Information Package / Course Catalogue
Cinema and Society
Course Code: STV530
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To evaluate the social structure through the art of cinema, giving products of different kinds and contexts.

Course Content

This course includes the relationship between state and cinema, the relationship between power and cinema, representation of women, representation of violence, third cinema, postcolonial cinema, third cinema, postcolonial cinema, war and holocaust.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Discusses the relationship between state, power and cinema
2.Discusses queer cinema
3.Discusses postcolonial cinema
4.Discuss the third cinema
5.Discusses the relationship between power, space and cinema
6.Discuss the representation of violence in cinema
7.Discuss the representation of women in cinema
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
State, power and cinema
Week 2 - Theoretical
Cinema, ideology and political systems
Week 3 - Theoretical
Queer cinema: Before and after
Week 4 - Theoretical
Political cinema
Week 5 - Theoretical
Postcolonial cinema
Week 6 - Theoretical
Third cinema
Week 7 - Theoretical
Representation of female in cinema
Week 8 - Theoretical
Representation of violence in cinema
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 10 - Theoretical
Documentary cinema as social memory
Week 11 - Theoretical
War and holocaust movies
Week 12 - Theoretical
Samples of anomie, aleniation, loneliness in film’s virtual realities
Week 13 - Theoretical
Time, and space in films
Week 14 - Theoretical
Typicity and integrity in the story and characters
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory170351
Assignment121122
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination130131
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
5
5
OÇ-4
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
OÇ-6
5
5
OÇ-7
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026