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- MakaleYalnız künye2025Scopus SJRQ1Flyting versus Karşılaşma: A Comparative Study of Verbal Duelling as a Form of Poetic Competition
Demir, Ayşegül
This study compares two traditions of verbal duelling: flyting in Scotland and karşılaşma in Türkiye. Both forms of poetic competition use insults and ridicule to entertain, while displaying the poet’s wit and cultural knowledge. Flyting is characterized by direct insults, while karşılaşma uses indirect, literary language. Despite stylistic differences, these traditions share similar purposes and motivations such as asserting poetic authority, displaying linguistic skill, and reflecting societal values. This article highlights the importance of these traditions in reflecting different cultural values and practices across different contexts.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2024New Materialist Ecopoetics in Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta: The Garden as a Living Text
Demir, Ayşegül
This article explores Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta through the lens of New Materialism, presenting the garden as both an aesthetic space and an active agent that redefines human-nature relations. Central to this study are concepts like agential realism, vibrant matter, and intra-action, which highlight dynamic interactions between the garden’s installations and their surroundings. Rather than being solely shaped by human intervention, the garden evolves through natural processes—seasonal shifts, weather changes, and plant growth—making it a co-creative, living text. The study emphasizes Little Sparta’s role in challenging anthropocentric views by merging poetry with natural elements, thereby advocating a holistic understanding of ecological and cultural narratives. Through the integration of art and nature, the garden dissolves boundaries, illustrating interconnectedness and fostering environmental empathy. As a space of continuous interaction, Little Sparta positions itself as an ecopoetic landscape that prompts visitors to reconsider their role within ecosystems. This approach not only enhances aesthetic and ecological engagement but also demonstrates how New Materialist principles can transform our perceptions of both art and the environment.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2024Necropolitics and modernity: unveiling the ‘empire’s dirty work’ in heart of darkness, a passage to india and burmese days
Demir, Ayşegül; Kaygisiz, Ismail
Abstract This article examines the complex interplay between modernity, colonialism, and necropolitics as represented in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, A Passage to India by E.M. Forster, and Burmese Days by George Orwell. These modernist texts not only critique the dehumanization and systemic extermination justified by colonial ideologies but also highlight the ways in which colonial power uses necropolitical strategies to govern life and death. By integrating Achille Mbembe's concept of necropolitics with Michel Foucault's theory of biopower, this analysis elucidates the racial and sovereign dynamics that both underpin and challenge colonial regimes. The paper contextualizes the relationship between modernism and colonial history, highlighting how modernist narratives reflect a crisis in the colonial agenda and embody Enlightenment ideals that have shaped the socio-political landscape of empires. These narratives offer a critical view of the dichotomy between the colonizer and the colonized, emphasizing the fractured and uncertain epistemological underpinnings of imperial logic. The examination of Conrad, Forster, and Orwell focuses on the ethical and psychological turmoil from colonial dominance, probing how colonialism justifies violence and subjugation. The study reveals how colonial powers exert necropolitical control, deciding who lives and who dies—a control that extends beyond physical dominance to the psychological colonization of minds, perpetuating colonial hegemony. Ultimately, this paper shows how modernist texts critique colonial necropolitics and expose the racial prejudices and biopolitical strategies essential for maintaining colonial regimes. These texts provide profound insights into the lasting impacts of colonialism on contemporary understandings of race, sovereignty, and resistance.
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İncele - MakaleAçık Erişim2023The border-ballad reimagined: liminality in the strange undoing of prudencia hart
Demir, Ayşegül
David Greig’in Prudencia Hart ve Bir Tuhaf Dibe Vurma Öyküsü oyunu, İskoçya’nın bir sınır kasabasında kış gündönümünde geçerken, eşiksellik (liminality) konseptini merkezine alır. Geleneksel bir sınır baladı olan “Tam Lin”e dayanan bu oyun, karnavalesk ve ironik bir bakış açısıyla yeniden yorumlanmıştır ve çeşitli sınırların kesişme noktaları üzerine, özellikle de geçmiş ile günümüz, geleneksel ile modern, gerçeklik ile fantezi, ve yaşayanlar ile ölüler arasındaki sınırlar üzerine kuruludur. Ana karakter Prudencia, eski dünyanın gelenekleri ile modern dünyanın gereklilikleri arasında bocalayan geleneksel bir akademisyendir. Nick ise, insan formunda beliren bir Şeytan’dır. Bu makale, Arnold van Gennep’in eşiksel mekân (liminal space) kavramına dayanarak, oyunun eşiksellik ve eşikte bulunan karakter (liminal personae) konularını incelemektedir. Makale, oyunun mekânsal, zamansal ve toplumsal sınırları nasıl işlediğini analiz eder ve karakterlerin bu eşiksel deneyimlerin nasıl bir dönüşüm yarattığını açığa çıkarır. Ayrıca, bu analiz, oyunun geniş kültürel ve toplumsal temalarını daha iyi anlamaya yardımcı olacak şekilde tasarlanmıştır. Ek olarak, makale, Greig’in eserinin sınır baladı türünün geleneklerini nasıl ele aldığını, nasıl yeniden yorumladığını ve bu yeniden yorumlamanın eserin kendine özgü estetik ve tematik özelliklerini nasıl zenginleştirdiğini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu yaklaşım, Greig’in eserinin geleneksel ve modern öğeleri nasıl bir araya getirerek, eşiksel deneyimlerin ve dönüşümlerin anlatılmasında yeni ve özgün bir yol bulduğunu göstermektedir.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2022Women and patriarchy: Tales of males and ghosts
Demir, Ayşegül
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.
