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Spring 2013 Middle East W3943 section 001
CONTEMP TURKEY THRU CONST LENS

Call Number 26648
Day & Time
Location
T 2:10pm-4:00pm
114 KNOX HALL
Day & Time
Location
R 6:10pm-9:00pm
403 KNOX HALL
Points 3
Approvals Required None
Instructor David C Cuthell
Type SEMINAR
Course Description Turkey today is a nation of seventy three million people occupying a space on the globe that is squarely in the middle of East and West. The Turkish economy has been one of the world's top performers during the past five years and contemporary Turks are increasingly connected to their peers and the outside world. The result has been an explosion of creative energy in art, music and especially in Turkish film which is in the vanguard of the many societal debates, including the role of Islam, women's rights, economic and social justice, and the question of whether or not Turkey is of the East or the West, to name a few. This course will examine a series of Turkish films in an effort to explore the many issues and debates in Turkish society. It will aim to strip away the constructed artifice of the directors and examine the social and political debates that underlie these works. To do so the course will also involve a series of readings that will examine film and film criticism as well as those that will supply a contemporary and historical background of Turkey.
Web Site CourseWorks
Department Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Enrollment 4 students as of 11:21PM Monday, May 20, 2013
Subject Middle East
Number W3943
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Open To Columbia College, Engineering and Applied Science, General Studies, School of Continuing Education, Graduate School of Arts and Science, School of the Arts, International and Public Affairs, Barnard, Engineering and Applied Science: Graduate
Campus Morningside
Note FILM SCREENINGS: THURSDAY 6:10-9 P.M. 403 KNOX HALL
Section key 20131MDES3943W001

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