| MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| FTV5001 | Horror, Gender and Society | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
| Language of instruction: | En |
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. OSMAN KAYA ÖZKARACALAR |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. OSMAN KAYA ÖZKARACALAR |
| Course Objectives: | This course aims to study horror cinema as a genre cinema reflecting various ‘otherization’ dynamics at work in the western society. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Become familiar with the history of horror cinema II. Become familiar theoretical approaches to horror cinema in film theory III. Understand the dynamics at work in the correlation between shifiting trends in genre cinema and macro socio-cultural change IV. Gain the capability to analyse a genre film with conceptual tools of film theory V. Understand the concept of auteur in cinema VI. Understand the possible pleasures at work in film spectatorship VII. Gain the capability to critically evaluate past and current approaches in film theory with respect to gender and gaze. |
| The main weight of the course will be on gender-related issues, ie. it will largely cover cases where the horror movie monster stands for the female sex and/or deviations from the sexual norms. Special attention will be given to recent approaches which emphasize the masochistic pleasures at work in horror movie spectatorship. The second area of interest will be cases where the monsters can be seen as standing for foreign cultures, minorities, ‘lower’ classes and the like. The course will emphasize the historical dimension of studying genre cinema so as to determine the shifting trends and see the correlations of these with socio-cultural change in general. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
| 1) | Introduction to the course | - | |
| 1) | Final essay | preparing the final essay | |
| 2) | Brief history of horror cinema | reading | |
| 3) | Intro to how to approach horror cinema in film theory | reading | |
| 4) | Return of the repressed - classic cases-1 | reading and film watching | |
| 5) | return of the Repressed - classic cases-2 | reading and film watching | |
| 6) | Transgresive examples | reading and film watching | |
| 7) | Horror films from auteurs | reading and film watching | |
| 8) | Horror movies with a political agenda - 1 | reading and film watching | |
| 9) | Horror movies iwth a political agenda - 2 | reading and film watching | |
| 10) | Dawn of the 'Final Girl' | reading and film watching | |
| 11) | Rape and revenge - 1 | reading and film watching | |
| 12) | Rape and revenge - 2 | reading and film watching | |
| 13) | Revisiting feminist criticism | reading | |
| 14) | Presentations | preparation for the presentation | |
| 15) | Presentations | preparation for the presentation | |
| 16) | Final essay | preparing the final essay | |
| Course Notes: | Andrew Tudor, Monsters & Mad Scientists (1991, Blackwell) Robin Wood, Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan (2003, Coumbia U. Press) Carol Glover, Men, Women & Chainsaws: Gender in the Horror Film (1993, Princeton U. Press) |
| References: | - |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 15 | % 10 |
| Laboratory | % 0 | |
| Application | % 0 | |
| Field Work | % 0 | |
| Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | % 0 | |
| Quizzes | % 0 | |
| Homework Assignments | % 0 | |
| Presentation | 1 | % 45 |
| Project | % 0 | |
| Seminar | % 0 | |
| Midterms | % 0 | |
| Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
| Final | 1 | % 45 |
| Paper Submission | % 0 | |
| Jury | % 0 | |
| Bütünleme | % 0 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 55 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 45 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 8 | 128 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preliminary Jury | 0 | ||
| Midterms | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paper Submission | 0 | ||
| Jury | 0 | ||
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 175 | ||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |