COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF PLAY DIRECTING I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SSA 5103 HISTORY OF PLAY DIRECTING I 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

Course with historical development from the writer that used to function as the director, to the actor; later history of directing in the late 19th century or the early 20th century, beginning with Duke of Saxe Meiningen Georg II; in the light of the developments from 20th century to present time, 2000s, evaluating world s directors and development of the directorship in Turkish Theater and contemporary Turkish Theater directors.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   History of directing and directing from the first director Duke Of The Theater Duke of Saxe Meiningen to present time
2   Rules of stage direction and innovations brought
3   Main aspects of world s known directors and their introduction
4   History of stage directing in Turkey
5   Keeping those developments within the acting systems, evaluation over stage manager and stage directing terms.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The function of the writer and the actor that had the function of the director in history
2 The importance of the director in thater and innovations brought by The Theate Duke Duke of Saxe Meiningen
3 Andre Antoine Darülbedayi adventure
4 Gordon Craig über marionette phenomenon in the theater and the importance of place
5 Adolphe Appia the importance of light and shadow and depth and three dimentions in theater
6 Otto Brahm thoughts towards stage managing in theoretical context.
7 Stanislavski Dançenko cooperation and Moskov Art Theater
8 Jacques Copeau
9 Max Reinhardt chamber theater (for intellectuals) and stadium theater for thousands (theater for public)
10 Midterm Exam
11 Erwin Piscator and Political Theater ( influence of the World War on theater)
12 Meyerhold (biomechanical technique and street theater, agit-prop theater)
13 Bertolt Brecht and epic theater (understanding according to stage director writer acting methods)
14 Representations about the subject

Recomended or Required Reading

Recommended Sources For The Course
Primary Source: Nutku,Özdemir, Modern Tiyatro Akımları,Dost yayınevi,Ank,1963
Nutku, Özdemir, Oyunculuk Tarihi 1.2. cilt, Dost Yayınları,Ank.
Nutku,Özdemir, Stanislavski nin Sahnelediği Martı,AÜ DTCF Yay
Genez Mualla, Charles Dullin in Sahnelediği Cimri, AÜ DTCF Yay
Çalışlar, Aziz, Stanislavski nin Sahnelediği Üçkızkardeş, Mitos Boyut Yay.
Piscator, Erwin, Politik Tiyatro
Meyerhold, çev:Ali Berktay, Mitos Boyut Yay.
Nutku, Özdemir, Epik Tiyatro,Özgür Yay,Ist.1996
Seven,Ayşın Candan, 20.Yüzyılda Öncü Tiyatro ,YKY,Ist.
Contributive Sources:
References:
Other Course Materials: Appia ( booklet about lighting), documents about Darülbeyi, booklets about Max Reinhardt, visual material, books on Stanislavski, pictures from the plays

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

(If the instructor does any announcements, this entry will be used.) Usage of the sources, reaching the visual material, internet data, discipline in papers and presentations

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.5

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