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Program Type: 
Thesis
Course Code: 
ART528
Course Type: 
Elective
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
15
Course Language: 
English
Course Content: 
This course includes analyzing and discussing popular culture and its role in our lives. Major theories and current debates on popular culture will be associated with different examples. There will also be looking closely evaluated in the wider context of popular culture produced in Turkey. The course will consist of lectures, screenings and discussions, and interaction will be made with examples of current films, television, commercials and new media.

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Course Flow

WEEK TOPICS
1 Introduction to the method and content of the course
2 What is popular culture? Why is the popular culture and "high" distinction problematic?
3 Culture and civilization tradition
4 Culturalism: Hoggart, Williams, Thompson, Hall, and Whannel. Example: Usage of opera and classical music in advertisements
5 Marxisms: Frankfurt School, Althusser, Gramsci, post-Marxism and cultural studies Screening: Pop music videos
6 Structuralism and Post-structuralism Notation: Dances with Wolves (1990)
7 Midterm I
8 Gender and Sexuality Example: Bitch Magazine: A Feminist Answer to Popular Culture
9 Postmodernism: Postmodern theories. Art and Popular Culture
10 Documentary / Film screening
11 In-class assignment writing
12 Psychoanalysis and Popular Culture
13 Popular Culture and Politics
14 Review of the lesson

Recommended Sources

Textbook
  1. John Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. An Introduction. Pearson Longman, 2009 ISBN978-1-4058-7409-0
  2. Ahmet Oktay, Türkiye’de Popüler Kültür, Everest Yayınları, 2009, ISBN9789752892439

 

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