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Master's of Radio, Television and Cinema without Thesis

RTS547

CINEMA AND PHILOSOPHY

Course Code
RTS547
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree Without Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Improves his / her analysing & interpreting skills.
  2. Learns the important concepts and intellectual bases those play a big role in arising of a film, question their own reading and creating experiences.
  3. Learns to relate the films with each other, and the other intellectual works.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone.
Course DescriptionInformation about different types of film narratives, philosophical approaches related to intellectual criticism, phenomenon, concepts and methods that contribute to relating films with philosophical texts are supplied and examples of successful films are analyzed.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction / General evaluations on the relationship between Cinema and Philosophy
2nd Week Examination of Plato?s concepts and the theory of forms
3rd Week Aristotle?s thoughts on tragedy and ethics
4th Week Kant?s understanding of Ethics and its reflections in cinema
5th Week Hegel?s Master-Slave Dialectic and concept of History
6th Week Film analysis in the context of the Master-Slave dialectic
7th Week Nietzsche?s critique of the world of concepts / On the tension between Apollonian?Dionysian and reason?intuition
8th Week Sample film analysis in the context of Nietzsche?s discussed concepts
9th Week Spinoza?s general understanding of ethics in the context of single substance theory
10th Week Sample film analysis
11th Week On Schopenhauer?s concepts of will and representation and their counterparts in cinema
12th Week Sample film analysis
13th Week Evaluations on the primary function of cinema, starting from the relationship between art and philosophical concepts
14th Week Evaluations on establishing AI-based connections between philosophical traditions and films
Recommended or Required ReadingHegel, G.W.F. (1994), Estetik, çev. Taylan Altuğ, Hakkı Hünler, Payel Yayınları, İstanbul.
Benjamin, Walter (2007), Pasajlar, çev. Ahmet Cemal, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul
Altuğ, Taylan, Kant Estetiği, Payel Yayınları, İstanbul
Benjamin, Walter (2007), Pasajlar, çev. Ahmet Cemal, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul.
Kuçuradi, İonna (2009), Sanata Felsefeyle Bakmak, Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu, Ankara.
Nietzsche, Friedrich, Tragedyanın Doğuşu, çev. Mustafa Tüzel, İthaki Yayınları, İstanbul, 2005.
Frampton, Douglas, Filmozofi
Paisley Livingstone, Carl Plantinga (ed.), Philosophy and Film, London
and New York, Routledge, 2009.
Film as Philosophy / Essays in Cinema After Wittgenstein and Cavell, Rupert Read and Jerry Goodenough (ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2005
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Presentation
  • Questions/Answers
  • Discussion
  • Lecture
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 1 50
Attendance 1 10
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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K2 X
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K5 X X X
K6 X X
K7 X
K8 X
K9 X
K10
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K12 X
K13 X
K14 X X
K15 X X
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K17 X X
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K20 X
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K24 X