| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+U Hours | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinema and Society | SOS 551 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Precondition Courses | |
| Recommended Optional Courses | |
| Course Language | Turkish |
| Course Level | yuksek_lisans |
| Course Type | Optional |
| Course Coordinator | Dr.Öğr.Üyesi YAŞAR SUVEREN |
| Course Lecturers | Dr.Öğr.Üyesi YAŞAR SUVEREN, |
| Course Assistants | |
| Course Category | |
| Course Objective | In this course, what the films are trying to explain in the social context, the relationship of the film contents to the present social problems and sociological theories will be examined and evaluated. It is also aimed to try to understand how effective the cinema is in a wider social context than we are aware of it |
| Course Content | It is one of the main topics to analyze the narrative structure of films and to understand the influence of cinematic genres on making meaning. The main types of criticism will be addressed in order to gain the ability to analyze the meaning of filmin and criticize it in the sociological context, taking into account many dimensions in the formation of a film. In the process of interaction and interaction between cinema and society, the basic approaches to film criticism will be referred to the types of semiotic, psychoanalytic, feminist sociological and ideological criticism. |
| # | Course Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Describe the relationship between sociology and cinema | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 2 | Explores the sociological elements within the cinema | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 3 | Learns that a movie will be read like a text | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 4 | Describe the relationship between sociology and cinema | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 5 | Evaluates film types and functions from a sociological point of view | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 6 | Can recognize the relationship between cinema and ideology | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 7 | Can evaluate films through some social scientific concepts such as culture, identity, faith and etc. | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 8 | Analyze a film using the methods of social sciences | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| Week | Course Topics | Preliminary Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is the relationship between sociology and cinema? Be able to read the film in a text format | |
| 2 | What is the relationship between sociology and cinema? Be able to read the film in a text format | |
| 3 | What is the relationship between sociology and cinema? Be able to read the film in a text format | |
| 4 | Movie genres and the function of art | |
| 5 | World cinema and different approaches | |
| 6 | The theory of culture industry : Popular culture and ideology of entertainment | |
| 7 | Cinema and art on the axis of modernism, postmodernism and the power | |
| 8 | Case fiction and narration in cinema as a sociological phenomenon | |
| 9 | Sociological intersection of the relationship between culture, identity and faith and cinema | |
| 10 | A film: Monitoring and theoretical discussion | |
| 11 | A film: Monitoring and theoretical discussion | |
| 12 | A film: Monitoring and theoretical discussion | |
| 13 | A film: Monitoring and theoretical discussion | |
| 14 | A film: Monitoring and theoretical discussion |
| Resources | |
|---|---|
| Course Notes | |
| Course Resources | Bülent Diken & C.Bagge Laustesen: Filmlerle Sosyoloji, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012 Seçil Büker, Sinemada Anlam Yaratma, Hayalperest Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2012. Seçil Büker, Kim Korkar Hain Hitchcock'tan, Öteki Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2000. Kurtuluş Kayalı, Yönetmenler Çerçevesinde Türk Sineması, Tezkire Yayınları, Ankara, 2015. Kurtuluş Kayalı, Metin Erksan Sinemasını Okumayı Denemek, Tezkire Yayınları, Ankara, 2015. |
| Order | Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | To be able to perceive and evaluate social matters at national and universal level | X | |||||
| 2 | To be able to evaluate sociological process from beginning to current in terms of leading Turkish thinkers at national level | X | |||||
| 3 | To be able to understand and solve the particular social problems and closely acquainted with related branches of Sociology | X | |||||
| 4 | To be able to interrogate and pose a question on popular contemporary sociological concepts objectively as globalization, multiculturalism, identity and postmodernism | X | |||||
| 5 | To be able to do researches and to improve a method about the sociological problems and produce solutions | X | |||||
| 6 | To be able to analyze the social conditions in nineteenth century that caused rising of Sociology | X | |||||
| 7 | |||||||
| Evaluation System | |
|---|---|
| Semester Studies | Contribution Rate |
| 1. Ara Sınav | 80 |
| 1. Ödev | 20 |
| Total | 100 |
| 1. Yıl İçinin Başarıya | 50 |
| 1. Final | 50 |
| Total | 100 |
| ECTS - Workload Activity | Quantity | Time (Hours) | Total Workload (Hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 6 | 96 |
| Final examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 146 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (Hours) | 5.84 | ||
| dersAKTSKredisi | 6 | ||