COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF PLAY DIRECTING II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SSA 5104 HISTORY OF PLAY DIRECTING II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Performing Arts

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HÜLYA NUTKU

Offered to

Performing Arts

Course Objective

Evaluate the interpretations, inventions in stage managing and innovations brought by contemporary directors known now, emerged after directors of epic and political theater emerged after World War II, Piscator, Brecht and Meyerhold s theater, and absurd tendencies

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Theoretical information on most important 20th century and 21st century directors work
2   Available application examples ( photos movies)
3   Main aspects of contemporary stage directors
4   The situation of stage managing in Turkey, state of directing
5   Ability to make a general statement and evaluation about present stage managing understanding according to the latest improvements in acting systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 After review of Political Theater ( Piscator Brecht Mayerhold), evaluation of how understanding of stage management shaped by absurd in first half of the 20th century so much as politics
2 Giorgio Strehler / a director on track of Brecht
3 Heiner Müller/ a director who is a successor of Brecht
4 Robert Wilson/ the importance of design for stage managing
5 Grotowski / a director whose acting method and stage managing is a lab, and his successor Thomas Richards
6 Peter Stein / a master of Çekhov and Shakespeare
7 Peter Hall / great director of the famous plays
8 Tadeus Kantor/ interesting director of Poland
9 Pina Bausch / director who does the stage managing for the dance
10 Midterm Exam
11 Thomas Ostermeier / 2012 IKSEV guest of honor, amous director of our era
12 Yuri Lubimov / Taganka Theater s founder
13 Examples of masters in Turkish Theater: Yücel Erten/Şakir Gürzumar/ Işıl Kasapoğlu/Barış Eren/Barış Erdenk/ Özdemir Nutku/ Malcolm Keith Kay etc.; in the light of the innovations made by them; a presentation work evaluating directing in Tukish Theater.
14 Overall Evaluation.

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary Source: Nutku,Özdemir. Oyunculuk Tarihi 1.2.cilt, Dost Yay. Ank
Nutku,Özdemir,Gösterim Terimleri Sözlüğü, Inkilap Aka Yay.Ank 1998
Seven,Ayşın Candan, 2o.Yüzyılda Öncü Tiyatro,YKY,Ist.
Giorgio Strehler Tiyatro Için Bir Yaşam Mitos Boyut Yay.Ist.
Peter Stein, Mitos Boyut Yay.Ist.Yuri Lubimov, Kutsal Ateş Mitos Boyut,Ist.
Peter Brook, Boş Alan , Ist.
Peter Brook, Gizli Saklı Birşey Yok, çev:Özdemir Nutku ,Albatros yay,(fotokopi)
Karacabey, Süreyya, Heiner Müller Tiyatrosu
Grotowski, Yoksul Tiyatro
Richards, Thomas, Grotowskiyle Fiziksel Eylemler Üzerine Çalışmak, Norgung Yayıncılık,Ist.
Contributive Sources:
References:
Other Course Materials: DVD triple pack about Taduus Kantor, Robert Wilson,Heiner
Müller,Giorgio Strehler, Peter Brook,Thomas Ostermeier issued Istanbul International Theater Festival Booklets, essays on Peter Hall ve Pina Bausch...

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Introduction of the theoretical information, historical development, changes in the apprehention of stage managing, directors contribution to this, the point in the middle of the 20th century stage directing got, presentations and papers for the overall evaluation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 +FCG * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 RST RESIT MTE * 0.20 +ASG * 0.20 +RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation methods are valid.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Codes And Policies Of The Course: (If the instructor does any announcements, this entry will be used.) usage of sources, vast visual material, internet data, paper and presentation discipline

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 6 5 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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