ECTS - Visual Culture
Visual Culture (ELIT434) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Visual Culture | ELIT434 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Team/Group, Brain Storming. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to examine film adaptations of the selected literary texts as a visual culture tool/object. The significance of cinema as a cultural practice and a visual art will be emphasized. Since literary texts are moulded within a cultural context, it is aimed to examine literary texts adapted to cinema as visual culture objects. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | The relationship between arts and literature. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction | The reading of the related chapters of the source materials |
| 2 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Text and the film adaptation |
| 3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Text and the film adaptation |
| 4 | Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet | Text and the 1996 film adaptation |
| 5 | Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet | Text and the 1996 film adaptation |
| 6 | Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre | Text and the Film Adaptation |
| 7 | Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre | Text and the Film Adaptation |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | |
| 9 | Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day | Text and the Film Adaptation |
| 10 | Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day | Text and the movie adaptation |
| 11 | Doris Pilkington: Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence | Text and the movie adaptation |
| 12 | Doris Pilkington: Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence | Text and the movie adaptation |
| 13 | Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting | Text and the movie adaptation |
| 14 | Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting | Text and the film adaptation of 1996 |
| 15 | Revision | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Abercrombie, Nicholas, and Alan Warde. Contemporary British Society. Polity Press, 2000. |
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| Other Sources | 2. Cahir, Constanzo Linda. Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches. USA: McFarland & Company, 2006. |
| 3. Desmond, M. John, Peter Hawkes. Adaptation: Studying Film and Literature. Boston: Mc Graw Hill, 2006. | |
| 4. . Hall, Stuart. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. Sage, 2013. | |
| 5. Williams, Raymond. Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society. Oxford University Press, 2017. | |
| 6. Storry, Mike, and Peter Childs. British Cultural Identities. Routledge, 2002. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 30 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 5 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing | X | ||||
| 2 | To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English literature. | X | ||||
| 3 | To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts | X | ||||
| 4 | To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to compare and contrast English literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures | X | ||||
| 7 | To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field | X | ||||
| 8 | To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking | X | ||||
| 9 | To gain knowledge about how to conduct an academic research and to use the acquired knowledge in accordance with the purpose of the research | X | ||||
| 10 | To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production | X | ||||
| 11 | The ability to translate various kinds of texts from different disciplines both from English into Turkish and from Turkish into English | X | ||||
| 12 | To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects | X | ||||
| 13 | To be able to understand and decipher various discourses involved in literature such as literary, philosophical, psychological, cultural, critical and theoretical discourses in English language | X | ||||
| 14 | To be able to understand and be a part of world culture | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 125 | ||