| Course Name | Creative Writing |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDM 203 | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 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 | DiscussionProblem SolvingCase StudyQ&ACritical feedbackLecture / Presentation | |||||
| 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 creative writing theories with methods of storytelling. Throughout the course, students will read, write, revise and develop stories. There will be 5 assignments and a project. |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to creative writing | |
| 2 | Source of creativity | 1st assignment draft |
| 3 | Why do we write? | 1st assignment submission - 2nd assignment draft |
| 4 | Setting | 2nd assignment draft evaluation |
| 5 | Time | 2nd assignment submission - 3rd assignment draft |
| 6 | Plot | 3rd assignment draft evaluation |
| 7 | Narrative voice - first person | 3rd assignment submission - 4th assignment draft |
| 8 | Narrative voice - third person | 4th assignment evaluation |
| 9 | Writing dialogue | 4th assignment submission - 5th assignment draft |
| 10 | Punctuation and grammar | 5th assignment draft evaluation |
| 11 | Literary genres | 5th assignment submission |
| 12 | Aesthetics | Work on final project |
| 13 | Creating atmosphere | Work on final project |
| 14 | Terminology | Final Project Submission |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Review of the semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Gülsoy, Murat. Büyübozumu: Yaratıcı Yazarlık. İstanbul: Can Press, 2004. Le. Guin, Ursula K. Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story, Boston, New York: Mariner Books, 2015. May, Rollo. The Courage to Create. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1994. Mosley, Walter. Elements of Fiction. New York: Grove Press, 2019. Mosley, Walter. This year You Write Your Novel. New York: Hachette Book Group, 2007. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | - | - |
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 5 | 50 |
| Presentation / Jury | - | - |
| Project | 1 | 50 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 6 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | - | ||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 5 | 6 | |
| Presentation / Jury | - | - | |
| Project | 1 | 40 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 150 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to have fundamental knowledge about narrative forms in cinema, digital and interactive media, and the foundational concepts relevant to these forms. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to create narratives based on creative and critical thinking skills, by using the forms and tools of expression specific to cinema and digital media arts. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to use the technical equipment and software required for becoming a specialist/expert in cinema and digital media. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to perform skills such as scriptwriting, production planning, use of the camera, sound recording, lighting and editing, at the basic level necessary for pre-production, production and post-production phases of an audio-visual work; and to perform at least one of them at an advanced level. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to discuss how meaning is made in cinema and digital media; how economy, politics and culture affect regimes of representation; and how processes of production, consumption, distribution and meaning-making shape narratives. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to perform the special technical and aesthetic skills at the basic level necessary to create digital media narratives in the fields of interactive film, video installation, experimental cinema and virtual reality. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to critically analyze a film or digital media artwork from technical, intellectual and artistic perspectives. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to participate in the production of a film or digital media artwork as a member or leader of a team, following the principles of work safety and norms of ethical behavior. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to stay informed about global scientific, social, economic, cultural, political, institutional and industrial developments. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to develop solutions to legal, scientific and professional problems surrounding the field of cinema and digital media. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to use a foreign language to communicate with colleagues and collect data in the field of cinema and digital media. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to use a second foreign language at the medium level. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to connect the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to the field of expertise. | |||||
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