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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction to the Film Noir genre. Hollywood and USA after WWII. |
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2) |
The classic Film Noir and its structure. |
Screening of the film: The Killer's.
Readings from the book: The dark side of the screen. |
3) |
The proto noir films. |
Screening of the film: Laura.
Readings from the book: The dark side of the screen. |
4) |
The film noir outside of the studios and on locations. |
Screening of the film: Night and the City.
Readings from the book: The dark side of the screen. |
5) |
Femme fatale in film noir. |
Screening of the film: Sorry wrong number.
Readings from the book: Women in Film Noir. |
6) |
Stanley Kubrick and film noir. |
Screening of the film: The Killing.
Readings from the book: Refiguring American Film Genres. |
7) |
Film Noir in France. |
Screening of the film: Le Samurai.
Readings from the book: European film Noir. |
8) |
Film Noir in France (Continued). |
Screening of the film: Le doulos.
Readings from the book: European Film Noir. |
9) |
Students Presentation. |
Students will prepare and present a film of their choice. |
10) |
Introduction to the issues concerning Neo-Noir. |
Screening of the film: Angel's heart.
Readings from the book: Detours and lost highways. |
11) |
Discussions concerning the identity of neo-noir films. |
Screening of the film: Klute.
Readings from the book: The philosophy of Neo-noir. |
12) |
Noir characteristics in other film genres. |
Screening of the film: Gataca.
Readings from the book: The philosophy of Neo-noir. |
13) |
Noir characteristics in other genres (continued). |
Screening of the film: Who caught Roger Rabbit.
Readings from the book: Neo-Noir, Contemporary film noir from Chnatown to the Dark Knight. |
14) |
Students Presentation. |
Students will prepare and present a film of their choice. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: |
Selected readings from:
The Dark side of the screen: Film Noir, Foster Hirch, Da Capo Press, 2008
Neo-Noir: Contemporary Film Noir from Chinatown To the Dark Night, Douglas Keesey, Kamera Books, 2010
More than Night: Film Noir in its Context, Naremor James, University of California Press, 2008
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References: |
The philosophy of Film Noir, Mark T. Conrad (ed.), The University Press of Kentucky, 2006 |
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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. |
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2) |
Gain the knowledge and comprehension of the literature on specific research area defined within the fields of cinema, media and cultural studies. |
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3) |
Have the knowledge about fundamental concepts and main school of thoughts within the fields of cinema, media and cultural stıdies. |
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4) |
Gain required academic skills for the production of research projects and publications both in Turkish and in English. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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8) |
Gain the knowledge and the research skills about qualitative and quantitative research. |
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