İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü

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Alevism In Recent Researches Written In English
(Gazi Üniv, Türk Kültürü ve Hacı Bektaş Veli, 2010) Yılmaz Kurt, Zeynep; 103796
Arab sources on the life of galen
(Çankaya Üniversitesi, 2008) Starr, Peter; 144003
This paper contains a summary of the chapter on Galen’s life provided by Ibn Abi Usaybi’a. The Galen section shows the impressive range of the material on which a medieval Syrian physician, historian and bibliophile, could draw. Where the versions and fragments of information available to him are otherwise lost, the details he provides are of particular importance. At the same time it is clear that in the East the biography of Galen underwent some curious transformations, just as a large number of spurious works were in circulation. This paper also looks at little-known references to Galen which show his significance for medieval writers
Becoming Jane: the Romanticisation of Celebrity
(2017) Sağlam, Berkem; 32109
Jane Austen romanlarının son 30 yılda artan popülerliliğinin önemli bir sebebi, yazarın günümüzdeki kendi popülaritesidir. 1990'larda ivme kazanan romanlarının uyarlamaları sonrasında "Austen-mania," "Janemania," ve "Jane-ism" gibi terimler, popüler kültürde genel kullanıma dahil olmuşlardır. Bu fenomen, İnstagram ve Pinterest gibi sosyal medya platformlarında da yer bulmuş ve Jane Austen ismi üzerinden bir çok ürünün de pazarlanmasına yardımcı olmuştur. Bu sosyal medya platformlarında sergilenen ve satışa sunulan ürünler arasında, Austen dönemine ait antika tarz kalemler ve "Darcy külotları" gibi geniş bir ürün yelpazesi mevcuttur. Edebi sayılabilecek eserler de vardır bu ürünlerin arasında (örneğin, Stephanie Borran'ın Jane Austen'i bir roman karakteri olarak kullanan ve Jane and the Unpleasantness of Scargrave Manor adlı romanla başlayan dedektif roman serisi, veya Karen Joy Fowler tarafından yazılmış olan The Jane Austen Book Club gibi). Bu ve benzeri kitaplarda, Jane Austen, aşk ve evlilik konularında gençlere (ve okuyucuya) yardım eden ve tavsiye veren bir "Güzin Abla" veya 'evde kalmış teyze' konumuna konulmaktadır. Eserlerin bazılarında kurgusal bir karakter olarak karşımıza çıkar, bazen de kurgusal karakterlerin bir ikon olarak gördükleri bir yazar olarak. Bu makale, yazarın hayatını konu alan, Becoming Jane (Jane Olmak) adlı filme odaklanmaktadır. Bu film, Jon Hunter Spence'in biyografisi Becoming Jane Austen'den (Jane Austen Olmak) uyarlanmıştır ve Jane Austen'ın yazar olmasındaki en büyük etkenin Tom Lefroy ile yaşadığı aşk olduğunu iddia etmekle birlikte, yazarın yeteneğinin tamamıyle gerçek hayattan esinlendiğini de varsaymaktadır. Dolayısıyla bu filmin, popüler kültürün bir ürünü olarak, yazarın şöhretini pazarlama amaçlı kullandığı açıkça görülmektedir. Bu makalenin amacı, yazarın hayatının nasıl romantikleştirildiğini ve kabiliyetinin nasıl geri plana itildiğini sergilemektir
Bibliyoterapi
(Çankaya Üniversitesi, 2007) Öner, Uğur; 113200
Bibliotherapy as a counceling technique is, in short, a way of bringing together the right person with the right book at the right time. Using books in psyhological counceling has a long history. Bibliotherapy starts when the reader catches the dynamic relationship between the story and his/her personality, and progresses on the following three stages which are defined as (1) identification and reflection (2) catharsis and (3) gaining insight and integration. Bibliotherapy begins with the preparation stage during which the councelor must choose the right books. Eventhough it sounds to be an easy technique of counceling, it is important for psychological councelors and educators to be efficient in implementing bibliotherapy. They must clarify their aims and they must also be aware of the limitations of this technique. In this article, the importance of stories in human life and its usage as a a means of counceling through bibliotherapy are defined
Blake Morrison’s “Teeth” as Palimpsest
(2017) Uzundemir, Özlem; 49324
Blake Morrison’s poem “Teeth”, published in With a Poet’s Eye which is an illustrated Tate Gallery anthology, is replete with allusions and therefore, requires a palimpsestuous reading. Using Gerard Genette’s terminology, this poem is a hypertext, echoing Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” in content as well as language and structure. Like Browning’s dramatic monologue, in Morrison’s monologue the unreliable persona, a businessman, talks about the death of his ex-wife to a silent/silenced listener, while he also boasts of his art collection. Unlike Browning’s poem, though, the unreliable persona does not openly declare that he is his wife’s murderer. Moreover, the Duke refers to imaginary works of art, but Morrison’s poem is an ekphrasis on Francis Bacon’s painting Pope. This is a series of paintings designed by the painter to allude to Velázquez’s Pope Innocent X. In this way, Morrison further complicates the structure of the poem by referring not only to a previous poem but also to two paintings. The aim of this paper, then, is to discuss the multi-layered structure of Blake Morrison’s “Teeth” to show how Morrison complicates the act of telling, speaking and gazing through hypertextual and ekphrastic traits
British national identity, topicality and tradition in the poetry of Simon Armitage
(Çankaya Üniversitesi, 2008) Coussens, Catherine
This paper explores the treatment of British national identity, topicality and tradition in the work of Simon Armitage, alongside broader issues concerning contemporary public poetry in Britain. Armitage, with Carol Ann Duffy, is a major candidate for the position of Poet Laureate in 2009. Both poets have explored constructions of national identity in their work, but it is Armitage who has located himself more assertively within the arena of public, national poetry. Despite his focus on modern life-styles and discourses, and deployment of the mass media to disseminate his poetry into non-literary public spaces, Armitage is particularly sensitive to literary and cultural tradition. Within his work, which is deliberately accessible and contemporary, tradition is always at play in terms of allusion, response and interrogation. In this sense, his poetry both occupies and challenges notions of canonicity and traditional conceptions of British national identity. His recent focus on the theme of conflict also works to expose the inadequacy of mainstream assertions of continuity and meaning when constructing national identity. Armitage places Britishness and British literature within a broader ‘Millennial’ schema of eclipse, destruction and regeneration. For Armitage the recurrence of the theme of conflict throughout literary history both connects the literature of the present day with that of the past and emphasises the future’s instability and eternal lack of resolution. Therefore, Armitage’s modern translations of canonical texts like the Odyssey and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight foreground the fact that disharmony and conflict are, and have always been, national preoccupations
Challenges to Ekphrastic Poetry: Carol Ann Duffy’s “Standing Female Nude”
(2013) Uzundemir, Özlem; 49324
Ekphrasis rests on the paragone between the sister arts, namely verbal and visual arts, the word and the image. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in his Laocoön claims that the image is silent and fixed while the literary work is based on voice and action. W. J. T. Mitchell in his Picture Theory enlarges this binary opposition between the word and image in terms of gender roles: the female image versus the male word. The female image is objectified and gazed, while the male author/artist is the subject and the gazer. The poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s poem “Standing Female Nude” challenges such binary oppositions by giving voice not to the male artist but to his female model, and by attributing the role of gazing to her. Hence, the aim of this article is to display how Duffy deconstructs the ekphrastic tradition in her poem in order to subvert the domineering relationship between the artist and his model.
Changes in the Teaching of Literature: A Study of Practices in the English Language and Literature Department at Çankaya University during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2022) Sağlam, Berkem; Uzundemir, Özlem; Çakırlar, Özkan; Uzundemir, Özlem; 18329; 32109; 105401; 49324
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 Çankaya 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.
Cognitive Reading Strategies
(2019) İnal, Bülent; 16587
The Book, “Contemporary Issues in ELT” aims to introduce the new trends of the last decade. All the chapters are original papers and attempt to propose solutions to learning challenges in language teaching. The authors promote and concentrate on the CEFR, learner autonomy, nonverbal communication, learning anxiety, problem-based learning, constructivism, testing, vocabulary, and the teaching of reading. Each chapter starts with learning objectives to stimulate the learners and ends with discussion questions. We hope that this format will help the readers comprehend these new ideas and trends deeply and reflect upon them carefully.
Configuration of Alternative Spaces in Doris Lessing’s “The De Wets Come to Kloof Grange”
(2017) Güvenç, Özge
Doris Lessing’s story “The De Wets Come to Kloof Grange” from her collection This Was the Old Chief’s Country recounts the story of white settlers, Major and Mrs Gale, whose routinized farm life in Rhodesia acquires a new dimension with the arrival of an Afrikaner couple, Mr and Mrs De Wet, to assist the Gales. Within the framework of recent theories of Thirdspace / Third Space by Edward Soja and Homi Bhabha, which are then related to Rosi Braidotti’s theory on nomadism, this study aims to show how hybridisation can only happen on the material level of space and how space, including the house, the garden and natural environment, can be configured and transformed from restrictive conceptualisation with boundaries to alternative ones where the female characters can escape to.
Configuration of Transient Shelters As Alternative Spaces Through Nomadic Acts in Doris Lessing'S
(Cyprus International University, 2019) Güvenç, Ö. Ü.
Doris Lessing's short story "An Old Woman and Her Cat" from her collection, The Temptation of Jack Orkney, revolves around the nomadic experiences of an old and homeless woman in various places and her survival under poor living circumstances with her cat. The places occupied by the old woman in this story such as the Council flats, the room in the slum and the ruined flat in a wealthy neighbourhood cannot be considered as proper homes where people have a sense of belonging; rather, they are just material places she tries to appropriate as shelters temporarily on the way without a feeling of warmth and attachment to them. Focusing on the woman and the cat's relationship with their surrounding provides a discussion on space and nomadism within the framework of Henri Lefebvre's spatial tripartite - the perceived, the conceived and the lived - which is related to Rosi Braidotti's theory on nomadism. It also reveals the social norms and values, which disregard an old woman and her cat's struggle for life in a metropolis. Therefore, this article aims to discuss not only the material qualities of transient places in London and their conceived perspective which segregates the poor and the homeless from the wealthy but also the old woman's configuration of alternative spaces for herself out of the ruins without a sense of home.
Nature, Criticism Of The World, And Love In “Dover Beach” And “Love Among The Ruıns”
(2015) Güneş, Ayşe; 53100
Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” and Robert Browning’s “Love among the Ruins” have been analyzed comparatively with other poems. However, there has not been a comparative study of these two poems written by two Victorian poets, and such a study is valuable as these poems have common qualities. To cite a few, in both poems, nature is a prevalent theme portrayed through ambivalent images, and the world is criticized for different reasons. These reasons are loss of faith in “Dover Beach” and foul human nature in “Love among the Ruins,” and war in both of them. In relation to the theme of criticism against the world, change is a concept portrayed through contemplation of the past. In “Dover Beach,” this change is expressed through the depiction of loss of faith, and in “Love among the Ruins,” the change is physical within the context of a fallen empire. Love is appreciated in both poems for different reasons. In “Dover Beach,” it is the only saviour, and in “Love among the Ruins,” it is considered as a peaceful and eternal force. This paper attempts to make a further study to compare “Dover Beach” and “Love among the Ruins” which share remarkable thematic similarities as well as differences in terms of their imagery of nature, criticism against the world, and appreciation of love.
Öfkeli genç adam - Holden-
(Çankaya Üniversitesi, 2006) Öner, Uğur; Yılmaz Kurt, Zeynep; 113200; 103796
Bu çalışmada, Salinger’ın 1950’lerin başında basılan ve genç roman kahramanının ergenlik dönemi bunalımlarını çarpıcı bir biçimde yansıtan romanı, Gönülçelen’in Amerika ve diğer ülkelerdeki yankıları üzerinde durulmuştur. Baş kahraman, Holden’ın asi ve tutarsız davranışlarının psikolojik açıdan incelenmesi, Holden’ı bu ruh haline iten nedenler ve Holden’ın tüm yaşadığı bu sorunlara yaklaşımı ve nasıl üstesinden geldiği irdelenmiştir.
Öfkeli Genç Adam - Holden-
(2006) Öner, Uğur; Yılmaz Kurt, Zeynep; 349063; 103796
Bu çalışmada, Salinger’ın 1950’lerin başında basılan ve genç roman kahramanının ergenlik dönemi bunalımlarını çarpıcı bir biçimde yansıtan romanı, Gönülçelen’in Amerika ve diğer ülkelerdeki yankıları üzerinde durulmuştur. Baş kahraman, Holden’ın asi ve tutarsız davranışlarının psikolojik açıdan incelenmesi, Holden’ı bu ruh haline iten nedenler ve Holden’ın tüm yaşadığı bu sorunlara yaklaşımı ve nasıl üstesinden geldiği irdelenmiştir.
Proposed Turkish body mass index cut-off points compared with the World Health Organization and AsiaPacific indices
(2022) Dağalp, Rukiye; İper, Doruk; Aka, Bahar; Aka, Sema P.; Aydıntuğ, Yavuz Sinan; Aydıntuğ, Itır
It is important to determine specific Body Mass Index (BMI) cut-off points on country and sex bases since there are anthropometric differences. Therefore, a study was proposed to find out specific body mass index [BMI-TR (kg/m2)] cut-off points for Turkish young adults. BMI-TR was compared with the classifications of the World Health Organization’s Index (BMI-WHO) and Asia-Pacific Index (BMI-AP). In this research a study enclosing the weight and height measurements of 196 cases (97 Male, 99 Female, age average 22.5 years) were examined. The recorded total data were calculated according to BMI-WHO and BMI-AP, subsequently the same data were computed according to Empirical Rule to find out the cut-off points of the BMI-TR and also specific BMI-TR cut-off points for males and females. The data were compared for both BMI-WHO and BMI-AP categorizations and showed inconsistent results. Therefore, BMI-TR was calculated and classified according to sex. In this study, Turkish specific BMI results for BMI-TR Males and BMI-TR Females revealed that the percentage of females showing normal BMI was higher (78.8%), than males (70.1%), and being underweight (14.4 % for males, 10.1 % for females) was more serious than being obese (5.2% for males, 4.0 % for females) in the “young adult” age group. BMI calculations should include age groups, sex and adjustment of height decrease for elderly on country basis.
Rhythmanalysis in doris lessing's "storms": London from a critical view of everyday life
(2020) Üstündağ Güvenç, Özge; 18329
The interaction between humans and space has recently been one of the dominant issues in the works of the contemporary century to explain how thinking about space as a fixed and limiting framework has evolved to an alternative multidimensional understanding of it where human interventions create alternative space. This study aims not only to move beyond the setting descriptions in a literary text but also to open up Henri Lefebvre’s theory of space, particularly his notion of rhythmanalysis, that have been utilized in the fields of architecture, sociology, geography, urban and regional planning to include literature as well. To this end, Doris Lessing’s sketch, “Storms” from the collection London Observed: Stories and Sketches, will be analysed since it displays various life trajectories in London and provides a critical view of the city from two different perspectives –that of the taxi driver and of the narrator –which contradict each other. Focusing on their interpretations of London and to what extent they are able to sense and make meaning of rhythms, thus, offers a new mode of observing the movement and continuity of life in the city, which also displays the relationship between humans and the spaces they occupy, and what feelings they attribute to.
Salvation through beauty: Iris Murdoch’s new religion in a godless universe
(Çankaya Üniversitesi, 2008) Yılmaz Kurt, Zeynep; 103796
Novelist Iris Murdoch is also a modern philosopher, who is aware of the moral dilemma of the scientific age. For her, morality is the only means of salvation in this age, as she considers morals not related with religion but with metaphysics. Thus, any moral attempt to achieve good is a transcendental experience. This paper explores Murdoch’s moral philosophy with reference to her artist character Tim Reede in Nuns and Soldiers.
“Social reality versus ontological reality: the differing sense of reality in the great gatsby and heart of darkness
(Çankaya Üniversitesi, 2007) Yılmaz Kurt, Zeynep; 103796
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is discussed widely for being influenced by Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. This article refers to the relevance of Conradian influences and the parallels between these two novels in terms of narration techniques, plot and characterization. Despite these parallels, however, it is also argued that the two novels reflect reality on different dimensions. It concludes by stating that Fitzgerald shares the same concern with Conrad in narration technique, in characterization and in handling the idea of corruption and civilisation, but their approach to the subject of corruption and civilisation differs. Fitzgerald considers corruption as a social vice, whereas , in Conrad it is associated with human nature altogether. These differing ideas of corruption, as an ontological fact in Conrad and as a social vice in Fitzgerald, prove also that their concept of reality is different
Social Reality Versus Ontological Reality: The Differing Sense of Reality in The Great Gatsby and Heart of Darkness
(2007) Yılmaz Kurt, Zeynep; 103796
F. Scott Fitzgerald’ın The Great Gatsby adlı romanında, Conrad’in özellikle Heart of Darkness adlı romanında kullandığı teknikten etkilendiği pek çok eleştirmen tarafından dile getirilmiştir. Bu makale, özellikle anlatım teknikleri, kurgu ve karakter çizimi yönünden iki roman arasındaki benzerlikleri vurgular. Bu benzerliklere rağmen, iki romanın farklı gerçeklikleri yansıttığı da ileri sürülmüştür. Sonuç olarak, anlatım tekniği, karakter çizimi ve yozlaşma - medeniyet kavramlarının ele alınması konusunda Fitzgerald’ın Conrad’a benzediği, ancak konuya yaklaşımlarının çok farklı olduğu vurgulanmıştır. Fitzgerald yozlaşmayı sosyal bir bozulma olarak ele alırken Conrad bunu tamamen insan doğasıyla ilşkilendirmiştir. Conrad’da insanın yapısı, Fitzgerald’da sosyal bozulma ile ilişkilendirilen yozlaşma kavramına bu farklı yaklaşımlar iki romandaki gerçeklik kavramlarının da farklı olduğunu gösterir.
Spinning the tale: Spinster detectives and the construction of narrative in the Miss Silver Mysteries
(2020) Sağlam, Berkem; 32109
The concept of spinster detective is one that has been relatively understudied, despite general contemporary interest in the detective form as an academic as well as a popular genre. The spinster detective sub-genre has remained on the sidelines, probably because of its utilization of an old woman as the detective. As an alternative to the professional detective, she represents a counter figure who sits comfortably in her chair knitting away as the events revolve around her. It is interesting to note that the word "spinster" itself comes from the act of spinning and spinster detectives from Miss Marple onwards have been frequently represented as old ladies who alternatively knit, crochet, weave, spin, or embroider. This correlation between being unmarried and "spinning" gains a poignant dimension when the actions of detecting and spinning are considered as central to these narratives. What the spinster detective does, in effect, is, she spins a tale; she constructs events in such a way as to explain who committed a crime and how, by forming a narrative out of the evidence. Her narrative is a counter narrative to the dominant presence and construction of the professional detective. This paper aims to reveal how the Miss Silver character in the Patricia Wentworth detective series gains narrative presence in the novels through the act of knitting, and how she gains a legitimate voice through this seemingly passive production.

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