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Papers by Ayşegül Demir
DergiPark (Istanbul University), Feb 17, 2023
David Greig's play The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is set in a small Scottish border town o... more David Greig's play The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is set in a small Scottish border town on the winter solstice, and centres around the concept of liminality. Based on the traditional border ballad "Tam Lin," the play is a carnivalesque and ironic reinterpretation that builds upon various intersections of boundaries, particularly those between past and present, tradition and modernity, reality and fantasy, and the living and the dead. Prudencia, the protagonist, is an old-fashioned PhD student trapped between the conventions of the old world and the necessities of the modern world. Nick, the play's liminal character, is a devil appearing in human form. This article explores the play's themes of liminality and liminal personae, building on Arnold van Gennep's concept of the liminal space. The article analyzes how the play manipulates spatial, temporal, and societal boundaries and reveals the transformations that these liminal experiences create in the characters. Moreover, this analysis is designed to help understand the play's broader cultural and societal themes. Additionally, the article aims to examine how Greig's work tackles and reinterprets the traditions of the border ballad genre, and how this reinterpretation enriches the unique aesthetic and thematic qualities of the work. This approach demonstrates how Greig's work amalgamates traditional and modern elements to find a new and original way of narrating liminal experiences and transformations.
Fakülte dergisi, Jun 26, 2019
The issue of national identity, which gained prominence in Scottish poetry after World War I, has... more The issue of national identity, which gained prominence in Scottish poetry after World War I, has played a signicant role in initiating the Scottish independence movement, as well as uncovering and re-establishing certain traditional qualities in Scottish poetry at the turn of the century. Kathleen Jamie is one of the contemporary Scottish poets who deal with national identity in their works. Although Jamie's work is characterized by a keen interest in nature and the environment, her work is also preoccupied with issues related to Scotland and Scottish culture. Furthermore, Jamie has also contributed to the independence movement in Scotland which resulted in a devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999. As an ardent supporter of independence, Jamie has dealt with the cultural past and current political state of Scotland in her poems as well as Scottish identity, its dialects, culture, and political history. In this respect, this paper will focus on how the political issues concerning the national and cultural state of Scotland are dealt with in Jamie's two poems "Interregnum", and "23/09/14" from her two poetry collections; respectively Jizzen (1999) which was written during the devolution referendum of 1997, and her latest collection, The Bonniest Company (2016), which was written during the independence referendum of 2014. Birinci Dünya Savaşı'ndan sonra İskoç şiirinde öne çıkan İskoç ulusal kimlik bilinci ile ilgili konular, İskoç bağımsızlık hareketinin başlaması ve yüzyıl dönümü İskoç şiirinde belli başlı geleneksel yazınsal özelliklerin ortaya çıkmasında önemli bir rol oynamıştır. Çağdaş bir İskoç şairi olan Kathleen Jamie, söz konusu ulusal kimlik konusunu yazınına taşıyan yazarlardan birisi olmuştur. Genelde Jamie doğa ve çevre ile ilintili konulara odaklansa da eserlerinde, İskoçya ve İskoç kültürü konularına da yer vermektedir. Hatta yazar, 1999'da İskoçya'da, sonucunda bağımsız bir İskoç Parlamentosu hakkı elde edilen bağımsızlık hareketine de katkıda bulunmuştur. Jamie, bağımsızlığın tutkulu bir destekçisi olarak, şiirlerinde İskoçya'nın kültürel geçmişi, kimliği ve mevcut siyasi durumunu ve bunun yanı sıra lehçeleri ve siyasi tarihini de ele almaktadır. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışma, İskoçya'nın ulusal kimliğinin, siyasi durumunun ve kültürünün ele alındığı "Interregnum" ve "23/09/14" adlı şiirlerine odaklanacaktır. Söz konusu şiirler sırasıyla
Yeni Turk Edebiyati Arastirmalari
RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi
Having its roots in faiths such as Judaism and Christianity, the term ‘patriarchy’ refers to a sy... more Having its roots in faiths such as Judaism and Christianity, the term ‘patriarchy’ refers to a system of authority in which males are regarded as superior to females and wield power over them. While some women have submissively internalized the patriarchal system, others have raised their voices and spoken out against it. Short stories written by women writers are one way to examine this system. However, there is a wide disparity in these authors' attitudes toward women. Some depict brave new women who transform and progress as the narrative goes on, while others feature stereotypical female figures who are submissive. The purpose of this paper is to compare the short stories written by Kate Chopin and Rose Tremain to those by Edith Wharton and Clare Boylan in order to determine whether or how much these authors criticize the patriarchal system. It is argued that Chopin and Tremain are the most critical of patriarchy, whereas Wharton and Boylan represent women within a patriarch...
Routledge eBooks, Oct 25, 2022
Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2019
Birinci Dünya Savaşı'ndan sonra İskoç şiirinde öne çıkan İskoç ulusal kimlik bilinci ile ilgi... more Birinci Dünya Savaşı'ndan sonra İskoç şiirinde öne çıkan İskoç ulusal kimlik bilinci ile ilgili konular, İskoç bağımsızlık hareketinin başlaması ve yüzyıl dönümü İskoç şiirinde belli başlı geleneksel yazınsal özelliklerin ortaya çıkmasında önemli bir rol oynamıştır. Çağdaş bir İskoç şairi olan Kathleen Jamie, söz konusu ulusal kimlik konusunu yazınına taşıyan yazarlardan birisi olmuştur. Genelde Jamie doğa ve çevre ile ilintili konulara odaklansa da eserlerinde, İskoçya ve İskoç kültürü konularına da yer vermektedir. Hatta yazar, 1999'da İskoçya'da, sonucunda bağımsız bir İskoç Parlamentosu hakkı elde edilen bağımsızlık hareketine de katkıda bulunmuştur. Jamie, bağımsızlığın tutkulu bir destekçisi olarak, şiirlerinde İskoçya'nın kültürel geçmişi, kimliği ve mevcut siyasi durumunu ve bunun yanı sıra lehçeleri ve siyasi tarihini de ele almaktadır. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışma, İskoçya'nın ulusal kimliğinin, siyasi durumunun ve kültürünün ele alındığı “Interregnum” ve “2...
Özet ÖZET: Bu çalışmanın amacı görev temelli okuma aktivitelerinin Dicle Üniversitesi Yabancı Dil... more Özet ÖZET: Bu çalışmanın amacı görev temelli okuma aktivitelerinin Dicle Üniversitesi Yabancı Diller Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi hazırlık sınıflarındaki İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen öğrencilerin davranış ve öğrenmeleri üzerindeki etkisini incelemek ...
RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi , 2022
Having its roots in faiths such as Judaism and Christianity, the term ‘patriarchy’ refers to a sy... more Having its roots in faiths such as Judaism and Christianity, the term ‘patriarchy’ refers to a system of authority in which males are regarded as superior to females and wield power over them. While some women have submissively internalized the patriarchal system, others have raised their voices and spoken out against it. Short stories written by women writers are one way to examine this system. However, there is a wide disparity in these authors' attitudes toward women. Some depict brave new women who transform and progress as the narrative goes on, while others feature stereotypical female figures who are submissive. The purpose of this paper is to compare the short stories written by Kate Chopin and Rose Tremain to those by Edith Wharton and Clare Boylan in order to determine whether or how much these authors criticize the patriarchal system. It is argued that Chopin and Tremain are the most critical of patriarchy, whereas Wharton and Boylan represent women within a patriarchal framework. Both Chopin and Tremain provide a comprehensive analysis of human nature, regardless of whether they are discussing men or women, with all of their complexity and inner struggles. Authors such as Wharton and Boylan, on the other hand, depict women in patriarchal societies in their natural state, without offering any solutions or suggestions. In their accounts, societal or sexual injustice is motivated by financial considerations.
DTCF Journal, 2019
The issue of national identity, which gained prominence in Scottish poetry after World War I, has... more The issue of national identity, which gained prominence in Scottish poetry after World War I, has played a signicant role in initiating the Scottish independence movement, as well as uncovering and re-establishing certain traditional qualities in Scottish poetry at the turn of the century. Kathleen Jamie is one of the contemporary Scottish poets who deal with national identity in their works. Although Jamie's work is characterized by a keen interest in nature and the environment, her work is also preoccupied with issues related to Scotland and Scottish culture. Furthermore, Jamie has also contributed to the independence movement in Scotland which resulted in a devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999. As an ardent supporter of independence, Jamie has dealt with the cultural past and current political state of Scotland in her poems as well as Scottish identity, its dialects, culture, and political history. In this respect, this paper will focus on how the political issues concerning the national and cultural state of Scotland are dealt with in Jamie's two poems "Interregnum", and "23/09/14" from her two poetry collections; respectively Jizzen (1999) which was written during the devolution referendum of 1997, and her latest collection, The Bonniest Company (2016), which was written during the independence referendum of 2014.
Birinci Dünya Savaşı'ndan sonra İskoç şiirinde öne çıkan İskoç ulusal kimlik bilinci ile ilgili konular, İskoç bağımsızlık hareketinin başlaması ve yüzyıl dönümü İskoç şiirinde belli başlı geleneksel yazınsal özelliklerin ortaya çıkmasında önemli bir rol oynamıştır. Çağdaş bir İskoç şairi olan Kathleen Jamie, söz konusu ulusal kimlik konusunu yazınına taşıyan yazarlardan birisi olmuştur. Genelde Jamie doğa ve çevre ile ilintili konulara odaklansa da eserlerinde, İskoçya ve İskoç kültürü konularına da yer vermektedir. Hatta yazar, 1999'da İskoçya'da, sonucunda bağımsız bir İskoç Parlamentosu hakkı elde edilen bağımsızlık hareketine de katkıda bulunmuştur. Jamie, bağımsızlığın tutkulu bir destekçisi olarak, şiirlerinde İskoçya'nın kültürel geçmişi, kimliği ve mevcut siyasi durumunu ve bunun yanı sıra lehçeleri ve siyasi tarihini de ele almaktadır. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışma, İskoçya'nın ulusal kimliğinin, siyasi durumunun ve kültürünün ele alındığı "Interregnum" ve "23/09/14" adlı şiirlerine odaklanacaktır. Söz konusu şiirler sırasıyla Jamie'nin 1997 referandumu sırasında yazmış olduğu Jizzen (1999) ve 2014 bağımsızlık referandumu sürecinde yazmış olduğu The Bonniest Companie (2014) adlı şiir kitaplarından alınmıştır.
British playwright Harold Pinter, who is well-known for his comedy of menace, is consistently pre... more British playwright Harold Pinter, who is well-known for his comedy of menace, is consistently preoccupied with the themes of domination, subjugation, victimization, and exploitation in his works. His typical setting is a room which protects the characters from the menace coming from the outside in disguise of a human. However, it turns out that the menace or the threat or the outsider does actually already exists in the room. Memories , which the characters reconstruct or fabricate according to their need, are the best weapons in this duel to gain control and manipulate all doings of their rivals. Old Times (1990) exemplifies such multiple power struggles through the characters Deeley, Kate and Anna. The main conflict revolves around the main character, Kate, which transforms into a battle for manipulation of power over Deeley and Anna. In the play, Kate is precious since she is desired by the two people who become rivals for each other. Both Deeley and Anna need Kate to fulfil their own desires. This conflict gets complicated when Kate resists and does not respond to their attempts to possess and dominate her. Thus, she reaches to the position of an ultimate winner through the power structures she employs in the course of the play. Thus, Old Times is a model of power structures, and such nature of power can be clearly observed throughout the play when it is exercised by Kate who has a great influence on Deeley and Anna. The aim of this paper is to analyse power struggles in relationships of Kate, Deeley and Anna in Old Times.
Ensuing John Osborne's Look Back in Anger in 1956, a new angry young generation has appeared with... more Ensuing John Osborne's Look Back in Anger in 1956, a new angry young generation has appeared with more provocative and shocking works which have later been called 'in-yer-face' theatre by critic Aleks Sierz. It would not be wrong to say that Sarah Kane with her first play Blasted is the key figure of 'in-yer-face' theatre. Presenting dirty language, sex, nudity, violence on stage are shocking techniques that leave an indelible impression. In Blasted, Kane connects the interpersonal violence with the forgone conclusions of the war which is dirty, and she depicts this idea in a harsh way in which audiences may feel that as if Kane throws up on them while telling her story.The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the characteristics of in-yer-face theatre in Sarah Kane's Blasted.
Conference Presentations by Ayşegül Demir
A human being is the product of time and earth in terms of his social, psychological, economic, c... more A human being is the product of time and earth in terms of his social, psychological, economic, cultural and natural relations. As is well known, Chronos, the personification of time, is the origin of everything, and all that human being does in the universe is under its command. That is to say, Chronos starts a chain of events in a specific place and time, and these events influence each other like dominos. For example, the actions and adventures of heroes and the ordinary people are bound to history and its circumstances. Thus, history is not what we inherit; it is also what we are forced to endure. It is not limited to the chronology of wars, inventions and destructions of countries or societies. The comprehensive development of human beings and societies, their actions and behaviours are also related to time and historical consciousness.
Books by Ayşegül Demir
Global Perspectives on Nationalism, 2022
Scotland’s struggle for recognition in a political context dates back to the 1707 Act of Union, w... more Scotland’s struggle for recognition in a political context dates back to the 1707 Act of Union, which first caused Scotland to lose its parliament, then its independence, and was thus nullified as a country in terms of politics to become part of the union. As a result, restless Scots who felt ignored as an equal partner of the union, especially those who lived in the Highlands, continued to fight for their sovereignty. This fight later turned into a struggle for identity after the Battle of Culloden in 1745, which resulted in the long-lasting assimilation of Scots’ culture and language in the Highlands. Scotland initially attempted to recover and rebuild its national identity after the long-lasting and devastating wars. Later, the Scots worked on rebuilding their identity by introducing and sharing its cultural richness with the whole world through devotedly publicized Scottish literature and sports. Both their bloody past and the cultural richness of the Scots have become the foundation for its national anthem, which is still a work in progress. Even though they are using the United Kingdom’s national anthem “God Save the Queen” as the official anthem, Scotland has been working on creating its own, reflecting its unique history, cultural heritage and geographical features. A national anthem can be thought of as the personification of nation and its pride. The need for an anthem became part of the struggle for recognition as a nation after the victory of regaining the devolved parliament in 1999. The purpose of this study is to explore the progress of Scots’ choice of national anthems for Scotland, to analyse the anthems in terms of their content, and determine the deciding factors in establishing one. This study also seeks to find out the extent to which their perception of nationalism is reflected in Scots’ in-progress national anthems. This chapter will argue that the model of nationalism that the Scottish government is trying to build is a mixed structure of civic and ethnic nationalism in which it seeks unity with a spiritual nation that takes its roots from the past, with a liberal, civic model of citizenship facing modernity. Three potential anthems performed for various ceremonies will be analysed: “Flower of Scotland”, “Scotland the Brave”, and “A Man’s A Man for A’ That” (“Is There an Honest Poverty?”).
DergiPark (Istanbul University), Feb 17, 2023
David Greig's play The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is set in a small Scottish border town o... more David Greig's play The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is set in a small Scottish border town on the winter solstice, and centres around the concept of liminality. Based on the traditional border ballad "Tam Lin," the play is a carnivalesque and ironic reinterpretation that builds upon various intersections of boundaries, particularly those between past and present, tradition and modernity, reality and fantasy, and the living and the dead. Prudencia, the protagonist, is an old-fashioned PhD student trapped between the conventions of the old world and the necessities of the modern world. Nick, the play's liminal character, is a devil appearing in human form. This article explores the play's themes of liminality and liminal personae, building on Arnold van Gennep's concept of the liminal space. The article analyzes how the play manipulates spatial, temporal, and societal boundaries and reveals the transformations that these liminal experiences create in the characters. Moreover, this analysis is designed to help understand the play's broader cultural and societal themes. Additionally, the article aims to examine how Greig's work tackles and reinterprets the traditions of the border ballad genre, and how this reinterpretation enriches the unique aesthetic and thematic qualities of the work. This approach demonstrates how Greig's work amalgamates traditional and modern elements to find a new and original way of narrating liminal experiences and transformations.
Fakülte dergisi, Jun 26, 2019
The issue of national identity, which gained prominence in Scottish poetry after World War I, has... more The issue of national identity, which gained prominence in Scottish poetry after World War I, has played a signicant role in initiating the Scottish independence movement, as well as uncovering and re-establishing certain traditional qualities in Scottish poetry at the turn of the century. Kathleen Jamie is one of the contemporary Scottish poets who deal with national identity in their works. Although Jamie's work is characterized by a keen interest in nature and the environment, her work is also preoccupied with issues related to Scotland and Scottish culture. Furthermore, Jamie has also contributed to the independence movement in Scotland which resulted in a devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999. As an ardent supporter of independence, Jamie has dealt with the cultural past and current political state of Scotland in her poems as well as Scottish identity, its dialects, culture, and political history. In this respect, this paper will focus on how the political issues concerning the national and cultural state of Scotland are dealt with in Jamie's two poems "Interregnum", and "23/09/14" from her two poetry collections; respectively Jizzen (1999) which was written during the devolution referendum of 1997, and her latest collection, The Bonniest Company (2016), which was written during the independence referendum of 2014. Birinci Dünya Savaşı'ndan sonra İskoç şiirinde öne çıkan İskoç ulusal kimlik bilinci ile ilgili konular, İskoç bağımsızlık hareketinin başlaması ve yüzyıl dönümü İskoç şiirinde belli başlı geleneksel yazınsal özelliklerin ortaya çıkmasında önemli bir rol oynamıştır. Çağdaş bir İskoç şairi olan Kathleen Jamie, söz konusu ulusal kimlik konusunu yazınına taşıyan yazarlardan birisi olmuştur. Genelde Jamie doğa ve çevre ile ilintili konulara odaklansa da eserlerinde, İskoçya ve İskoç kültürü konularına da yer vermektedir. Hatta yazar, 1999'da İskoçya'da, sonucunda bağımsız bir İskoç Parlamentosu hakkı elde edilen bağımsızlık hareketine de katkıda bulunmuştur. Jamie, bağımsızlığın tutkulu bir destekçisi olarak, şiirlerinde İskoçya'nın kültürel geçmişi, kimliği ve mevcut siyasi durumunu ve bunun yanı sıra lehçeleri ve siyasi tarihini de ele almaktadır. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışma, İskoçya'nın ulusal kimliğinin, siyasi durumunun ve kültürünün ele alındığı "Interregnum" ve "23/09/14" adlı şiirlerine odaklanacaktır. Söz konusu şiirler sırasıyla
Yeni Turk Edebiyati Arastirmalari
RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi
Having its roots in faiths such as Judaism and Christianity, the term ‘patriarchy’ refers to a sy... more Having its roots in faiths such as Judaism and Christianity, the term ‘patriarchy’ refers to a system of authority in which males are regarded as superior to females and wield power over them. While some women have submissively internalized the patriarchal system, others have raised their voices and spoken out against it. Short stories written by women writers are one way to examine this system. However, there is a wide disparity in these authors' attitudes toward women. Some depict brave new women who transform and progress as the narrative goes on, while others feature stereotypical female figures who are submissive. The purpose of this paper is to compare the short stories written by Kate Chopin and Rose Tremain to those by Edith Wharton and Clare Boylan in order to determine whether or how much these authors criticize the patriarchal system. It is argued that Chopin and Tremain are the most critical of patriarchy, whereas Wharton and Boylan represent women within a patriarch...
Routledge eBooks, Oct 25, 2022
Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2019
Birinci Dünya Savaşı'ndan sonra İskoç şiirinde öne çıkan İskoç ulusal kimlik bilinci ile ilgi... more Birinci Dünya Savaşı'ndan sonra İskoç şiirinde öne çıkan İskoç ulusal kimlik bilinci ile ilgili konular, İskoç bağımsızlık hareketinin başlaması ve yüzyıl dönümü İskoç şiirinde belli başlı geleneksel yazınsal özelliklerin ortaya çıkmasında önemli bir rol oynamıştır. Çağdaş bir İskoç şairi olan Kathleen Jamie, söz konusu ulusal kimlik konusunu yazınına taşıyan yazarlardan birisi olmuştur. Genelde Jamie doğa ve çevre ile ilintili konulara odaklansa da eserlerinde, İskoçya ve İskoç kültürü konularına da yer vermektedir. Hatta yazar, 1999'da İskoçya'da, sonucunda bağımsız bir İskoç Parlamentosu hakkı elde edilen bağımsızlık hareketine de katkıda bulunmuştur. Jamie, bağımsızlığın tutkulu bir destekçisi olarak, şiirlerinde İskoçya'nın kültürel geçmişi, kimliği ve mevcut siyasi durumunu ve bunun yanı sıra lehçeleri ve siyasi tarihini de ele almaktadır. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışma, İskoçya'nın ulusal kimliğinin, siyasi durumunun ve kültürünün ele alındığı “Interregnum” ve “2...
Özet ÖZET: Bu çalışmanın amacı görev temelli okuma aktivitelerinin Dicle Üniversitesi Yabancı Dil... more Özet ÖZET: Bu çalışmanın amacı görev temelli okuma aktivitelerinin Dicle Üniversitesi Yabancı Diller Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi hazırlık sınıflarındaki İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen öğrencilerin davranış ve öğrenmeleri üzerindeki etkisini incelemek ...
RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi , 2022
Having its roots in faiths such as Judaism and Christianity, the term ‘patriarchy’ refers to a sy... more Having its roots in faiths such as Judaism and Christianity, the term ‘patriarchy’ refers to a system of authority in which males are regarded as superior to females and wield power over them. While some women have submissively internalized the patriarchal system, others have raised their voices and spoken out against it. Short stories written by women writers are one way to examine this system. However, there is a wide disparity in these authors' attitudes toward women. Some depict brave new women who transform and progress as the narrative goes on, while others feature stereotypical female figures who are submissive. The purpose of this paper is to compare the short stories written by Kate Chopin and Rose Tremain to those by Edith Wharton and Clare Boylan in order to determine whether or how much these authors criticize the patriarchal system. It is argued that Chopin and Tremain are the most critical of patriarchy, whereas Wharton and Boylan represent women within a patriarchal framework. Both Chopin and Tremain provide a comprehensive analysis of human nature, regardless of whether they are discussing men or women, with all of their complexity and inner struggles. Authors such as Wharton and Boylan, on the other hand, depict women in patriarchal societies in their natural state, without offering any solutions or suggestions. In their accounts, societal or sexual injustice is motivated by financial considerations.
DTCF Journal, 2019
The issue of national identity, which gained prominence in Scottish poetry after World War I, has... more The issue of national identity, which gained prominence in Scottish poetry after World War I, has played a signicant role in initiating the Scottish independence movement, as well as uncovering and re-establishing certain traditional qualities in Scottish poetry at the turn of the century. Kathleen Jamie is one of the contemporary Scottish poets who deal with national identity in their works. Although Jamie's work is characterized by a keen interest in nature and the environment, her work is also preoccupied with issues related to Scotland and Scottish culture. Furthermore, Jamie has also contributed to the independence movement in Scotland which resulted in a devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999. As an ardent supporter of independence, Jamie has dealt with the cultural past and current political state of Scotland in her poems as well as Scottish identity, its dialects, culture, and political history. In this respect, this paper will focus on how the political issues concerning the national and cultural state of Scotland are dealt with in Jamie's two poems "Interregnum", and "23/09/14" from her two poetry collections; respectively Jizzen (1999) which was written during the devolution referendum of 1997, and her latest collection, The Bonniest Company (2016), which was written during the independence referendum of 2014.
Birinci Dünya Savaşı'ndan sonra İskoç şiirinde öne çıkan İskoç ulusal kimlik bilinci ile ilgili konular, İskoç bağımsızlık hareketinin başlaması ve yüzyıl dönümü İskoç şiirinde belli başlı geleneksel yazınsal özelliklerin ortaya çıkmasında önemli bir rol oynamıştır. Çağdaş bir İskoç şairi olan Kathleen Jamie, söz konusu ulusal kimlik konusunu yazınına taşıyan yazarlardan birisi olmuştur. Genelde Jamie doğa ve çevre ile ilintili konulara odaklansa da eserlerinde, İskoçya ve İskoç kültürü konularına da yer vermektedir. Hatta yazar, 1999'da İskoçya'da, sonucunda bağımsız bir İskoç Parlamentosu hakkı elde edilen bağımsızlık hareketine de katkıda bulunmuştur. Jamie, bağımsızlığın tutkulu bir destekçisi olarak, şiirlerinde İskoçya'nın kültürel geçmişi, kimliği ve mevcut siyasi durumunu ve bunun yanı sıra lehçeleri ve siyasi tarihini de ele almaktadır. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışma, İskoçya'nın ulusal kimliğinin, siyasi durumunun ve kültürünün ele alındığı "Interregnum" ve "23/09/14" adlı şiirlerine odaklanacaktır. Söz konusu şiirler sırasıyla Jamie'nin 1997 referandumu sırasında yazmış olduğu Jizzen (1999) ve 2014 bağımsızlık referandumu sürecinde yazmış olduğu The Bonniest Companie (2014) adlı şiir kitaplarından alınmıştır.
British playwright Harold Pinter, who is well-known for his comedy of menace, is consistently pre... more British playwright Harold Pinter, who is well-known for his comedy of menace, is consistently preoccupied with the themes of domination, subjugation, victimization, and exploitation in his works. His typical setting is a room which protects the characters from the menace coming from the outside in disguise of a human. However, it turns out that the menace or the threat or the outsider does actually already exists in the room. Memories , which the characters reconstruct or fabricate according to their need, are the best weapons in this duel to gain control and manipulate all doings of their rivals. Old Times (1990) exemplifies such multiple power struggles through the characters Deeley, Kate and Anna. The main conflict revolves around the main character, Kate, which transforms into a battle for manipulation of power over Deeley and Anna. In the play, Kate is precious since she is desired by the two people who become rivals for each other. Both Deeley and Anna need Kate to fulfil their own desires. This conflict gets complicated when Kate resists and does not respond to their attempts to possess and dominate her. Thus, she reaches to the position of an ultimate winner through the power structures she employs in the course of the play. Thus, Old Times is a model of power structures, and such nature of power can be clearly observed throughout the play when it is exercised by Kate who has a great influence on Deeley and Anna. The aim of this paper is to analyse power struggles in relationships of Kate, Deeley and Anna in Old Times.
Ensuing John Osborne's Look Back in Anger in 1956, a new angry young generation has appeared with... more Ensuing John Osborne's Look Back in Anger in 1956, a new angry young generation has appeared with more provocative and shocking works which have later been called 'in-yer-face' theatre by critic Aleks Sierz. It would not be wrong to say that Sarah Kane with her first play Blasted is the key figure of 'in-yer-face' theatre. Presenting dirty language, sex, nudity, violence on stage are shocking techniques that leave an indelible impression. In Blasted, Kane connects the interpersonal violence with the forgone conclusions of the war which is dirty, and she depicts this idea in a harsh way in which audiences may feel that as if Kane throws up on them while telling her story.The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the characteristics of in-yer-face theatre in Sarah Kane's Blasted.
A human being is the product of time and earth in terms of his social, psychological, economic, c... more A human being is the product of time and earth in terms of his social, psychological, economic, cultural and natural relations. As is well known, Chronos, the personification of time, is the origin of everything, and all that human being does in the universe is under its command. That is to say, Chronos starts a chain of events in a specific place and time, and these events influence each other like dominos. For example, the actions and adventures of heroes and the ordinary people are bound to history and its circumstances. Thus, history is not what we inherit; it is also what we are forced to endure. It is not limited to the chronology of wars, inventions and destructions of countries or societies. The comprehensive development of human beings and societies, their actions and behaviours are also related to time and historical consciousness.
Global Perspectives on Nationalism, 2022
Scotland’s struggle for recognition in a political context dates back to the 1707 Act of Union, w... more Scotland’s struggle for recognition in a political context dates back to the 1707 Act of Union, which first caused Scotland to lose its parliament, then its independence, and was thus nullified as a country in terms of politics to become part of the union. As a result, restless Scots who felt ignored as an equal partner of the union, especially those who lived in the Highlands, continued to fight for their sovereignty. This fight later turned into a struggle for identity after the Battle of Culloden in 1745, which resulted in the long-lasting assimilation of Scots’ culture and language in the Highlands. Scotland initially attempted to recover and rebuild its national identity after the long-lasting and devastating wars. Later, the Scots worked on rebuilding their identity by introducing and sharing its cultural richness with the whole world through devotedly publicized Scottish literature and sports. Both their bloody past and the cultural richness of the Scots have become the foundation for its national anthem, which is still a work in progress. Even though they are using the United Kingdom’s national anthem “God Save the Queen” as the official anthem, Scotland has been working on creating its own, reflecting its unique history, cultural heritage and geographical features. A national anthem can be thought of as the personification of nation and its pride. The need for an anthem became part of the struggle for recognition as a nation after the victory of regaining the devolved parliament in 1999. The purpose of this study is to explore the progress of Scots’ choice of national anthems for Scotland, to analyse the anthems in terms of their content, and determine the deciding factors in establishing one. This study also seeks to find out the extent to which their perception of nationalism is reflected in Scots’ in-progress national anthems. This chapter will argue that the model of nationalism that the Scottish government is trying to build is a mixed structure of civic and ethnic nationalism in which it seeks unity with a spiritual nation that takes its roots from the past, with a liberal, civic model of citizenship facing modernity. Three potential anthems performed for various ceremonies will be analysed: “Flower of Scotland”, “Scotland the Brave”, and “A Man’s A Man for A’ That” (“Is There an Honest Poverty?”).