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COURSE DESCRIPTION

NEW APPROACHES IN FILM THEORIES/4370003

Course Title:	NEW APPROACHES IN FILM THEORIES
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Compulsory

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof.Dr. Seçil Büker

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

www.gazi.edu.tr

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

secil_b@hotmail.com

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

The course distinguishes contemporary theory not just from classical theory, but also from more recent structuralist and post structuralist theorizing
Informing students about the new approaches on film theory.
This course will help students to widen their perspective and to understand and interpret filmic texts.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	What is film theory? Why theory?
2. Week	Discussions and approaches on film theory
3. Week	Structuralism and film analysis of film narrative
4. Week	Post structuralism as a critical approach
5. Week	Cinema in the age of global multi medya
6. Week	Spectatorsship in the age of post's
7. Week	Re-thinking genre
8. Week	Re- thinking stardom
9. Week	Network narratives
10. Week	Mind-game films
11. Week	Students' representations
12. Week	Students' representations
13. Week	Students' representations
14. Week	Students' representations
15. Week	Students' representations
16. Week	Students' representations

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Collins, J. ed. Film Theory Goes to the Movies. New york: routledge, 1993. Gledhill, C ed. Reinventing Film Studies. London: Arnold,2000. Mulvey, L. Visual and Other Pleasures.London: Macmillan, 1989. Studlar, G. On the Realm of Pleasure. New york: Columbia University Press, 1988

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

Screenings

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	2	20
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	5	70
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	14	7	98
Searching in Internet and Library			0
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation	5	2	10
Presentation			0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	4	4
Final and Studying for Final	1	4	4
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			186
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.44
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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3					X
4					X
5					X
6					X
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