INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0122 | Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
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: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None. |
Course Objectives: | This course brings together performance studies, cultural theory, modern theatre history and a detailed study of Shakespearean text to give students the fullest possible understanding of how Shakespeare works today. Students will have the opportunity to explore, in depth, how Shakespeare’s texts are adapted to stage. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1- To develop a literary perspective and the ability to understand Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets. 2- To be able to develop critical thinking/writing skills, i.e., the ability to analyze, interpret, synthesize, and evaluate literary material. 3- To study specific topics (specific play) in an in-depth manner. 4- To set the works studied in their social, cultural, and political contexts. 5- To improve their ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. 6- To understand how actors, directors and adaptors make live theatre from raw material. 7- To understand how critics make sense of and write about performances. 8- To learn how a Shakespearean text is adapted for an actual performance. |
Detailed study of Shakespeare’s plays and analysis of spcecific performances. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the Course. Review of general concepts (renaissance, reform…) | |
2) | 16th century England The Tudors, Queen Elizabeth, Literature and art in the 16th century | |
3) | Life and works of Shakespeare. His life, works, general characteristics of his works, common themes (from selected texts), his tragedies, comedies and historical plays. | |
4) | Shakespeare’s Tragedies Terms related to tragedy (tragic hero, tragic flaw…) Close reading - Hamlet... | |
5) | Hamlet:morality, corruption, ambition, action—madness | Reading - Hamlet |
6) | Hamlet Viewing parts of two film adaptations of Hamlet: Laurence Olivier’s 1948 version and Kenneth Branagh’s 1997 version | |
7) | Shakespeare the Poet What is a sonnet? The “ Young Man” and the “Dark Lady” Themes: Art, immortality, time, death | |
8) | Review | |
9) | Guest lecturer - discussion of one of the plays we've watched. | |
10) | One of Shakespeare's tragedies (Macbeth, Othello or Merchant of Venice) | Reading |
11) | Continue analyzing the play (tragedy). | |
12) | Shakespeare’s Comedies Theme Appearance and Reality How Shakespeare constructes a complex orchestration between different characters and between appearance and reality and how he uses this pattern to comment on a variety of human foibles. Selected readings from A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Reading - A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
13) | A Midsummer Night’s Dream continued... | |
14) | Shakespeare’s Fools: The wisdom of Shakespeare’s fools. | |
15) | Final Exam | |
16) | Final Sınavı |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Shakespeare'in seçilen 3 oyunu Shakespeare yazar ve eserleri - Stanley Wells Shakespeare in Production: Whose History? H.R. Coursen The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642 – Andrew Gurr Articles – depending on the plays being discussed that semester |
References: |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 16 | % 10 |
Quizzes | 2 | % 10 |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 16 | 48 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 2 | 10 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 10 |
Midterms | 1 | 15 |
Final | 1 | 15 |
Total Workload | 98 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Setting up various spaces in national and international contexts, carrying out designs, planning and applications that could satisfy various user groups and respond various requirements in the field of Interior Architecture, | |
2) | Analyzing the information gathered from the framework of actual physical, social and economical constraints and user requirements, and synthesizing these with diverse knowledge and considerations in order to create innovative spatial solutions, | |
3) | Generating creative, innovative, aesthetic and unique spatial solutions by using tangible and abstract concepts, | |
4) | Using at least one of the illustration and presentation technologies competently, that the field of interior architecture requires, | |
5) | Reporting, presenting and transferring the design, practice and research studies to the specialists or laymen by using visual, textual or oral communication methods, efficiently and accurately, | |
6) | Embracing and prioritizing man-environment relationships, user health, safety and security, and universal design principles in the field of interior architecture, | |
7) | Design understanding and decision making that respects social and cultural rights of the society, cultural heritage and nature, | |
8) | Being aware of national and international values, following developments and being equipped about ethical and aesthetical subjects in the fields of interior architecture, design and art, | |
9) | Having absolute conscious about legal regulations, standards and principles; and realizing professional ethics, duties and responsibilities in the field of Interior Architecture, |