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Program of Communication and Design

İLF323

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS

Course Code
İLF323
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Recognize communication instruments as texts and those to be analysed.
  2. Learn to use methods, limits and scope of various textual analyses.
  3. Learn how to analyze "text" in general and a selection of specific genres - such as news, sitcoms, photographs, advertisements, or films - in particular with different textual analysıs theories.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThe course will critically examine the concept of the "text," which has emerged against the backdrop of the interplay of scientific, literary, and artistic approaches and is increasingly perceived as an entity produced in every aspect of life. Therefore, the course aims to examine and analyze the analog and digital forms of written and visual texts such as poetry, novels, photography, advertising, and film.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Culture, meaning, knowledge, language, text
2nd Week From mainstream communication theories to Structuralism
3rd Week Historical Background of Text Theories from Structuralism to Poststructuralism
4th Week Narrative, Genre, Written Genres and Texts Visual Texts and Genres
5th Week Structuralism: Levi-Strauss, myth and meaning
6th Week Semiotics Barthes, Hjemslev
7th Week Text and Gadamer Intertextuality, Bakhtin, Kristeva.
8th Week Semiosphere, Lotman
9th Week Intertextuality, Bakhtin, Kristeva
10th Week Eco and Genette
11th Week Psychoanalysis and the unconscious: Lacan
12th Week Poststructuralism Derrida Deconstruction of the Text
13th Week Digital Narrative Spaces
14th Week Artificial Intelligence and Performance
Recommended or Required ReadingBARTHES, R. 1996.Camera Lucida, Çev.Reha Akçakaya, AltıkırkbeşYayınları 4/2
BARTHES.. 2006. Yazının Sıfır Derecesi (Çev. Tahsin Yücel). İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
BARTHES, Roland.1997. Göstergebilimsel Serüven (Çev. Mehmet Rifat, Sema Rifat) İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
BENJAMIN, Walter, 2013. Fotoğrafın Kısa Tarihi-Teknik Araçlarla Yeniden Üretim Çağında Sanat Eseri (Çev. Osman Akınhay). İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı.
BERGER, Arthur Asa,1999. Signs in Contemporary Culture: An introduction to semiotics. Wisconsin: Sheffield Publishing Company.
BAHKTIN, Mikhail. 1981. The dialogic imagination: four essays. Austin: University of Texas Press.
BARTHES, Roland.1997. Göstergebilimsel Serüven (Çev. Mehmet Rifat ,Sema Rifat) İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
BURNETT, Ron. 2012. İmgeler Nasıl Düşünür? (Çev. Güçsal Pusar).İstanbul: Metis
DERRIDA, Jacques.1997.Of Grammatology. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Pres
DELEUZE, Gilles. 2014 Sinema I Hareket-İmge (Çev.Soner Özdemir).İstanbul:Norgunk.
DELEUZE, Gilles. 2021 Sinema II Hareket-İmge (Çev.Burcu Yalım-Emre Koyuncu).İstanbul:Norgunk.
ECO, U. 1991. Alımlama Göstergebilimi. İstanbul: Düzlem Yayınları.
ECO, U. 1992 Açık Yapıt (Çev. Yakup Şahan).İstanbul: Kabalcı.
FISKE, John.1996. İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş (Çev. Süleyman İrvan). Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları.
FOUCAULT, Michel, (1969). What is an Author?. Contemporary Literary Cirticism: Literary and Cultural Studies, 1994) (Ed. Robert Con Davis & Roland Schlefier). London: Longman
MENDELSUND, Peter. 2016. Okurken Ne Görürüz.(Çev. Özde Duygu Gürkan) İstanbul: Metis.
ÖZLEM, Doğan (Der.). 1995. Yorumbilgisi Üzerine Yazılar . Ankara: Ark Yayınevi.
RİFAT, Mehmet. 2013. Açıklamalı Göstergebilim Sözlüğü. İstanbul: İşbankası Yayınları
SARUP, Madan. 2004. Postyapısalcılık ve Postmodernizm (Çev. Abdülbaki Güçlü). Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Case Study
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 20
Assignment 1 30
Attendance 1 10
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam 1 50 50
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 2 20 40
Total Work Load155
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.16
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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