Content

Survey of world drama from the classical age to 20th century.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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

Sources

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

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

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

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)	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.