COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Performing Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BANU AYTEN AKIN

Offered to

Performing Arts

Course Objective

To understand the nature of laughter Homo Ridens, to learn the theories of laughter in the context of philosophical, psychological and sociological approaches, to understand the strict relationship of theater with laughter, to learn the types of humor which are funny in the theater from Antiquity to present, to examine the use of humor and humor.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

* Bergson, H. (1996). Gülme, Çev. Yaşar Avunç, Ayrıntı y. Istanbul.
* Beviz, M. (2013). Komedya, çev. Sinem Akşen, Dost K. Ankara.
* Erhat, A. (1978). Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul.
* Frıedell, E. (1999). Antik Yunan ın Kültür Tarihi, Çev. Necati Aça, Dost yay, Ankara.
* Kimmel, L. (1998). Philosophy, Literature, and Laughter: Notes on an Ontology of the Moment, Analecta Husserliana, 56, 175-184, source of http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/phil_faculty
* McDonald, F. (2015). Laughter without Humor: Affective Passages through Post-War Culture, Dissertation submitted in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of English in the Graduate School of Duke University.
* Morreal, J. (1997). Gülmeyi ciddiye almak, Çev. Kubilay Aysevener, Iris Y. Istanbul.
* Morton, T. (2015). Ontological laughter: Comedy as experimental possibility space, ASAP/Journal, Vol. 1.2 (2016): 323-336, Johns Hopkins University Press.
* Parvulescu, A. (2017), Gülme: bir tutkuya dair notlar, Boğaziçi Üni. Y. Istanbul.
* Sanders, B. (2001), Kahkahanın zaferi, Çev. Kemal Atakay, Ayrıntı Y. Istanbul.
* Scruton, R. Jones, P. (1982). Laughter, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volumes, Vol. 56, pp. 197-228.
* Şentürk, R. (2016). Gülme teorileri, Küre Y. Istanbul.
* Weitz, Eric (2016). Theatre & Laughter, Palgrave-Mcmillan education.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, class discussions, student assignments and presentations

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm Exam, Final Exam, Homework and Presentation Studies.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are obligated to participate 70% of the lectures

2. All kinds of palagiarism and attept of palagiarism shall be concluded by disciplinary punishment

3. Students supposed to read the materials before lecture and participate the classroom discussions

4. Students are expected to make presentations about the subjects given by the lecturer.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Banu Ayten Akın
banu.akin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes