Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
3RTS027Adaptations from Literature to Cinema3+0+03517.10.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Radio, Television and Cinema
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To enable students to analyze the dramaturgy relations between cinema and literature based on the structural similarities and differences between literature and cinema.
Course Content Examining the adapted works between literature and cinema and the process of transforming a literary work into a movie scenario constitute the content of the course.
Course Methods and Techniques Anlatım, metin incelemesi, film gösterimi, karşılaştırmalı çözümleme, tartışma ve uyarlama çalışmaları.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Associate Prof.Dr. Buket AKDEMİR DİLEK
Name of Lecturers Associate Prof.Dr. Buket AKDEMİR DİLEK
Assistants Research Assist. Melike ÇELİK
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources The Useless Man, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, İşbank Publications, 2017
The Other, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Isbank Publications, 2022
Men Without Women, Haruki Murakami, Doğan Kitap, 2016
Homeland Hotel, Yusuf Atılgan, Can Publications, 2022
Susuz Yaz, Necati Cumali, Cumhuriyet Books
Course Notes • Adaptations in American and Turkish Cinemas: A Comparative View, Istanbul, Es Publishing, 2005
• Very Strange, Very Familiar: On the Half with Document, Istanbul, Metis, 2005
• A Critical Look at the Turkish Novel, by Berna Moran, Ahmet Mithat, by A.H. To Tanpınar, İletişim Publications, 1983
Exams 1 Ara Sınav - 1 Final Sınavı

Course Category
Social Sciences %100
Field %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 4 56
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 6 84
Mid-terms 1 3 3
Final examination 1 3 3
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 146

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 To be able to analyze literary works in a structural sense
2 To be able to examine films in the context of dramaturgy structures
3 To be aware of the forms of adaptation between literature and cinema and to be able to apply these forms of adaptation.
4 To be able to adapt a literary work to the cinema.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Narrative and narrative types Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
2 The birth and development of the novel and cinema Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
3 Similarities and differences between novel and cinema Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
4 Origin and historical development of adaptation Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
5 Relationship between Literature and Cinema Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
6 In the New Branch Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
7 Semiotic Film Theory Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
8 MIDTERM
9 Story adaptation; Rashomon and the Hunter Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
10 Drive my car Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
11 Violet Valley-Vesikalı Half Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
12 Other Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
13 Homeland Hotel Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
14 Thirsty Summer Readings on the topics and watching sample movies
15 Genel Değerlendirme Final Ödevine Hazırlık

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15
C1 5 2 4 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
C2 5 2 4 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
C3 5 2 4 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
C4 5 2 4 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant