TDE289

School of Humanities \ Turkish Language and Literature

3

6

Elective

Turkish

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Turkish Language and Literature Undergraduate Program

In this course, the differences between novel and screenplay writing will be learned and the relationship between literature and cinema will be discussed by watching films adapted from literary works.

1. Büker, Seçil (2012). Sinemada Anlam Yaratma. Hayalperest Yayınevi. İstanbul.
2. Akyürek, Feridun (2006). Senaryo Yazarı Olmak, Senaryo Yazmak. MediaCat. İstanbul.
3. Monaco, J. (2000). Bir Film Nasıl Okunur? Sinema Dili, Tarihi ve Kuramı. Ertan Yılmaz (Çev.). Oğlak. İstanbul.
4. Erkman, Fatma (2005). Göstergebilimine Giriş. Multilingual Yayınları. İstanbul.
5. Güntekin, Reşat Nuri. Yaprak Dökümü-Çalıkuşu. İnkılap Yayınevi.

To learn the differences between novel and screenplay writing and to examine the relationship between literature and cinema, especially by watching films adapted from literary works.

1. Learns through which variables literary works (novels) become scenarios and gains interpretation skills.
2. Analyzes novels and scenarios comparatively with this interpretation method.

Week 1: Ethics and Aesthetics
Week 2: General concepts in cinema: Scene and Sequence
Week 3: Looking and Seeing
Week 4: Basic Meaning and Connotation
Week 5: Semiology and Creating Cinematographic Meaning
Week 6: Midterm
Week 7: Visible and invisible side of cinema Reading Exercises with Short Film Examples
Week 8: Fundamentals of Cinema Screenplay and Film Theories
Week 9: Film Screening (1) and Reading
Week 10: Film Screening (2) and Reading
Week 11: Film Screening (3) and Reading
Week 12: Film Screening (4) and Reading Final

• Midterm: 30 %
• Final: 60 %
• Participation: 10 %