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Program of Communication and Design

RTS478

CINEMA AND LITERATURE

Course Code
RTS478
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. Learn the facts, conditions and concepts which are have part in the arising of literal compositions.
  2. Associate artistic creations with each other and the era they created, comprehend the forms of citing of the literary texts in relevant films.
  3. Spread the tendency about seeking the universal thought behind the visible sight of the literature and cinema texts to their whole life.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionLiterary texts are one of the most important mediums in which essential problems regarding human existence have been revealed since ancient times. When the symbolism contained in these texts is interpreted correctly, it will be seen that the human problems, which have been examined since ancient times, are still up-to-date. People experienced similar thoughts in the tragedies in Antiquity and in the novels in the 19th century. Nowadays they come across these thoughts in cinema, one of the dominant cultural texts of our age. In this course, the symbolism in literary texts and cinema will be revealed in depth and a relationship will be established between these texts.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Meeting / On the Heroic Age
2nd Week Tragic-Based Character Constructions: Examples from Ancient Greece
3rd Week The Transformation of the Tragic Character in Shakespeare: The Example of Macbeth
4th Week Reflections on the Duality Between Thought and Factuality: The Example of Don Quixote
5th Week Dostoyevsky Novels and Their Reflections in Cinema - 1 (Demons, The Brothers Karamazov)
6th Week Dostoyevsky Novels and Their Reflections in Cinema - 2 (Notes from Underground)
7th Week Screening & Workshop
8th Week Ara Sınav
9th Week The Universe in Kafka's Novels and Its Reflections in the Modern World
10th Week Screening & Workshop in the Context of Kafka's Novels
11th Week On Camus' Novels (The Stranger and The Fall) in the Context of the Concept of the Absurd
12th Week Screening & Workshop
13th Week Traces of Eastern Thought in the Western Novel: An Analysis of Hesse's Steppenwolf
14th Week Screening & Workshop
15th Week Literature and Artificial Intelligence: On the Modes of AI's Re-production of Classical Archetypes
Recommended or Required ReadingAiskhylos, Zincire Vurulmuş Prometheus
Camus, Albert, Sisifos Söyleni
Lem, Stanislaw, Solaris
Clarke, Arthur C., 2001 Uzay Macerası
Dostoyevski, F., Budala
Dostoyevski, F., Karamazov Kardeşler
Erhat, Azra, Mitoloji Sözlüğü
Homeros, Odysesia
Kafka, Franz, Dava
Kafka, Franz, Şato
Shakespeare, William, Macbeth
Sofokles, Kral Oidipus
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 10
Attendance 1 10
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam 1 60 60
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 50 50
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework
Total Work Load156
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.2
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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