At the end of this course, the students; 1) - Learns the archetypes of the character, plot, etc. patterns used in cinema 2) - Comprehends film narratives by associating with literary texts 3) - Gets the ability to devaluate the life with its tragic view
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No.
COURSE DEFINITION
At the end of this course, students learn the characters, plot and other structures used in cinema. Furthermore they understand the narratives of cinema by relating them to literary texts and they gain the skill to evaluate life with its tragic aspect.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction to the course & Occult Beliefs of primitive communities
2nd Week
Ritual of Killing the God ? God as the Holy King
3rd Week
Egyptian Mithology ? Horus and Osiris
4th Week
Ancient Greek ? the dichotomy of Apollo and Dionysus
5th Week
Odyssey and Sirens
6th Week
Murder of father - Oidipus
7th Week
Film Screening & Discussing: Edipo Re (Pasolini, 1968)
8th Week
Concept of Scapegoat & ritual of sacrifice
9th Week
The archetypes launched the modern human: Sisyphus & Prometheus
10th Week
Moral problem in the context of tragic thought / purification from Good and Bad
11th Week
Universal circle of the Hero: seperation-ripen-return
12th Week
Natural Law / power and right
13th Week
Film Screening: Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 79)
14th Week
Analyze of the film / examination of homeworks
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Nietzsche, F., Tragedyanın Doğuşu, çev. Mustafa Tüzel, İthaki Yay., İstanbul Nietzsche F., İnsanca Pek İnsanca, çev. Mustafa Tüzel, İthaki Yay., İstanbul Frazer, James G., Altın Dal, çev. Mehmet H. Doğan, Payel Yayınları, Ankara Homeros, Odysseia, çev. Azra Erhat, Can Yay., İstanbul. Thomson G., Tragedyanın Kökeni, çev. Mehmet H. Doğan, Payel Yayınları, Ankara Euripides, Bakkhalar, çev. Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, İş Bankası Kültür Yay., İstanbul Aiskhylos, Zincire Vurulmuş Prometheus, çev. Azra Erhat, Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, İş Bankası Kültür Yay., İstanbul Sofokles, Kral Oidipus, çev. Bedrettin Tuncel, İş Bankası Kültür Yay., İstanbul Girard R., Günah Keçisi, çev. Işık Ergüden, Kanat Kitap, İstanbul Girard R., Şiddet ve Kutsal, çev. Necmiye Alpay, Kanat Kitap, İstanbul Camus A., Sisifos Söylen, çev. Tahsin Yücel, Can Yay. İstanbul Spinoza, Ethika, çev. Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Dost Yay., Ankara Deleuze G., Spinoza ve Pratik Felsefe, çev. Ferhat Taylan, Norgunk Yay., İstanbul Kaufmann W., Tragedy and Philosophy, Princeton Uni. Press, New Jersey Adorno T., Horkheimer M., Aydınlanmanın Diyalektiği, çev. Nihat Ülner, Elif Öztarhan Karadoğan, Kabalcı Yay, İstanbul
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
20
Assignment
1
20
Total(%)
40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
60
Total(%)
100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)