Course Descriptions

Seçmeli Ders

Concept and stages of research, importance, different approaches and techniques. Knowledge and experience on graduate level. Giving the ability of gaining, evaluating, documenting and annotating of information

Lisansüstü Seminer

YÜKSEK LİSANS TEZİ

Research and praxis in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking. Technical experimentation and the process of artistic production. Employing the imagination and the fantasy in artistic work, utilizing models and inner sources for the expression of visual thinking and images with the use of construction, colour and form.

Scientific method in academic research, introduction to research. Defining the research problem, research design, survey design, sampling methods, data collection methods. Research and publication ethics. Giving the correct reference. Research examples of domestic and foreign libraries.

Pioneer art movements at the beginning of 20th Century. Phases and conversions of artistic approaches according to periodic political, social, economical and technological characteristics as well as developments in philosophy. New cultural and artistic movements after the 1950s –such as anti cultural movements and their reflection to the art- Phases and conversions of art movements and artistic approaches according to periodic political, social, economical and technological characteristics as well as developments in science and modern philosophy.

Historical view to the criticism phenomenon. Introduction to criticism in art and literature. Evolution and development of criticism. Examples of classic critique. Modern criticism, critical methods and theories. Objective and subjective criticism. Critical methods, such as thematic, linguistic, semiotic criticism. Major theorists of Criticism (Bachelard, Barthes, Greimas, Frankfurt School, Lacan, etc.) Exemplary analysis of critique. Literary criticism. Criticism in plastic arts, evaluation of plastic arts criticism in Turkey and of the writings of critics.

Elective Course

Artistic evaluation and presentation of a choosen topic or of an artist. Participation in conferences, seminars and workshops about art and criticism.

Research and praxis in three-dimensional fields like sculpture and ceramics. Experimenting the process of production of artwork with three-dimensional material. Employing the imagination and the fantasy in artistic work, utilizing models and inner sources for the expression of visual thinking and images with the use of three-dimensional techniques and material.

Developmental stages of Turkish Art. Westernization phenomenon. Turkish Art in the phase until 1940s and ‘50s in the context of institutionalization process of the new Turkish state. Outstanding individual attitudes and group activities. Socio-cultural changes in Turkish art after 1950, concerning the transition to multiparty democratic system. In this context, evaluation of outstanding artistic attitude, approach and works in comparison to the idea of contemporary art.

Textualism and text types, literary texts: Discourse, narrative, narration, novel, short story, poem, critique and its characteristics; examples of novel, story and poem, poetic expression and sample text studies; narrative expression and sample text analysis. Objective and subjective expressions, realistic, romantic, surrealistic, etc. expressions. Theoretical approaches and sample text analysis; linguistics and text analysis methods; thematic analysis, linguistic analysis, semiotic analysis, stylistic analysis, psychoanalytic analysis, etc. Sample text analysis from Turkish and world literature related to these methods.