Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
190301505105	LITERATURE IN CINEMA	Elective	3	5	5

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enable the student to gain the knowledge, skills and competence required to familiarise the student with adaptation theories and other terminology with reference to literature-cinema relationship, and to help students develop necessary skills for the appreciation of cinematic adaptations in the context of social and cultural processes by using different theories of adaptation.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Asya Sakine UÇAR

Learning Outcomes

1	Identifies the reflections of basic concepts and qualities of written narratives in cinematic works and compares the two media.Analyses the processes of adaptation with regard to their social and cultural backgrounds.
2	Identifies the reflections of basic concepts and qualities of written narratives in cinematic works and compares the two media.Analyses the processes of adaptation with regard to their social and cultural backgrounds.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

cinematic adaptations of literary works that represent different periods and genres of English and world literature are studied with reference to theoretical framework.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Film Theory: An Introduction Literature and Film: Genre and Adaptation	reading, question answer, discussion
2	Film Theory and Criticism, “Film and Reality” Citizen Kane (1942), Orson Welles	discussion, question and answer, watching film
3	Film Theory and Criticism, W. Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange	discussion, question and answer, watching film
4	Shakespeare in Film Shakespeare’s Macbeth- 2015 film directed by Justin Kurzel	discussion, question and answer, watching film
5	Fantasy Fiction in Film Lord of the Rings Trilogy	discussion, question and answer, watching film
6	Gothic Representations- Rebecca (1940) directed by Alfred Hitchcock	discussion, question and answer, watching film
7	English Classics Pride and Prejudice (2005) directed by Joe Wright	discussion, question and answer, watching film
8	midterm
9	Graphic Novel Adaptations Persepolis (2007) by Marjane Satrapi	discussion, question and answer, watching film
10	Science-fiction in Film, the study of one major representative text and its adaptation	discussion, question and answer, watching film
11	Arthurian Legend in Film, the study of one major representative text and its adaptation	discussion, question and answer, watching film
12	British Colonial Fiction in Film, the study of one selected major work	discussion, question and answer, watching film
13	revision	reading, question answer, discussion
14	final exams

Recommended or Required Reading

Brian McFarlane. Novel to Film: An Introduction to the Theory of Adaptation. Robert Stam. Literature and Film: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Makeup Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	14	1	14
Self Study	14	1	14
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	10	10
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	10	10
Performance	10	10	100
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			151

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