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Course Description Course Name : Movie Critic Course Code : AS 416 Course Type : Optional Level of Course : First Cycle Year of Study : 4 Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks) ECTS : 3 Name of Lecturer(s) : Learning Outcomes of the Course : Learns the history of movie critic. Recognizes and explains the theories about movie critic. Evaluates and explains the movie critics according to their theoretical background. Analyzes and evaluates a movie interdisciplinary and theoretical perspective. Writes the movie critics. Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None Recommended Optional Programme Components : None Aim(s) of Course : Aim of this course is examining the history, theories and approaches of movie critics. Course Contents : The history of movie critic, approaches and theories (impressionistic, sociologic, feminist, semiotic, psychoanalytical) about movie critics will be issued in this course. Language of Instruction : Turkish Work Place : Class and movie theater   Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods 1 Introduction None Literature 2 Cinema as a sociological institution, an art and an instrument Reading Literature and discussion 3 Cinema: Formalism, Realism and Surrealism Reading and film watching Literature, discussion and interpretation 4 Cinema and realism, semiotic and narrative Reading and film watching Literature, discussion and interpretation 5 Cinema, ideology and critic Reading and film watching Literature, discussion and interpretation 6 Film analyzing Reading, film watching and assignement Literature, discussion and interpretation 7 Structuralist critic Reading and film watching Literature, discussion and interpretation 8 Mid-term Exam 9 Film analyzing Reading and film watching Literature, discussion and interpretation 10 Catharsis in cinematographic narratives Reading and film watching Literature, discussion and interpretation 11 Cinema and psychoanalysis Reading and film watching Literature, discussion and interpretation 12 Film analyzing Reading and film watching Literature, discussion and interpretation 13 Feminist critic: Gender and cinema Reading and film watching Literature, discussion and interpretation 14 Film analyzing Reading, film watching and assignment Literature, discussion and interpretation 15 Cinema and posmodernism Reading and film watching Literature, discussion and interpretation 16/17 Final   Required Course Resources Resource Type Resource Name Recommended Course Material(s)  Stuart Hall, “Kültür, Medya ve İdeolojik Etki.” Medya, İktidar, İdeoloji. Mehmet Küçük (der.). Ankara:Bilim ve Sanat, 1996  Bülent Diken ve Carsten B. Lausten, Filmlerle Sosyoloji, Çev. Sona Ertekin, İstanbul: Metis, 2010  Mike Wayne, Sinemayı Anlamak: Marksist Perspektifler, Çev. Ertan Ylmaz, Ankara: DeKi, 2011  Jonathan Crary, Gözlemcinin Teknikleri: Ondokuzuncu Yüzyılda Görme ve Modernite Üzerine. İstanbul: Metis, 2004  Stuart Hall, “İdeoloji ve İletişim Kuramı.” Medya, Kültür, Siyaset. Süleyman İrvan (der.). Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat, 1997  Laura Mulvey, Yurttaş Kane. İstanbul: Om, 2000  Michael Ryan ve Douglas Kellner, Politik Kamera. İstanbul: Ayrıntı, 1997  Serazer Pekerman, Film Dilinde Mahrem, İstanbul:Metis, 2012  Seçil Büker, Sinemada Anlam Yaratma, Ank: İmge Yay., 1991  Laura Mulvey,"Görsel Haz ve Anlatı Sineması ", Çev: N.Abisel, 25.Kare, 1975  Nilgün Abisel, Popüler Sinema ve Türler. İstanbul: Alan, 1995  P. Wollen, Sinemada Göstergeler ve Anlam, Çev: Z.Aracagök, İst: Metis Yay., 1989  Walter Benjamin, "Tekniğin Olanaklarıyla Yeniden Üretilebildiği Çağda Sanat Yapıtı." Pasajlar. İstanbul: YKY, 2001  Seçil Büker, “Auteur Kuram Üzerine.” Film Dili: Kuramsal ve Eleştirel Yaklaşımlar. İstanbul: Kavram, 1996 Required Course Material(s)   Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 50     Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 50 Total 100 Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40   Final Assessments 100 Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60 Total 100   Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes # Key Learning Outcome Contribution* 1 Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies. 3 2 Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. 3 3 Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication. 3 4 Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. 4 5 Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. 0 6 Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions. 0 7 Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). 3 8 From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on. 4 9 As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets. 2 10 Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts. 4 11 Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad. 0 12 While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors. 4 13 Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy, 0 14 Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly. 0 15 Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field. 0 16 Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. 0 17 Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. 0 18 Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media) 0 19 Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work 0 20 Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning 0 * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).   Student Workload - ECTS Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour) Course Related Works     Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42     Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 10 2 20 Assesment Related Works     Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 2 4     Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 2 2     Final Exam 1 2 2 Total Workload: 70 Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.8 ECTS Credit: 3