Description of Individual Course Units
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Offered By |
Film Design and Directing |
Level of Course Unit |
First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree) |
Course Coordinator |
ASISTANT PROFESSOR DILEK TUNALI |
Offered to |
Performance Arts |
Course Objective |
Utopia and dystopia have been genres/subgenres used frequently both in literature and cinema. They are used as tools of explaining/negating the existing society or for fictionalizing the future. The lesson aims at conceiving the narrative structure of utopia and dystopia, and discussing the philosophical and social subtexts of sample texts. |
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Mode of Delivery |
Face -to- Face |
Prerequisites and Co-requisites |
None |
Recomended Optional Programme Components |
None |
Course Contents |
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Recomended or Required Reading |
Nilnur Tandaçgüneş, Ütopya: Antik Çağdan Günümüze Mutluluk Vaadi, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul, 2013 |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
During the lessons, first the concepts of utopia and dystopia will be explained. The class will, firstly, study the narrative structure departing from examples produced in literature, then expend the analysis on cinema examples. |
Assessment Methods |
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*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable. |
Further Notes About Assessment Methods |
The students are responsible from reading/seeing utopia and dystopia examples (literature and cinema). |
Assessment Criteria |
Assessment criteria will be level of joining the discussions, and the quality of the paper prepared. |
Language of Instruction |
Turkish |
Course Policies and Rules |
Rather than screening a film in the classroom, it is important to have seen the films before. |
Contact Details for the Lecturer(s) |
To be announced. |
Office Hours |
To be announced. |
Work Placement(s) |
None |
Workload Calculation |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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