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Master's Program of Film Design with Thesis

FİLM511

CINEMA IN TURKIYE

Course Code
FİLM511
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree With Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Analyze the reflections of sociological events that influenced Turkish cinema onto the silver screen
  2. Examine the historical development of Turkish cinema
  3. Recognize the major movements and genres that influenced Turkish cinema
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionSince its invention at the end of the 19th century, cinema has been an important part of culture, society, and politics in Türkiye. This course will cover the history of cinema in Türkiye. For this purpose, starting with the first film screenings in Istanbul and other cities, it will focus particularly on the role and validity of traditional theatre and other arts in film production in Türkiye during the first half of the 20th century. Yeşilçam, which was the dominant mode of film production, exhibition, and distribution in Türkiye from the 1950s to the 1980s, and the ?new cinema,? which has become the dominant film practice in Türkiye since the 1990s, will be examined.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Overviewing Cinema in Turkey
2nd Week Origins of Cinema and Early Exhibitions in Turkey
3rd Week Effects of Other Cinemas
4th Week Theater and Politics Before Yeşilçam
5th Week Yeşilçam I
6th Week Yeşilçam II
7th Week Stars of Yeşilçam
8th Week Politicizing Yeşilçam
9th Week Islam and Late Yeşilçam
10th Week More Yeşilçam
11th Week New Cinema of Turkey I
12th Week New Cinema of Turkey II
13th Week Migrant and Diasporic Films I
14th Week Migrant and Diasporic Films II
Recommended or Required ReadingArslan, Savaş., Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, Oxford University Press, 2011
Dönmez-Colin, Gönül. Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging. London: Reaktion Books, 2008.
Suner, Asuman. New Turkish Cinema: Belonging, Identity and Memory. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2010.
Bayrakdar, Deniz and Elif Akçalı. ?Istanbul Convertible: A Magic Carpet Ride through Genres. Eds. Deniz Göktürk, Levent Soysal, and İpek Türeli. Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe? London and New York: Routledge, 2010. pp. 165-177.
Erdoğan, Nezih. ?Kezban Goes to Rome and then Paris: European Twists in the Turkish Family Plot.? Eds. Miyase Christensen and Nezih Erdoğan. Shifting Landscapes: Film and Media in European Context. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. pp. 188-197.
Erdoğan, Nezih. ?The Spectator in the Making: Modernity and Cinema in Istanbul, 1896-1928.? Eds. Deniz Göktürk, Levent Soysal, and İpek Türeli. Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe? London and New York: Routledge, 2010. pp. 129-143.
Göktürk, Deniz. ?Sound Bridges: Transnational Mobility as Ironic Drama.? Eds. Miyase Christensen and Nezih Erdoğan. Shifting Landscapes: Film and Media in European Context. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. pp. 153-171.
Göktürk, Deniz. ?Projecting Polyphony: Moving Images, Traveling Sounds. Eds. Deniz Göktürk, Levent Soysal, and İpek Türeli. Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe? London and New York: Routledge, 2010. pp. 178-200.
Kaya Mutlu, Dilek. ?Between Tradition and Modernity: Yeşilçam Melodrama, its Stars, and their Audiences.? Middle Eastern Studies 46:3 (May 2010): 417-431.
Kaya Mutlu, Dilek and Zeynep Koçer. ?A Different Story of Secularism: The Censorship of Religion in Turkish Films of the 1960s and 1970s.? European Journal of Cultural Studies 15:1 (2012): 70-88.
Mutman, Mahmut. ?Up Against the Wall of the Signifier: Gegen die Wand.? Eds. Miyase Christensen and Nezih Erdoğan. Shifting Landscapes: Film and Media in European Context. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. pp. 153-171.
Smets, Kevin, Philippe Meers, Roled Vande Winkel and Sofie Van Bauwel. ?Turkish Diasporics Film Culture in the Multicultural European City: A Structural Analysis of Turkish Film Screenings in Belgium.? Eds. Savaş Arslan, Volkan Aytar, Defne Karaosmanoğlu and Süheyla Kırca Schroeder. Media, Culture and Identity in Europe. Istanbul: Bahçeşehir University Press, 2009. pp. 280-299.
Zaim, Derviş. ?Your Focus is Your Truth: Turkish Cinema, `Alluvionic? Filmmakers and International Acceptance.? Eds. Miyase Christensen and Nezih Erdoğan. Shifting Landscapes: Film and Media in European Context. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. pp. 86-108.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Presentation
  • Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 7 10
Total(%) 10
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 10
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 90
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 1 70 70
Preparation for Final exam 1 60 60
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 3 3
Homework 7 10 70
Presentation (including preperation) 1 20 20
Literature review 1 20 20
Total Work Load285
Total Work Load / 30 (h)9.5
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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