COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRITICAL TEXTS II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RSA 6030 CRITICAL TEXTS II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Painting

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ABDULLAH MÜMTAZ SAĞLAM

Offered to

Painting

Course Objective

This class examines the critical texts that have determined the agenda in the field of
art critism, that encapsulate thoughts and comments with high power of impact. It tries
to diffuse into the universe of meaning and connotation by a structural analysis of the
text. It aims to reproduce meaning by trying to describe the privelege of text, within
the context of contemporary art theory and philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   understand the process of structural analysis as a problem of consciousness and awareness,
2   embrace the approach of analysis of a work of art through signs as a consistent phenomenon of visual culture,
3   witness that art analysis and critism can be analysed by connected processes within the boundaries of a sequenced logic.
4   know that the historical, cultural and political data about the development of societies and art will help with a clearer identification of a work of art.
5   see that a better context for production of meaning will be provided through the appropriate use of information about the work of art, the artist and the viewer.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Michel Foucault and This is not a Pipe
2 Heterotopia
3 Collage and Décollage
4 Hal Foster, Design and Crime
5 Frederic Jameson / Art in postmodern era
6 Jameson on David Salle and Rauschenberg
7 Jameson on video and installation
8 Jameson on architecture, Gehry's House
9 Jean Baudrillard, Simulation Theory and Hyperaesthetics
10 Julia Kristeva and the concept of abjection
11 Reneka Dijistra and Cindy Sherman on the problem of the representation of identity
12 Zeynep Sayin and the representation of the body
13 Kocak and Sayin on Mithat Sen's body paintings
14 Jacques Derrida / Deconstruction and Art

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Danto, Arthur, Sanatı Sonundan Sonra, Ayrıntı Yayınları.
2. Foster, Hal; Zoraki Güzellik, Ayrıntı Yayınları.
3. Foster, Hal; Gerçeğin Geri Dönüşü, Ayrıntı Yayınları.
4. Berger, John; Görme Biçimleri, Metis Yayınları, 1987.
5. Foucault, Michel, Bu Bir Pipo Değildir, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1990.
6- Taburoğlu, Özgür, Dünyevi ve Kutsal, Metis Yayınları, 2009.
7- Sayın, Zeynep; Imgenin Pornografisi, Metis 2004.
8- Buck-Morrs, Susan; Görmenin Diyalektiği, Metis 2008.
9- Cohn, Dorrith; Şeffaf Zihinler, Metis 2009.
10- Jameson, Fredric; Ütopya Denen Arzu, Metis 2009.
11- Girard, Rene; Romantik Yalan ve Romansal Hakikat, Metis Yayınları, 2008.
12- Boym, Swetlena, Nostaljinin Geleceği, Metis Yayınları, 2009.
13- Moretti, Frtanco; Mucizevi Göstergeler, Metis yayınları, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Verbal and written practices of production of meaning, by the help of visual
presentations and based on discussion sessions, will be utilized as the method of
teaching.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + PAR * 0.10 + FCG * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 RST RESIT

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1351
LO.2531
LO.3315
LO.4135
LO.5513

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