Learning and understanding the intellectual and theoratical basis of contemporary acting theories and utilize this basis in acting practice.
In this course acting analaysis and acting practices are done on the basis of contemporary theater, acting and dramaturgy theories. In this context, Bertolt Brecht’s acting theory and practice related to his epic-dialectical theater concept is practiced.
Students learn by homeworks and presentations that they do in class about Bertolt Brecht’s acting theory and his epic-dialectical theater concept and the analysis of these in Bertolt Brechts plays. All tehese are tested in a written exam in mid-term. After the mid-term exam students try to apply what they have learned before the mid-term exam on stage. In the final exam a written and a practical exam is given to measure student’s theoratical and practical knowledge.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
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Practising what is comprehended in the text.
Gaining flexibility in style of acting. “Existance” on stage. Gaining the ability of adapting oneself to complex relations and situations. Gaining the ability of applying the intellectual basis to acting practice. Gaining the ability of directing analitical and critical point of view of the actor/actress to his/her acting. Gaining the concept and practice of a theater production that unites interaction between all of the components of theater. Comprehension of the relation between intellectual basis, analitical and critical point of view and “creativity”. |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | Lecture, Discusiion, Practice, Student Projects | Homework-Presentation, Written Exam, Practice |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Intoduction, presentation of the course, theoratical framework | |
| 2 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory-Presentation 1 | Homework |
| 3 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory-Presentation 2 | Homework |
| 4 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory-Presentation 3 | Homework |
| 5 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory-Presentation 4 | Homework |
| 6 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory-Presentation 5 | Homework |
| 7 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory-Presentation 6 | Homework |
| 8 | MID-TERM EXAM | |
| 9 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory- Practice 1 | Scene Preparation |
| 10 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory- Practice 1 | Scene Preparation |
| 11 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory- Practice 1 | Scene Preparation |
| 12 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory- Practice 1 | Scene Preparation |
| 13 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory- Practice 1 | Scene Preparation |
| 14 | Bertolt Brecht’s theater, dramaturgy and acting theory- Practice 1 | Scene Preparation |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | |
| Additional Resources |
Bertolt Brecht, “Brecht On Theater” Edited and Translated by John Willett, Hill and Wang Publishers, 1964.
Bertolt Brecht, “Tiyatro İçin Küçük Organon”, Çev. Ahmet Cemal, Mitos Boyut Yayınları, İstanbul, 2005. Bertolt Brecht, “Epik Tiyatro”, Çev. Kamuran Şipal, Agora Kitaplığı, İstanbul, 2011. Bertolt Brecht, “Oyun Sanatı ve Dekor”, Çev. Kamuran Şipal, Agora Kitaplığı, İstanbul, 2011. Bertolt Brecht Oyunları, Mitos Boyut Yayınları Bertolt Brecht Oyunları, Mitos Agora Kitaplığı Elizabeth Wright, “Postmodern Brecht”, Çev. Ayşegül Bahçıvan, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara, 1998. Zehra İpşiroğlu, “Yüzyıl Sonra Brecht”, Yirmi Dört Yayınları, 2021, İstanbul. Walter Benjamin, “Brecht’i Anlamak”, Çev. Güven Işısağ, Haluk Barışcan, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul, 1984. Luis Althusser, “İdeoloji ve Devletin İdeolojik Aygıtları” Çev. Yusuf Alp-Mahmut Özışık, İthaki Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991. |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | 20% | |
| Practices | 30% | |
| Homework-Presentation | 20% | |
| Total | 70% | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 30% | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 70% | |
| Total | 100% | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | The ability of interacting of the human kind with social, economic, political and especially the cultural heritage | * | |||||
| 2 | The ability of recognizing historical heritage and experience in the field of drama and acting,and approaching, interpreting and using critically this heritage and experience | * | |||||
| 3 | The ability of creating creative idea, project,show, performance etc.in the field of drama and acting. | * | |||||
| 4 | The ability of examining social relationships and the norms that are leading the serelationships with a critical approach and improving such suggestions as human and society-centered, cultural sensitive project, show, performance etc. | * | |||||
| 5 | The ability of defining the process of artistic creation in the field of drama and acting, describing this process orally or written in detail | * | |||||
| 6 | The ability of using absorbed knowledge and skills in the period of implementation in interdisciplinary works | * | |||||
| 7 | The ability of interpreting the material handled by relating between the acquired knowledge and experiences | * | |||||
| 8 | The ability of having absolute sovereignty of his instruments as the voice and body in the field of acting | * | |||||
| 9 | The ability of seeing, defining the relationship between his way of thinking, spiritual World and society’s way of thinking and perception, and imroving the expression of his intrument by making use of these | * | |||||
| 10 | The ability of transferring the designs /projects by using principles and developments of the contemporary acting and drama in the field of drama and acting to the performance of acting. | * | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 10 | 140 |
| Homeworks- Presentation | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Presentation | |||
| Midterm | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Total Work Load | 208 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 8,32 | ||
| ECTS | 8 | ||