Information Package / Course Catalogue
Contemporary World Cinema
Course Code: RTS212
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

It is aimed to define the components of change in world cinema after 1980 within the framework of regions and countries and to reveal the relation between them with a critical approach.

Course Content

It is the course that different country cinemas are described in a specific historical line and the directors and films which representing these cinemas are analyzed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Explain the tendencies in the fields of production, distribution and screening in today’s world cinema.
2.Interpret and evaluate different country cinemas in the context of social and historical background
3.Interpret the representations about social identity, race, class and sexuality in the cinema of different geographies
4.Defines and evaluates world cinema from an artistic, cultural, historical and social perspective
5.Recognize the directors who left their mark on the history of cinema
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Teksoy, R., Rekin Teksoy’un Sinema Tarihi, Oğlak Yayınları, 2004.
2.Teksoy, R., Rekin Teksoy’un Sinema Tarihi, Oğlak Yayınları, 2004.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Informing about the content of the lecture, introducing written and visual sources
Week 2 - Theoretical
American Independent Cinema
Week 3 - Theoretical
European Cinema: Germany
Week 4 - Theoretical
European Cinema: Italy
Week 5 - Theoretical
European Cinema: France
Week 6 - Theoretical
European Cinema: Britain
Week 7 - Theoretical
European Cinema: Spain
Week 8 - Theoretical
Northern European Cinema
Week 9 - Theoretical
Greek New Wave
Week 10 - Theoretical
Russian Cinema
Week 11 - Theoretical
Far East Cinema
Week 12 - Theoretical
Indian Cinema
Week 13 - Theoretical
Iranian Cinema
Week 14 - Theoretical
Latin American Cinema
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures5%5
Quiz1%10
Midterm Examination1%25
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading7017
Individual Work140228
Quiz1011
Midterm Examination115116
Final Examination130131
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
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PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
2
5
3
4
3
OÇ-2
4
5
4
4
5
2
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4
4
5
2
5
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4
5
4
4
2
5
3
OÇ-5
3
5
5
3
2
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026