In this series of weekly seminars four Turkish novels and four recent Turkish feature films will be discussed with the help of academic methods of analysis. Moreover, these novels and films will be compared with each other. Main points of attention will be: similarities and differences in the way Turkish topics are handled in Turkish literature and film. Aim of this course is an enlarged understanding of modern Turkish narrativity as it is constructed in novels and feature films. The students will learn to deal in a scientifically well-considered way with different entities as literature and film.
Timetable
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Method of Instruction
Tuma 506 Worlds of Fiction will be taught as a seminar. Therefore, participation to the discussions and active participation in class is required. Students are not allowed to miss more than two meetings with a valid excuse. Students who miss more than two meetings are excluded from examination.
The course will start with introductions in the methods of analysis, Turkish modern literature and Turkish film. Four novels and four films will be analyzed and compared with each other. These will be discussed in panel discussions. Participants are required to read in advance the novels under discussion. The films are viewed in the courses. Each student reads once a paper; is once discussant and once chair. (This system is possible with a minimum of 4 students). Each student writes reading/viewing commentaries on all books read and films viewed. Each student writes a paper of 10-15 pages comparing one of the novels with one of the films.
Required reading
David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art, An Introduction, 7th edition, New York, McGrawHill, 2004.
Suzanne Keen, Narrative form, Basingstoke, Hampshire and New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
Petra de Bruijn, Checklist narrative texts and narrative films (on Blackboard)
Adalet Ağaoğlu, Curfew, translated John Goulden, Austin, Texas, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, 1997.
Orhan Pamuk, Snow, translated by Maureen Freely, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
Bilge Karasu, Night, translated by Güneli Gün, Baton Rouge and London, Lousiana State University, 1994.
Latife Tekin, Dear Shameless Death, translated by Saliha Paker and Mel Kenne, London/New York, Marion Boyars, 2001.
Examination
Participation in the discussions; 8 reading/viewing commentaries; 1 final paper
The final grade will be composed of the following elements: – Presentation and participation during class / in discussions (20%) – Reading- and screening reports (30%) – Final Paper (50%)
The final paper has to be submitted before 21 June 2010.
Re-examination papers have to be submitted before 17 August 2010.
Information
Blackboard/webpage
Blackboard will be used for overviews and links.
Overview
A detailed overview and other course material can be found on Blackboard at the beginning of the course.
Remarks
This course will only be taught when by 15 December 2009 a minimum of 4 students have registered for the course. Registration via U-Twist=.