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  1. Faculty of Fine Arts
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Last Updated: 08/10/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
SAN300 - Art Theories VI. SEMESTER 2 +0 3.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Required Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROFESÖR NECLA COŞKUN
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
Place of Delivery On Campus
Used Educational Platforms Face-to-face
Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Recommended Resources Moran, B. (1994). Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri. İstanbul: Cem Yayınevi.Morley, S. (2021). Modern Sanatın Yedi Anahtarı. Çev.: E. Açanal. İstanbul: Hayalperest Yayınevi.
Work Placement Not suitable for this course.
Aims of the Course This course aims to help students understand the historical development and key concepts of art theory, compare theoretical approaches, and critically examine artworks and the relationship of art to society and culture.

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 LO-1 Introduction to art theories Lecture Discussion
Week - 2 LO-1 LO-2 LO-5 Mimetic theory I: mimesis in antiquity; Plato and Aristotle. Lecture Discussion Document/Text/Data Analysis
Week - 3 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Neoplatonism and art: Plotinus in Late Antiquity and his influence on the Renaissance. Discussion Critique/Critical Reading Document/Text/Data Analysis
Week - 4 LO-1 LO-2 LO-4 Mimetic Theory II/ The Marxist Approach/ Socialist Realism Lecture Discussion Document/Text/Data Analysis
Week - 5 LO-1 LO-2 LO-5 Expression Theory I/ Expression as Creation: Croce, Collingwood Lecture Discussion Document/Text/Data Analysis
Week - 6 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Expressivism Theory II / Expressivism as Transmission / Psychoanalytic Approach: Freud, Jung Lecture Discussion Document/Text/Data Analysis
Week - 7 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Midterm Discussion Critique/Critical Reading
Week - 8 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Formalist Theory and New Criticism: Richards and Eliot Lecture Discussion Document/Text/Data Analysis
Week - 9 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Russian Formalism and Roman Jakobson Lecture Discussion Document/Text/Data Analysis
Week - 10 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Structuralism and Ferdinand de Saussure Lecture Discussion Document/Text/Data Analysis
Week - 11 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction: Jacques Derrida Lecture Discussion Document/Text/Data Analysis
Week - 12 LO-2 LO-3 LO-5 Affective response theory and hedonism; reception aesthetics: Hans Robert Jauss and Wolfgang Iser. Lecture Discussion Document/Text/Data Analysis
Week - 13 LO-2 LO-4 LO-5 Feminist criticism: Sandra M. Gilbert and Hélène Cixous. Lecture Discussion Document/Text/Data Analysis
Week - 14 LO-1 LO-2 LO-3 LO-4 LO-5 Course Overview Discussion Critique/Critical Reading Document/Text/Data Analysis

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