| CINEMA AND MEDIA RESEARCH (ENGLISH, PHD) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| CMR6001 | Theories of Cinema, Media and Culture I | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Must Course |
| Course Level: | |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TOLGA HEPDİNÇLER |
| Course Objectives: | The goal of this course is to survey the major theoretical trends that have influenced cultural studies and film studies and to approach critically to theoretical developments that created 20th century critical thought. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; In this course, the students will be able to approach media studies, cultural studies and film studies which are interdisciplinary areas and the theories which influenced these areas closely. |
| The course will specifically focus on three major anti philosophers of 19th century, Marx, Nietzsche and Freud and their impressive influence on our time and also aims to form a critical basis for use towards current Turkish practices. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Beginning with an instant encounter: Culture of departure and arrival and terminal identities. Narratives, Stories, Representations. Introduction to Culture of 20th century from the experiences of immigration and diasporas | Related readings |
| 2) | Introduction to Culture Studies and inheriting the major impact of Frankfurt School and social theory. Two wide and spread influence from Marxism to the major body of thoughts of 20th century including Cultural Studies: Ideology and hegemony: Gramsci and Althusser. British School in Cultural studies. An Introduction of American Context in Cultural Studies: From Jameson to Spivak; Aronowitz to Harawey and coexistence of high and low and popular to mass “Culture of Empire” vs. “Culture of Diaspora”; modern vs. postmodern and everything under the immense umbrella of postcolonial Studies. Narratives and representations of exilic, émigré and free floating subjects of all and nomads of postmodern subjections under the new international division of labor, and people on detour, phantom of the unreturnable and homeless of all cities. Dialogism, Bakhtin and Popular culture: Carnival, centrifugal and centripetal forces of of culture, and dialogical encounter. Cyberspace Culture and / or electronic culture of cyberspace | Related readings |
| 3) | Social history of production and society | Related readings |
| 4) | Social history of production and society | Related readings |
| 5) | Major works of 19th & 20th century beginning with anti- Philosophers: Marx, Freud, Nietzsche & /or tracts to go to Social Theory & Critical theory | Related readings |
| 6) | Reading Marx | Related readings |
| 7) | Reading Marx | Related readings |
| 8) | Reading Marx | Related readings |
| 9) | Reading Nietzsche | Related readings |
| 10) | Reading Nietzsche | Related readings |
| 11) | Reading Nietzsche | Related readings |
| 12) | Reading Freud | Related readings |
| 13) | Reading Freud | Related readings |
| 14) | Reading Freud | Related readings |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Required Readings For Cinema Studies: Jean Louis Baudry, “Ideological Effects of the Basic Cinematographic Apparatus” in Philip Rosen (ed), Narrative, Apparatus, Ideology, NY: Columbia UP, 1986, pp: 286- 298. Homi Bhabha (ed), “Introduction: Narrating the Nation” in Nation And Narration, NY: Rutledge 2002, pp: 1-7. Miriam Hansen, Babel & Babylon: Spectatorship in American Silent Film, Cambridge, MA: Harvard U. P., 1991 Siegfried Kracauer, From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film, Princeton, NJ: PUP 1974 5th (©:1947) T. Miller, “Introduction: Apparatus Theory”, in R. Stam & T. Miller, Film and Theory: An Anthology, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, pp: 403- 408. Jean Louis Commoli and Jean Narboni, “Cinema / Ideology/ Criticism” in Bill Nichols (ed), Movies and Methods I, Berkeley: UCP, 1976, pp:22-30. Ella Shohat, “Gender and Culture of Empire: Twatds feminist Ethnography of the Cinema in in R. Stam & T. Miller, Film and Theory: An Anthology, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, pp: 669- 696. Fernando Solonas and Octavio Getino, “Towards a Third Cinema” in Bill Nichols (ed), Movies and Methods I, Berkeley: UCP, 1976, pp R. Stam & T. Miller, “Introduction: The Image and Technology” for Part III in R. Stam & T. Miller, Film and Theory: An Anthology, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, pp: 85- 101. Robert Stam, “introduction: Alternative Aesthetics” for part VI in R. Stam & T. Miller, Film and Theory: An Anthology, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, pp: 257 – 264. --------, “Introduction: Text and Intertext” in R. Stam & T. Miller, Film and Theory: An Anthology, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, pp: 145-156 --------, “Introduction: Question of Realism”, in R. Stam & T. Miller, Film and Theory: An Anthology, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, pp: 223-228. Z. Tül Akbal Süalp, "Yabanlar, Ötekiler Sudaki Balıklar: Postmodern Koşullar mı, Postmodern Koşullanmalar mı?" Kültür ve Toplum 1 İst: Hil 1995, slr:64-88. Z. Tül Akbal Süalp, “Rüzgar dönüyordu bütün coğrafyalarda”, Cogito, Sa: 14, Bahar 1998, slr: 234 –252 “ Marksizm ve Sinema: Hacimde İlmek Atmak” Der: Murat İri Sinema Araştırmaları: Kuramlar Kavramlar Yaklaşımlar İST: Derin Yay 2010 Course Book (CB) Basic Readings: David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction, New York: Mc Graw-Hill Inc., 1996 5th ed. [B&T] R. Stam & T. Miller, Film and Theory: An Anthology, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000 [S&M] R. Stam, Film Theory: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000 [S] J Hill & P C Gibson, Film Studies Critical Approaches, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000 [H&G] |
| References: | Williams, Raymond, (1977) Television: Technology and Cultural Form, Ederyn Williams (ed.), Routledge London (RW) Newcomb, Horace, (ed) (2000) Television: The Critical View, Blackwell Publisher (HN) Fiske, John, (1997), Television Culture, Routledge, London-New York (JF) Kellner, Douglas, (1998), Media Culture, Routledge, London, New York (DK) Barker, Chris, (1999), Television, Globalisation and Cultural Identities, Open University Press (CB) Barthes, Roland, (1977) Image, Music, Text, Fontana Press (RB) Hall, Stuart (ed), (1997), Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices, Open University Press.(SH) Meenakshi Gigi Durham, & Kellner, Douglas (2002), Media And Cultural Studies Keyworks, Blackwell Publisher (MGD-DK) Stam, Robert- Miller, Toby (eds), (2000), Film and Theory, Blackwell publisher (RS-TM) Mellencamp, Patricia, (ed) (1990) Logics of Television: Essays in Cultural Criticisim,.Logics of Television, BFI pub (PM) Ballard, J.G. “Introduction to Crash”, RE/Search, No:8/9, 1984, pp: 96-98. Negt Oscar & Alexander Kluge, “Kamusal Alan ve Deneyim”, Defter, Nisan Temmuz, # 16, pp:65- 76. Süalp Akbal, Z. T. Teknoloji Temsil ve Algı” 1. İletişim Kongresi, 2000, pp: 402- 406. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Homework Assignments | 3 | % 90 |
| Presentation | 14 | % 10 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 6 | 84 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| Midterms | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Workload | 144 | ||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Have the qualified skills and abilities in production and analysis of academic knowledge and texts (including the conference papers, articles, essays, research projects etc) that would contribute to the national and international academic literature. | 5 |
| 2) | Gain the knowledge and comprehension of the literature on specific research area defined within the fields of cinema, media and cultural studies. | |
| 3) | Have the knowledge about fundamental concepts and main school of thoughts within the fields of cinema, media and cultural stıdies. | 5 |
| 4) | Gain required academic skills for the production of research projects and publications both in Turkish and in English. | 3 |
| 5) | Gain the skills required for grounded analysis, description and interpretation of a subject within the cinema, media and cultural studies fields in conformance with the ethical values and rules. | 3 |
| 6) | Have the academic consciousness and responsibility about the necessity of production of research with potentials of wide influence on literature and society, and with an original academic value. | 5 |
| 7) | Have the analytical skills required for the contextualized interpretation of a phenomenon that is related to cinema, media, and culture along with its relation to the historical, social, political, economic and cultural components. | |
| 8) | Gain the knowledge and the research skills about qualitative and quantitative research. | 2 |