CINEMA AND MEDIA RESEARCH (ENGLISH, PHD)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
CMR6012 Comparative Research: Time And Space Fall 3 0 3 12
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Assist. Prof. GÖNÜL EDA ÖZGÜL
Course Lecturer(s): Assist. Prof. GÖNÜL EDA ÖZGÜL
Course Objectives: This course aims to evaluate the concepts of time and space in relation to the social, cultural, economic and political developments in society. Focusing on the philosophical and social theories of time and space, different understandings of temporality and spatiality in narratives and how time and space are represented in different cultural products will be considered in this course.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who complete this course will be able to:

1. Develop the ability to think about the concepts of time and space critically
2. Explore the relationship between time, space and narration
3. Understand how different understandings of time/space produce different ways of seeing
4. Understand the philosophical ve sociological theories on time and space
5. Discuss the relationship between time/space and power

Course Content

This course focuses on the understandings of time and space, theories on space and time and the role of the understandings regarding time and space in narratives. The course involves lecture, discussion on topics and student presentations.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Orientation
2) Introduction to Time and Space
3) Modernity, Time and Space I: The Foundations of the Modern Understanding of Time and Space From Ancient Greece to the 18th Century
4) Modernity, Time and Space II: Speed (Hartog) and Progress (Benjamin, Simmel) The Political Economy of Time and Space
5) Modernity, Time, Space III The Domination and Control of Time and Space
6) Assignment 1 Presentations
7) Modern Time Questioned I: Nietzsche and Eternal Recurrence Reading: Nietzsche – Beyond Good and Evil
8) Modern Time Questioned II: The Phenomenology of Time Merleau -Ponty – Phenomenology of Perception
9) Discussion on the Spatio-Temporality of our Times
10) Assignment 2 Presentations
11) Modernist Time and Space Questioned: Deleuze and Bergson Deleuze - Nomadology
12) Time, Space and Narration: Bakhtin and Chronotope Bakhtin - The Dialogical Imagination
13) History, Time and Space: Foucault Foucault - The Archeology of Knowledge
14) Marxism and Space I: David Harvey Marxism and Space II: Lefebvre, Jameson, Edward Soja Modern Time and Space Questioned: Zygmunt Bauman & Richard Sennett David Harvey Lefebvre – The Production of Space Jameson – Archeologies of the Future Ed Soja – Postmodern Geographies Richard Sennett – Ten ve Taş Bauman – Liquid Times

Sources

Course Notes: Bachelard – The Poetics of Space [B 2430 .B253 P6313 1994] Bakhtin – The Dialogic Imagination: 4 Essays [PN 3331 .B2513 2008] Bauman – Liguid Times: Living in an Age of Uncertainty [HM 449 .B29 2007] Benjamin – Pasajlar [CB 15 .B4619 1995] David Harvey – Spaces of Hope (Umut Mekânları) [HX 550 .G45 H3719 2008] David Harvey – Paris, The Capital of Modernity [DC 715 .H37 2006] David Harvey – Asi Şehirler [HN 17.5 .H3719 2013] Deleuze – Cinema I [PN 1995 .D39313 2019 v.1] Deleuze – Cinema II: The Time Image [PN 1995 .D45 2019] Foucault - The Archaeology of Knowledge [B 2430 .F723 A7313 200] Hilde Heynen – Architecture and Modernity: A Critique [NA 680 .H42 1999] Jameson – Archaeologies of the Future [PS 648 .S3 J36 2007] John Pickles – Uzamların Tarihi [GA 105.3 .P5319 2011] Lefebvre – The Production of Space [BD 621 .L4813 1991] Levent Yılmaz – Modern Zamanın Tarihi [CB 357 .Y5519 2010] Merleau-Ponty- Phenomenology of Perception [B 2430 .M3763 P4713 20] Niezsche – Beyond Good and Evil [B 3310 .E9 B49 1996] Richard Sennett – Ten ve Taş [HT 113 .S4619 2002] Simmel – Metropolis and Mental Life [article] Soja – Postmodern Geographies [G 70 .S64 1989] Stephen Kern – The Culture of Time and Space (Zaman ve Uzam Kültürü) [CB 478 .K4719 2013]
References: Bachelard – The Poetics of Space [B 2430 .B253 P6313 1994] Bakhtin – The Dialogic Imagination: 4 Essays [PN 3331 .B2513 2008] Bauman – Liguid Times: Living in an Age of Uncertainty [HM 449 .B29 2007] Benjamin – Pasajlar [CB 15 .B4619 1995] David Harvey – Spaces of Hope (Umut Mekânları) [HX 550 .G45 H3719 2008] David Harvey – Paris, The Capital of Modernity [DC 715 .H37 2006] David Harvey – Asi Şehirler [HN 17.5 .H3719 2013] Deleuze – Cinema I [PN 1995 .D39313 2019 v.1] Deleuze – Cinema II: The Time Image [PN 1995 .D45 2019] Foucault - The Archaeology of Knowledge [B 2430 .F723 A7313 200] Hilde Heynen – Architecture and Modernity: A Critique [NA 680 .H42 1999] Jameson – Archaeologies of the Future [PS 648 .S3 J36 2007] John Pickles – Uzamların Tarihi [GA 105.3 .P5319 2011] Lefebvre – The Production of Space [BD 621 .L4813 1991] Levent Yılmaz – Modern Zamanın Tarihi [CB 357 .Y5519 2010] Merleau-Ponty- Phenomenology of Perception [B 2430 .M3763 P4713 20] Niezsche – Beyond Good and Evil [B 3310 .E9 B49 1996] Richard Sennett – Ten ve Taş [HT 113 .S4619 2002] Simmel – Metropolis and Mental Life [article] Soja – Postmodern Geographies [G 70 .S64 1989] Stephen Kern – The Culture of Time and Space (Zaman ve Uzam Kültürü) [CB 478 .K4719 2013]

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation 2 % 20
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms 1 % 30
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final 1 % 40
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
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
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 12 13 156
Presentations / Seminar 3 18 54
Project 0 0 0
Homework Assignments 0 0 0
Quizzes 0 0 0
Preliminary Jury 0 0 0
Midterms 1 18 18
Paper Submission 0 0 0
Jury 0 0 0
Final 1 20 20
Total Workload 290

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) 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.
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.
4) Gain required academic skills for the production of research projects and publications both in Turkish and in English.
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.
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.
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.