UNI238 From Literature to FilmIstinye UniversityDegree Programs Mathematics (English)General Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
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Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: UNI238
Course Name: From Literature to Film
Semester: Spring
Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
5
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: University Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Araş. Gör. BURAK ASLAN
Course Lecturer(s):
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: In this course, the students will have an overview of the similarities and differences between the two genres and the adaptation process from written material to visual mediums and the introduction to intertextuality.
Course Content: Film and literature, transcription from the text, intertextuality, film reading, visual narration

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To be able to use narrative theory, basic concepts, and terminology
2) To be able to analyze narrative techniques and forms of texts and films
3) To be able to indicate similarities and differences of important literary works transferred to the cinema
4) To be able to list the types of literary genres most affected by the emergence of film genre and its popularization among film makers

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction (Reading-watching-adapting)
2) Discussion: Form & Content Types of Adaptations (Cinema terms handout)
3) Ideology & Film: Making Connections (Social issues like gender & race from text to screen & vice versa)
4) Does a ‘Standard’ Adaptation exist? Genre Adaptations (Sci-Fi)
5) Drama, Acting, & Monologue (from the stage to screen)
6) Comedy, Comics, (graphic novels) & Film Ancient Myth in Modern Film (Marvel)
7) MIDTERM ESSAY DUE (+ oral presentation of abstracts & thesis)
8) Screenwriting: Film & Lit. Documentary (from fiction to nonfiction)
9) Looking at Filmed Fiction (short story adaptations)
10) The Classics & New Media
11) Archetypes on Screen vs in print
12) One text: Many Adaptations Biographical Adaptations
13) Adaptations in Children’s Lit.
14) FINAL REVIEW/RE-CAP

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: • Giannetti, Louis. Understanding Movies. 12th edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon/Pearson, 2011.
References: • Giannetti, Louis. Understanding Movies. 12th edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon/Pearson, 2011.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

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Program Outcomes
1) Have the knowledge of the scope, history, applications, problems, methods of mathematics and knowledge that will be beneficial to humanity as both scientific and intellectual discipline.
2) Have the ability to establish a relationship between mathematics and other disciplines and develop mathematical models for interdisciplinary problems.
3) Have the ability to define, formulate and analyze real life problems with statistical and mathematical techniques.
4) Have the ability to think analytically and use the time effectively in the process of deduction.
5) Have the ability to search the literature, understand and interpret scientific articles.
6) Have the knowledge of basic software to be able to work in the related fields of computer science and have the ability to use information technologies at an advanced level of the European Computer Driving License.
7) Have the ability to work efficiently in interdisciplinary teams.
8) Have the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form, write effective reports and comprehend the written reports, make effective presentations.
9) Have the consciousness of professional and ethical responsibility and acting ethically; have the knowledge about academic standards.
10) Have the ability to use a foreign language at least at B1 level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria.
11) Are aware of the necessity of lifelong learning; have the ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology and to constantly renew themselves.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Have the knowledge of the scope, history, applications, problems, methods of mathematics and knowledge that will be beneficial to humanity as both scientific and intellectual discipline.
2) Have the ability to establish a relationship between mathematics and other disciplines and develop mathematical models for interdisciplinary problems.
3) Have the ability to define, formulate and analyze real life problems with statistical and mathematical techniques.
4) Have the ability to think analytically and use the time effectively in the process of deduction.
5) Have the ability to search the literature, understand and interpret scientific articles.
6) Have the knowledge of basic software to be able to work in the related fields of computer science and have the ability to use information technologies at an advanced level of the European Computer Driving License.
7) Have the ability to work efficiently in interdisciplinary teams.
8) Have the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form, write effective reports and comprehend the written reports, make effective presentations.
9) Have the consciousness of professional and ethical responsibility and acting ethically; have the knowledge about academic standards.
10) Have the ability to use a foreign language at least at B1 level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria.
11) Are aware of the necessity of lifelong learning; have the ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology and to constantly renew themselves.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 50
Final 1 % 50
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Preparation for the Activity Spent for the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements Workload
Course Hours 14 0 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 16 0 5 80
Midterms 1 0 2 2
Final 1 0 2 2
Total Workload 126