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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FBS 2123	CLASSIC NARRATIVE CINEMA AND CULTURAL EFFECTS I	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3

Offered By

Department of Film Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR DILEK TUNALI

Offered to

Animation Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Screenwriting
Sound Editing and Cinematography

Course Objective

1- Student attended to this course will learn the importance of notion of classical narration in cinema, to dissociate this cinema according to national-cultural differences and evaluate all of this notions.
2. The course benefits from cultural-anthropological data related to origins of and structure of narration with the motivation of popular films fictionalised on cinematic "narration" and reached to mass public. In this way, students would comprehend the influence of cinema with scientific and comparative knowledge.
3. It would emphasise on samples of dramatic structure, tragedy, melodrama and comedy. Theoretical base which is needed in creative practical works of students from departments of film directing, image management and writing would be structured.
4. The course of Classical Narration Cinema and Cultural Effects I-II is completely and contextually different with respect to scientific method and study from other courses such as Introduction to Cinema, World Cinema History, Contemporary cinema History, Contemporary Cinema Aesthetics and Communication Theories.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Comprehend classical narration cinema,
2	Analyse narration construction through national-cultural film samples,
3	Evaluate comparatively source books and the samples of classical narration cinema,
4	Be able to make seminars with presentations and scientific researches on topic,
5	Orientate his own research by detecting open parts to creativity of classical narration cinema, besides its features formality and repeatability.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Informing on general method of course; literature review on books and review on cinema films
2	Cultural concepts
3	Dramatic concepts and Tragedy
4	Presentation of concepts acquired by classical narration schema with samples
5	A film sample and evaluation
6	A film sample and evaluation (continue)
7	Midterm
8	Specific analyses on narration structures (Fable)
9	Comparison through characters, means and events in fable and characters, means and events in Classical Narration Cinema
10	Comparison of tragedy and melodrama
11	A Film Sample and Analysis / Discussion
12	Evaluation of homeworks
13	Evaluation of homeworks
14	Evaluation of homeworks

Recomended or Required Reading

Morphologhy of Folk Tales-Vladimir Propp
Eternal Return of Mythos-Mircea Eliade
Eternal Way of Hero-Joseph Campbell
Poetica-Aristo
Classical Narrative Cinema-Ayşen Oluk
The Golden Bough 1-2- James George Frazer
L'ınvention de la littérature de l'ivresse grecque ou text latin, La Découverte- Florance Dupont
Patterns of Culture- Ruth Benedict
The Dialogical Imagination, Four Essays- Mikhail bakhtin

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Profiting from different scientific disciplines, comparative thinking, gaining the ability to analyse.
Verbal lecture, PowerPoint presentation, film analysis, discussion, homework and seminars.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.60
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.60

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)

Assist.Prof.Dr. Dilek Tunalı (PHD), dilek.tunali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	3	1	3
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing presentations	1	10	10
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			63

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15
LO.1	1	1	1	2	4	4	1	1	1	1	4	1	2	4	2
LO.2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	4	2	4	4	4
LO.3	1	1	1	5	4	4	4	2	1	1	4	2	4	4	4
LO.4	1	1	1	5	5	5	5	2	1	2	4	2	4	4	4
LO.5	1	1	1	5	5	4	5	1	1	1	4	1	4	4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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