Browsing by Author "Cakirlar, Ozkan"

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Changes in the Teaching of Literature: a Study of Practices in the English Language and Literature Department at Cankaya University During the Covid-19 Pandemic
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022) Cakirlar, Ozkan; Uzundemir, Ozlem; Guvenc, Ozge Ustundag; Saglam, Berkem; 18329; 32109; 105401; 49324; 02.01. İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı; 02. Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi; 01. Çankaya Üniversitesi
During the COVID-19 pandemic, academics and students have had to respond to the unexpected and unplanned shift from face-to-face to online teaching. Since teaching and learning through online portals has been a new experience, this has prompted the academics in the English Language and Literature Department at Cankaya University to seek alternative and creative ideas to promote student productivity, participation and motivation. The aim of this case study is to discuss how the course materials, teaching methods and assessment have been redesigned to meet the needs of online education during the pandemic. With the examples from changes in the syllabi, student survey and sample student responses, this study also reveals how the academics in the department have had an opportunity to re-evaluate systems of teaching both on and offline and to refresh their role as instructors.
Daedalus and Icarus in Verbal and Visual Frames: a Comparative Reading of Bruegel, Auden and Ağıl
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023) Uzundemir, Ozlem; Cakirlar, Ozkan; 02.01. İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı; 02. Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi; 01. Çankaya Üniversitesi
The myth of Daedalus and Icarus has been the subject of numerous literary texts as well as artworks in the Western tradition. The Turkish poet Nazmi A & gbreve;& imath;l's two ekphrastic poems 'Bruegel: The Landscape as Icarus Falls' and 'Auden's Icarus' are retellings of the myth with reference to Ovid's Metamorphoses, Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, and W. H. Auden's 'Mus & eacute;e des Beaux Arts'. If ekphrasis is the representation of a work of art in literature, then A & gbreve;& imath;l's poems are re-representations of both verbal and visual frames by critiquing Auden's interpretation from the mouth of a storyteller Kamil in the former poem and Daedalus in the latter. A & gbreve;& imath;l's aim in alluding to the Western sources is to highlight political issues in Turkey. This paper, then, argues how A & gbreve;& imath;l's poems complicate the reading process by playing with verbal and visual frames.