Film Theory and Criticism (CTV314)
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
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CTV314 | Film Theory and Criticism | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Prerequisites | |
Admission Requirements |
Language of Instruction | French |
Course Type | |
Course Level | Bachelor Degree |
Course Instructor(s) | Ayşe TOY PAR atoy@gsu.edu.tr (Email) |
Assistant | |
Objective | The main objective of the course is to provide knowledge of the different theoretical approaches to film, from the institutionalisation of cinema to the present day, with a view to making a link between the early days and today. |
Content |
- Introduction to film theory and film criticism - A new form of aesthetics, a new medium? - The question of realism - The theory of the Author - The theory of the device - Psychoanalysis - Feminist theory - Spectator theory and the star system |
Course Learning Outcomes |
- To know the different theorists and their theories that have allowed cinema to reach the status of art - Know how to relate the different artistic and scientific movements to the development of the language of film- |
Teaching and Learning Methods | Conference |
References |
AUMONT Jacques, Les théories des cinéastes, Armand Colin Cinéma, Paris, 2005CASSETTI Francesco, Les théories du cinéma depuis 1945, Nathan Cinéma, Paris, Paris, 1999 AUMONT Jacques, BERGALA Alain, MARIE Marie, VERNET Marc, Esthétique du film : 120 ans de théorie et de cinéma, Broché, 2016 BRAUDY Leo, COHEN Marshall, Film Theory and Criticism, Oxford University Press, 2009 CORRIGAN Timothy, Film Eleştirisi El kitabı, Dipnot Yayınları, Ankara, 2007FERRO Marc, Cinéma et Histoire, Gallimard, Folio Histoire, Paris, 1993 DUDLEY Andrew, Concepts in Film Theory, 2008 ELSAESSER Thomas, Film Theory: An Introduction through the Senses, Routledge, 2015 FREDON Jean-Michel , La Critique de cinéma, Cahiers du cinéma, Petits Cahiers, 2008PREDAL René, LA Critique de cinéma, A.Colin 128, Paris, 2004 KRACAUER Siegfried, Théorie du film : La rédemption de la réalité matérielle, Flammarion, 2010 ÖZARSLAN Zeynep; Sinema Kuramları 1 ve 2, Su, 2019 |
Theory Topics
Week | Weekly Contents |
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1 | Introduction to film theories |
2 | The question of reality: G. Méliès, M. Gorki, A. Appolinaire, R. Canudo |
3 | A new aesthetic? A new media? Hugo Münsterberg, Louis Delluc |
4 | A new aesthetic? A new media? Jean Epstein, Rudolph Arnheim |
5 | Film analysis and text study |
6 | The realism: Siegfried Krackauer, György Lukasc, André Bazin |
7 | Text study |
8 | Exam |
9 | Formalism and Aparatus theory: Cristian Metz, Jean-Louis Baudry |
10 | Cinema and psychoanalysis: S. Freud and J. Lacan |
11 | Text study |
12 | Feminist Film Theories : Laura Mulvey, Tania Modleski |
13 | Film analysis and text study |
14 | Audiance theories |
Practice Topics
Week | Weekly Contents |
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Contribution to Overall Grade
Number | Contribution | |
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Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 40 |
Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 60 |
Toplam | 2 | 100 |
In-Term Studies
Number | Contribution | |
---|---|---|
Assignments | 0 | 0 |
Presentation | 0 | 0 |
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 40 |
Project | 0 | 0 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
Quiz | 0 | 0 |
Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
Reports | 0 | 0 |
Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
Seminar | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Toplam | 1 | 40 |
No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
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Class Hours | 1 | 28 | 28 |
Working Hours out of Class | 1 | 28 | 28 |
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 9 | 9 |
Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 85 | ||
Total Workload / 25 | 3,40 | ||
Credits ECTS | 3 |