Course Name | Storytelling |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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NMC 106 | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Required | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to introduce students to the fundamentals of creative writing and storytelling. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | The course combines theories of creative writing with applied methods ofstorytelling. Students will be required to creatively read, write, revise anddevelop stories. There will be 3 quizzes, 5 assignments and a project. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
| Core Courses | X |
Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | “The Story” and its structure. The Craft of Storytelling. | McKee, R. (2005). Story: Substance, structure, style and the principles of screenwriting. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. Chapter |
2 | Creativity and Idea. (Theme and Logline.) Introduction to character. | Egri, L. (1972). The art of dramatic writing: Its basis in the creative interpretation of human motives. New York: Simon and Schuster. Chapter 2: Character, Selected Fiction Piece |
3 | Writing Fundamentals: Statement, Sentence, Paragraph. Hero, Protagonist & Antagonist. Introduction to Conflict. Writing Fundamentals: Voice & narrator | Le Guin, U. K. (1998). Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew. USA: The Eight Mountain Press. Chapter 1, 3 |
4 | The layered nature of the Story(And Theme) | Selected Scenes |
5 | The arts of storytelling: Irony, Metaphor, Symbol Introduction to Writer’s Toolkit: Empathy, Expectation, Surprise. | Le Guin, U. K. (1998). Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew. USA: The Eight Mountain Press. Chapter 7 Selected Fiction Piece |
6 | Perspective Character. Empathy, Drama: ıntroduction to Conflict. | Egri, L. (1972). The art of dramatic writing: Its basis in the creative interpretation of human motives. New York: Simon and Schuster. Chapter 3: Conflict 1 |
7 | Dramatic Transformation: Transferring: Emotion and Idea. | Egri, L. (1972). The art of dramatic writing: Its basis in the creative interpretation of human motives. New York: Simon and Schuster. Chapter 3: Conflict 2 |
8 | Grasping multilayered stories: INNER&OUTER: Using narrative tools. | Selected Scenes |
9 | Structure at last: Pacing; Setting, Problem and Payoff. What is a story ARC? | Weiland (p. 1-22) |
10 | 3 Act | Selected Fiction Piece |
11 | Campbellian Hero’s Journey. | Vogler, C. (1998). The writer's journey: Mythic structure for writers, 3 rd edition. Studio City, CA: M. Wiese Productions. Chapter 1 (p. 41-65). |
12 | Mythology and archetypes. | Jung, C. G., & Hull, R. F. C. (1980). The archetypes and the collective unconscious. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Chapter 1 & Vogler, C. (1998). The writer's journey: Mythic structure for writers, 3 rd edition. Studio City, CA: M. Wiese Productions. Chapter 2 |
13 | Introduction to Scene | Miller: Scene and Sequence (p. 137- 150). McKee, R. (2005). Story: Substance, structure, style and the principles of screenwriting. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. Scene Design. |
14 | Introduction to Scene | Miller: Scene and Sequence (p. 150- 165) |
15 | Review of the semester | |
16 | Final exam |
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Suggested Readings/Materials |
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Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 25 |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 25 |
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | 1 | 40 |
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 100 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 3 | 3 | |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 15 | |
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | 1 | 20 | |
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | |||
Total | 120 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. | |||||
2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | |||||
4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | X | ||||
5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | X | ||||
6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | |||||
8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | |||||
9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | |||||
10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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