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Öğe A CRITICAL INSIGHT INTO MATTHEW ARNOLD’S “THE SCHOLAR-GIPSY”(İKSAD GLOBAL PUBLISHING, 2021) Atasoy, EmrahMatthew Arnold, one of the representative figures of the Victorian age, a period of transition and transformation as well as of scientific and technological developments, presents the characteristics of his age by means of his poetry. In this regard, he illustrates a wide range of topics such as isolation, alienation, frustration, the condition of the modern man, and faith in his poems. His poem, “The Scholar-Gipsy” deals with such themes through the wanderings of an Oxford student that joins the gypsies in order to learn their secret. It is a pastoral poem that draws a detailed picture of the landscape and is narrated from the poet’s point of view. He talks to the shepherd and addresses the scholar. Modern life is depicted in its negative aspects, and the mortal men suffer in this modern life. The poet is presented as a figure that might have psychological crisis and feels alienation, loneliness, and frustration. His personality is split in a state of loss and looks for the spiritual harmony. This paper will in this respect discuss Matthew Arnold’s attitude towards his age and the poet’s desire to escape from modern life in the light of the critical analysis of Arnold’s poem, “The Scholar-Gipsy.”Öğe A DECONSTRUCTIVE READING OF ROBERT BROWNING’S POEMS, “PORPHYRIA’S LOVER,” “THE LABORATORY, ” AND “ONE WAY OF LOVE”(International Journal of Language Academy, 2020) Atasoy, EmrahThe approach to binary oppositions has long been evaluated in terms of the superiority or the inferiority of one of the concepts. In this respect, binary oppositions such as man/woman, reason/emotion, white/black, presence/absence, speech/writing, human/animal, culture/nature and the West/the East and dichotomous thinking have played a pivotal role in our perception of the world for a long time. However, deconstruction challenges this dichotomous approach, as it draws close attention to the controversial nature of such a dualistic outlook by highlighting the need to analyze numerous potential interpretations. A deconstructive reading can therefore reveal potential alternative explicit and implicit meanings in the literal and connotative sense. This study will, in this regard, present a brief insight into deconstruction, a school of literary criticism, and then render a detailed deconstructive reading of Robert Browning’s poems, “Porphyria’s Lover”, “The Laboratory,” and “One Way of Love.” This deconstructive reading will be conducted through specific references from these three selected poems and the relevant secondary sources in order to demonstrate how Browning challenges the traditionally established structure of such binaries. The ultimate aim will then be to illustrate the possibility of alternative multiple interpretations and to manifest the need for the formation of a non-binary future.Öğe A Victorian Interpretation of Rubâiyât of Omar Khayyâm by Edward FitzGerald(Akademik Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi, 2020) Atasoy, EmrahEdward FitzGerald’s translation of Omar Khayyam’s ruba’i in his work, Rubâiyât of Omar Khayyâm (1859) demonstrates stark differences from the actual work of Omar Khayyam. FitzGerald’s translation or re-writing includes numerous themes and characteristics such as pessimism, skepticism, loss of faith, brevity, transience, ephemerality of life, hedonism, Epicureanism, materialism, and cynicism peculiar to the Victorian era. In this respect, FitzGerald’s literary work does not communicate the underlying features of Khayyam’s poetry, but illustrates the concerns, anxieties, doubts, and the mainstream mood of the Victorian era, an age of duality. This study will, therefore, discuss to what extent FitzGerald’s Rubaiyat is a Victorian invention. Prior to the discussion, brief information about the poet, Omar Khayyam will be given. Then, through specific references from the work and the explication of domestication and foreignization strategies in translation, it will be ultimately argued that FitzGerald’s translation does not communicate the Persian poet Omar Khayyam’s rich literary legacy, but is adapted or reformulated in order to reflect upon the Victorian period.Öğe An intersectional reading of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland: Challenging dichotomies(RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2020) Atasoy, EmrahCharlotte Perkins Gilman’s literary utopia, Herland (1915) is one of the pioneering texts of utopian literature. The story is narrated by a male character, Van Jennings, who shares his impressions of the utopian land of women, Herland. Three male characters, namely Vandyck Jennings, Terry O. Nicholson and Jeff Margrave, all American, go on an expedition by plane, somewhere in South America, to find out about the mysterious land called Herland, which consists entirely of women, as they are thrilled at the idea of such a country. This journey gradually leads these male characters to question the working mechanism of the projected patriarchal order, though on differing levels. In the light of these male characters’ geographical and metaphorical journey, this article analyzes and discusses Herland through an intersectional reading in order to illustrate how intersecting factors do play an integral role in social inclusion or exclusion. This approach also exposes how Gilman’s text challenges and disrupts the hegemonic discourse, essentialist categorizations, binary oppositions, and culturally embedded assumptions about gender. The ultimate aim of this critical discussion is then to demonstrate the need to adopt a non-binary approach in order to facilitate the formation of a world order that may be free from the restrictive boundaries of the existing discursive practices.Öğe Britanya Savaş Şiirinde Savaş Karşıtı Söylem Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme(Fenomen Yayıncılık, 2021) Atasoy, EmrahBu bağlamda bu çalışmanın amacı, İkinci Dünya Savaşı Britanya savaş şiirini kısaca tanıtmak ve John Wedge, Sidney Keyes, Alun Lewis ve Hamish Henderson gibi bu çalışma kapsamında ilgili türe katkılarından dolayı seçilen Britanyalı şairlerin konu ile ilgili şiirlerindeki savaş ve kahramanlık tasvirlerini ve savaş karşıtı söylemi incelemektir. Bu incelemede, şiirlere ve konu ile alakalı ikincil kaynaklara yapılan göndermeler üzerinden savaş karşıtı söylemi tartışmak amaçlanmıştır. Bu tartışmanın sonucunda, savaş ve kahramanlık kavramlarının, evrensel bir geçerliliği olmadığı, aksine, şairin içinde bulunduğu topluma göre şekillendiği ve aktarıldığı, savaş karşıtı söylem analizi üzerinden ortaya konacaktır. Buna göre, toplumların savaşa dair farklı anlamlarda deneyimlerinin şiir yoluyla nasıl yansıtıldığı, yakın okuma ve eleştirel tartışma yoluyla ifade edilecektir.Öğe Conflict between the Individual and Society in Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit(Bilgiçağı Eğitim Danışmanlık ve Yayıncılık Sanayi Ticaret Limited Şirketi, 2021) Atasoy, EmrahJeanette Winterson’s novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985) illustrates the story of a young girl, Jeanette, who experiences suppressive upbringing at the hands of her mother and her surroundings. Through the portrayal of her transition into adulthood, the novel touches on numerous challenging issues such as gender, identity, and the reliability of the mainstream patriarchal discourse. The main character’s gradual transformation reveals the controversial aspects of her society juxtaposed with her sexual orientation as a lesbian and her oppositional stance against the ingrained doctrine of the Church. This study will, in this respect, discuss Jeanette’s rebellion as an individual against her oppressive society in Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit through specific references from the primary source and relevant secondary sources in an ultimate attempt to reveal how identity, gender roles, and truth are all discursive practices.Öğe Critical Approach to Laughter in Peter Barnes’s Laughter!(Söylem Filoloji Dergisi, 2021) Atasoy, EmrahPeter Barnes’s historical play, Laughter! (1978) deals with the notion of laughter in a critical way through its representation of two parts, Tsar and Auschwitz. Laughter in Barnes’s play does not solely function to relieve misery or pain, but, rather intensifies the suffering of the characters who are exposed to various challenging situations in the course of the play. Through the analysis of ideology and the use of power, the aim of this article is, therefore, to discuss the portrayal of laughter and its problematic nature with its double sides in Barnes’s play Laughter! in order to reveal how laughter can also be a source of agony and misery rather than elation and happiness.Öğe "Distopik Kurgu ve Ümitvar Distopya Bağlamında Ütopyacılık Geleneği"(Gaziantep Üniversitesi, 2020) Atasoy, EmrahSpekülatif kurgunun içerisinde yer alan ütopya çalışmaları, uluslararası sosyo-politik ve sosyo-kültürel konjonktür bağlamında disiplinlerarası yapısıyla büyük bir önem arz eder hale gelmiştir. Ütopya çalışmalarının altında yer alıp alternatif toplum düzenleri ile ilgilenen ütopyacılık geleneği, tecrübe edilen sosyal, siyasi, kültürel, çevresel ve bağlamsal olayların ve gelişmelerin sonucu olarak ütopik ya da distopik eğilimli spekülatif metinler üzerinden ortaya konulmaktadır. Uluslararası akademik ve entelektüel çevrelerce disipline dair birçok araştırma yapılmış olsa da Türkiye’de güncel kaynakların ve konuyla ilgili terminoloji ışığında yapılan bir çalışmanın eksikliği gözlenmektedir. Bu çalışma, ütopyacılık kavramını ve ütopya çalışmaları terminolojisinin Türkçede nasıl karşılık bulabileceğini açıklamayı hedeflemektedir. Ayrıca, ütopik anlatı ve distopik kurgu arasındaki ilişki açıklanarak distopyanın genel özellikleri ve bir distopyayı inceleme yöntemi üzerinde durulacaktır. Çalışmanın sonrasında ise, distopyanın alttürü olarak değerlendirilebilecek “critical dystopia” kavramının neden “ümitvar distopya” olarak Türkçeleştirilmesi gerektiği, güncel teorik kaynaklar ışığında ele alınacaktır. Distopyanın, ümitvar distopya bağlamında düşünüldüğünde, tamamen karamsar, çaresiz bir türden ziyade ütopik umudu ve dürtüyü barındırabilen bir tür olarak da değerlendirilebileceği vurgulanacaktır. Bu noktalardan yola çıkarak, bu çalışma ile Türkiye’de ütopya çalışmaları, ütopyacılık, distopya, ümitvar distopya ve genel anlamda spekülatif edebiyat alanında araştırma yapacak akademisyenlere ve araştırmacılara, güncel çalışmalar ışığında akademik ve entelektüel bakış açısı sağlanması, uluslararası terminoloji anlamında yol gösterilmesi ve disiplindeki önemli bir kavramın Türkçeleştirilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. The field of utopian studies within the realm of speculative fiction, interdisciplinary in its nature, has gained importance considering the international socio-political and socio-cultural conjuncture. Utopianism, which is engaged with the search for alternative social orders, is expressed through speculative texts with a utopian or dystopian tendency as a result of the societal, cultural, social, political, environmental and contextual events and developments. Although there exist numerous academic and intellectual studies in the international arena, research into the discipline in light of the current relevant sources and internationally accepted terminology is not sufficient in Turkey. This study aims to elaborate on the concept of utopianism and how the relevant terminology of utopian studies can be translated into Turkish. Furthermore, the relationship between utopian narrative and dystopian fiction will be explained, which will be followed by the explanation of the characteristic features of dystopia and the demonstration of how a literary dystopia can be critically analyzed. Then, why “critical dystopia” needs to be translated as “ümitvar distopya” into Turkish will be clarified with references to relevant international theoretical research, which will facilitate the evaluation of dystopia offering the glimpses of utopian hope rather than its traditional perception as a genre devoid of hope. In this study, it is therefore aimed to provide academics and researchers in Turkey, who wish to conduct research into utopian studies, with an academic and intellectual perspective, to offer insight into the relevant terminology and to offer the Turkishization of a significant concept in the field.Öğe DYSTOPIA: MAPPING LITERARY LEGACIES AND HELLISH FUTURES(Akbank Sanat, 2021) Atasoy, Emrah; Horan, ThomasWhen it comes to utopian literature (depictions of better places), anti-utopian literature (satirical critiques of someone else’s conception of a better place), and dystopian literature (depictions of bad places), the distinctions are almost entirely subjective (Horan, “Totalitarian” 54). William Morris, for instance, famously regarded Edward Bellamy’s sanguine Looking Backward (1888) as a dystopia, proposing a different socialist alternative to capitalism in News From Nowhere (1890), a novel that is therefore both utopian and anti-utopian, depending on your perspective.Öğe Epistemological Warfare and Hope in Critical Dystopia(Nobel, 2021) Atasoy, EmrahThis book focuses on the transition from innocence and ignorance to experience and knowledge in dystopian fiction, revealing that truth and knowledge in Katharine Burdekin’s Swastika Night, Anthony Burgess’s The Wanting Seed, and P. D. James’s The Children of Men are fictional constructs. These critical dystopias show characters’ journeys from ignorance to experience as a process of epistemological warfare. The protagonists’ initial ignorance is shattered through various symbolic transformations, increasing the utopian undertone within these examples of critical dystopia. The open-ended structure of these texts reinforces the hope of the utopian impulses and of revisionary epistemologies that might lead to more just, meritocratic societies.Öğe Family Disintegration in What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton(Uluslararası İnsan Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2021) Atasoy, EmrahJoe Orton’s farcical play What the Butler Saw (1967) presents a group of characters of middle-class background who find themselves in unexpected situations throughout the play. These unanticipated situations lead these characters, namely Dr. Prentice, Mrs. Prentice, Geraldine, and Nicholas, to go beyond the predestined limits of their traditional roles that may be regarded as suitable for their class. This breach reveals numerous farcical circumstances which disclose how the portrayed family gradually disintegrates because there no longer exists a strong emotional bond between them, as they look for emotional connection outside their lives. In this respect, various issues and themes such as the illustration of family, incestuous relationship, the use and misuse of scientific knowledge, the connection between psychiatry and insanity, the problematic projection of gender, and a critique of middle-class manners play a highly significant role in Orton’s text, as they reveal the intricate troublesome relationship between the depicted family members. In this article, therefore, brief biographical information about Joe Orton will be first given; his dramatic style will be briefly explained, and family disintegration will be discussed through relevant references to Orton’s What the Butler saw as well as numerous relevant secondary sources.Öğe FROM THE TEXT TO THE READER: AN APPLICATION OF READER-RESPONSE THEORY TO ROBERT BROWNING’S MY LAST DUCHESS(Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2020) Atasoy, EmrahReader-response criticism as a reaction against new criticism has changed the focus from the text to the reader. The reader is no longer deemed a passive agent, but active, participating in the meaning-making process, as reading is a process during which the reader also experiences what the characters experience and feels with him/her. In this respect, the text and the reader interact with each other. Meaning is accordingly created out of this interaction and transaction. A multiplicity of meanings, perspectives and interpretations becomes possible in the process of reading. Each reading of a literary text produces different interpretations. Social, religious, political, psychological and cultural contextual factors and background of the reader have a strong potential to influence the interpretation. Accordingly, the characteristics of the interpretive community are influential in meaning-making. This study will, therefore, discuss reader-response criticism with specific emphasis on Iser’s theory (the implied reader and repertoire) and apply the reader-response theory to Robert Browning’s poem, My Last Duchess.Öğe Happiness and Hedonism in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451(Trakya Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2021) Atasoy, EmrahRay Bradbury’s literary dystopia, Fahrenheit 451 has attracted international attention since its publication with its rich content, subject matter, characterization, and thematization. Relevant critical scholarship on the novella has increased in number radically over the years, but an article discussing the concept of happiness and its controversial nature does not exist yet. This article will therefore discuss how happiness and hedonism are perceived in Fahrenheit 451 and will argue that it is not possible to reach one fixed definition; instead, it will be claimed that there exist different versions of happiness in Bradbury’s narrative with specific references to the key figures: Montag, Clarisse, Mildred and Beatty.Öğe Hope in Speculative Literature: Utopia & Dystopia on the Screen(University of Southern Denmark, Odense & The Royal Danish Academy, 2021) Atasoy, EmrahSpeculative fiction offers a possibility to look beyond the reality and to imagine alternative world scenarios, which enables us an opportunity to question the existing social order through its potential to break existing boundaries of normality and imagine the impossible and the unknown. Therefore, the figures who have been traditionally accepted as “abnormal” or socially excluded are given a voice in the imagined or fantastic realms of speculative works. Speculative texts, which have become especially popular with the COVID-19 pandemic, have a strong potential to function as warnings through their worldbuilding capacity, as they draw particular attention to numerous problems and issues such as ecological crisis, climate crisis, population problem, and the use of technology. In this regard, utopia and dystopia, which can be categorized as the subgenres of speculative literature, have gained popularity both in academia and among the general public, as people are attracted more and more by dystopian futures and quests to discover utopian dreams. Dystopia, which the eminent utopian scholar Lyman Tower Sargent describes as “a non-existent society described in considerable detail and normally located in time and space that the author intended a contemporaneous reader to view as considerably better than the society in which the reader lived” is traditionally considered to be lacking in hope, as dystopian narratives illustrate nightmarish world scenarios but hope in dystopian fiction can be ascertained through a close reading of such relevant works (“The Three Faces,” 1994: 9). In this regard, the aim of this paper is to seek hope and utopian impulse in speculative fiction through the discussion of selected utopian and/or dystopian works, especially critical dystopias, and their screen adaptations.Öğe Ideological Transformation In Caryl Churchill’s Play, Mad Forest: A Play From Romania(Motif Akademi Halkbilimi Dergisi, 2021) Atasoy, EmrahContextual social, political, and cultural developments have a substantial impact on political drama. These events have a potential to function as inspirational sources for playwrights in terms of subject matter. Dramatist Caryl Churchill draws on social and political developments, merging reality with fictional scenarios. Churchill makes use of the 1989 Romanian Revolution in her play, Mad Forest (1990), a concrete example of how Churchill incorporates the historical reality into her literary legacy. In her discussion, she also draws on Bertolt Brecht’s epic theatre and numerous Brechtian techniques such as the concept of alienation effect by means of music, songs, and dance, and surreal elements like vampire and angel, episodic structure, multiple casting, and open-endedness. Through specific references to the play and relevant secondary sources, this study will, therefore, discuss the 1989 Romanian Revolution as portrayed in the play by highlighting the epic theatre elements used in Mad Forest, and demonstrate how it does not become clear to certain characters in the play whether the revolution has really taken place or not. Through this discussion, this article will also indicate people’s liability to manifest different attitudes and approaches under the influence of suppression, as a new discourse is reconstructed after the deconstruction of the initially adopted discourse. This analysis will ultimately expose the transitory nature of a specific paradigm within a specific period, the plurality of perspectives, and different facets of truth rather than one fixed definition.Öğe “Introduction to Symposium: Living in the End Times.”(SFRA Review, 2021) Atasoy, Emrah; Castle, Nora; Alberro, Heather; Firth, Rhiannon; Scott, Conrad“On the eastern horizon there’s a greyish haze, lit now with a rosy, deadly glow. Strange how that colour still seems tender. He gazes at it with rapture; there is no other word for it. Rapture. The heart seized, carried away, as if by some large bird of prey. After everything that’s happened, how can the world still be so beautiful? Because it is. From the offshore towers come the avian shrieks and cries that sound like nothing human” (439). – Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood “Clark looks up at the evening activity on the tarmac, at the planes that have been grounded for twenty years, the reflection of his candle flickering in the glass. He has no expectation of seeing an airplane rise again in his lifetime, but is it possible that somewhere there are ships setting out? If there are again towns with streetlights, if there are symphonies and newspapers, then what else might this awakening world contain?” (332). – Station Eleven, by Emily St. John MandelÖğe Oppression and Control in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction(ASOS: Akademik Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 2021) Atasoy, EmrahThe themes of oppression and control play a highly significant role in dystopian fiction which illustrates alternative world scenarios. These fictional social orders portray possible worse scenarios unless certain necessary measurements are taken. In these portrayals, individuality is suppressed for the alleged welfare of the society and the collective interests of a ruling body are accordingly highlighted. The aim of this study is therefore to discuss the representation of oppression and control in dystopian narratives through the analysis of the three selected speculative texts, namely A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell with specific references from relevant secondary sources.Öğe Problematizing the Definition of Utopia and Dystopia(2021) Atasoy, Emrah“Problematizing the Definition of Utopia and Dystopia”Öğe Religious Fundamentalism, Corporate Capitalism, and Pandemics in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake, Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven, and Ling Ma’s Severance(2021) Atasoy, Emrah; Horan, ThomasWhile the rapid dissemination of COVID-19 took many people by surprise, major works of recent apocalyptic fiction anticipate global pandemics similar to the one we currently face. This speculative literature warns that epidemics can catalyze religious fanaticism, even in so-called modern societies, challenging the Wellsian notion that technologically advanced societies are less susceptible to religious extremism. Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake (2003), the first novel in her MaddAddam trilogy, Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven (2014), and Ling Ma’s Severance (2018) prompt us to consider how the persistence and recurrence of pandemics could affect mainstream religious views and practices. Epidemics in this literature highlight disturbing similarities between corporate capitalism and fundamentalism by portraying both as faith-based, hierarchical systems, indicating that our free market economic system may actually prime us for theocracy. These dystopias also show how sceptical, sophisticated characters can unwittingly acclimate to corporate capitalism and religious fanaticism almost as easily as they can be infected by illness. This emerging sub-genre of apocalyptic fiction indicates that organized religion and a market economy can only function beneficially when distinct from each other.Öğe Review of Constellations: Children of Men by Dan Dinello(Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 2020) Atasoy, EmrahAtasoy, Emrah. Review of Constellations: Children of Men by Dan Dinello (Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire: Auteur Press, 2019. 132 pp.). Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 31.3 (2020): 453-456.
