CAT5101 Advanced Textual AnalysisIstinye UniversityDegree Programs Film and Television (Master) (with Thesis) (English)General Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
Film and Television (Master) (with Thesis) (English)

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Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: CAT5101
Course Name: Advanced Textual Analysis
Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
12
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Compulsory Courses
Course Level:
Master TR-NQF-HE:7. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:Second Cycle EQF-LLL:7. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üy. EMİR ORHAN KILIÇ
Course Lecturer(s): Asst. Prof. Emir Orhan Kılıç
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: The content of this course includes the interpretation of written and visual texts, their transfer and re-production, and the layer-by-layer analysis of designs made from various angles to leave the desired effect on the target audience. In the course where static and dynamic messages will be examined, culture, technology, art will be evaluated integrated with the communication tools used. The course aims to advance students' text analysis skills to an advanced level. In this context, it aims to develop skills in understanding, analyzing and interpreting complex texts. The course may focus on helping students conduct in-depth analysis of different text types, develop critical thinking skills, and understand how texts can be understood in cultural, historical, and social context.
Course Content: Week 1: Introduction & Meeting
Week 2: Philosophy and Text : How to read a text? What is text (living or unanimate)?
Week 3: 36 Dramatic Situations by Georges Polti & Intertextuality
Week 4: “The Death of the Author” by Roland Barthes & “Suspension of Disbelief” by S. T. Coleridge
Week 5: Communist Manifest: Subtext, World of the Play, Idealism, Reading between the Lines
Week 6: Structuralism and Linguistics
Week 7: Derrida and Deconstruction
Week 8: Midterm
Week 9: Art of Storytelling: Tragedy and Comedy
Week 10: Journey of the Hero by Joseph Campbell
Week 11: Magna Carta, Gettysburg Address & American Declaration of Independence
Week 12: Discussing William Shakespeare and Post-Colonial Literature
Week 13: Holy Books and Discourse
Week 14: Final Recap

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Synthesize and Articulate Complex Interpretations
2) Master Advanced Analytical Techniques
3) Learns visual arts as a text and can analyze it historically

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Week 1: Introduction & Meeting Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide by Lois Tyson

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: "An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method" by James Paul Gee
"Literature and the Writing Process" by Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X. Day, and Robert W. Funk
"Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide" by Lois Tyson
"Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers" by David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky
References: "An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method" by James Paul Gee
"Literature and the Writing Process" by Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X. Day, and Robert W. Funk
"Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide" by Lois Tyson
"Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers" by David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
7) In addition to acquiring the current professional knowledge and experience required by the Cinema and Television industry, students who will graduate from this program will also be equipped to adapt this knowledge and knowledge to new conditions, will be able to analyze the social, political, cultural and economic effects of communication systems, will have a strong social science formation and have a critical perspective. equipped with professional ethics, sensitive to social events, respecting differences, open to new perspectives, able to ask their own questions, following the developments in our country and the world, trying to understand social, cultural, political and economic realities, reading, writing, listening and speaking in Turkish and English. It is aimed for them to be individuals who have speaking skills and have adopted an interdisciplinary way of thinking.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
7) In addition to acquiring the current professional knowledge and experience required by the Cinema and Television industry, students who will graduate from this program will also be equipped to adapt this knowledge and knowledge to new conditions, will be able to analyze the social, political, cultural and economic effects of communication systems, will have a strong social science formation and have a critical perspective. equipped with professional ethics, sensitive to social events, respecting differences, open to new perspectives, able to ask their own questions, following the developments in our country and the world, trying to understand social, cultural, political and economic realities, reading, writing, listening and speaking in Turkish and English. It is aimed for them to be individuals who have speaking skills and have adopted an interdisciplinary way of thinking. 3

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 3 % 40
Final 3 % 60
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Presentations / Seminar 1 3
Midterms 1 3
Final 1 3
Total Workload 51