English Translation and Interpretation | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | UNI238 | ||||
Course Name: | From Literature to Film | ||||
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Fall Spring |
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Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
Course Coordinator: | Araş. Gör. BURAK ASLAN | ||||
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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Program Outcomes | ||||||||||||||||
1) He / She acquires the professional skills theorical and practical translation and interpretation can use those skills for didactic and research purposes. | ||||||||||||||||
1) He / She uses modern teaching methods and techniques of teaching English as a foreign language. | ||||||||||||||||
1) He / She knows modern language and linguistics theories in a comprehensive way. | ||||||||||||||||
1) He / She knows the historical developmental process of translation and interpretation and develops an independent attitude on the role of translators and interpreters for modern research and applications. | ||||||||||||||||
1) He / She uses the academic language skills effectively and efficiently as by mastering the functional and structural form of English language. | ||||||||||||||||
2) He / She uses a second foreign language at least at B1 General Level according to European Language Portfolio criterion. | ||||||||||||||||
2) He / She knows the impact of fundamental and modern works in the translation and interpretation field, presents evaluations relying on them. | ||||||||||||||||
2) He / She knows the periods of English Literature, important genres and major works in detail with its cultural and historical features. | ||||||||||||||||
2) He / She uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at least at the fundamental level of European Computer Driving License. | ||||||||||||||||
2) He / She can evaluate the English language teaching materials and develop original teaching materials. | ||||||||||||||||
3) He / She takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups. | ||||||||||||||||
3) He / She develops practical and theoretical solutions for interpreting and translatological problems. | ||||||||||||||||
3) He / She takes ethical and practical training from beginning to advanced levels to develop consecutive and simultaneous interpreting skills in various fields such as health, media and law etc. Thanks to this training, he / she practices his/her profession in accordance with the standards of conference interpreting in various legal, health and media-communication fields nationally and internationally. | ||||||||||||||||
3) He / She acquires the ability to understand multicultural approaches in the field of translation and interpretation and reflects the efficient bilingual and bi-cultural practices on his/her works. | ||||||||||||||||
4) He / She knows and applies professional ethics, professional standards and practices in the field of translation and interpretation. | ||||||||||||||||
5) He / She applies basic research methods and theories in social sciences. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | He / She acquires the professional skills theorical and practical translation and interpretation can use those skills for didactic and research purposes. | |
1) | He / She uses modern teaching methods and techniques of teaching English as a foreign language. | |
1) | He / She knows modern language and linguistics theories in a comprehensive way. | |
1) | He / She knows the historical developmental process of translation and interpretation and develops an independent attitude on the role of translators and interpreters for modern research and applications. | |
1) | He / She uses the academic language skills effectively and efficiently as by mastering the functional and structural form of English language. | |
2) | He / She uses a second foreign language at least at B1 General Level according to European Language Portfolio criterion. | |
2) | He / She knows the impact of fundamental and modern works in the translation and interpretation field, presents evaluations relying on them. | |
2) | He / She knows the periods of English Literature, important genres and major works in detail with its cultural and historical features. | |
2) | He / She uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at least at the fundamental level of European Computer Driving License. | |
2) | He / She can evaluate the English language teaching materials and develop original teaching materials. | |
3) | He / She takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups. | |
3) | He / She develops practical and theoretical solutions for interpreting and translatological problems. | |
3) | He / She takes ethical and practical training from beginning to advanced levels to develop consecutive and simultaneous interpreting skills in various fields such as health, media and law etc. Thanks to this training, he / she practices his/her profession in accordance with the standards of conference interpreting in various legal, health and media-communication fields nationally and internationally. | |
3) | He / She acquires the ability to understand multicultural approaches in the field of translation and interpretation and reflects the efficient bilingual and bi-cultural practices on his/her works. | |
4) | He / She knows and applies professional ethics, professional standards and practices in the field of translation and interpretation. | |
5) | He / She applies basic research methods and theories in social sciences. |
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 |
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 |