Browsing by Author "Tekin,K."

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Linguistics: Textual, Contextual, Conceptual Concerns in Contemporary Literary and Cultural Productions
(Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2024) Tekin,K.; Özbudak,S.K.; Department of English Language and Literature; Department of English Language and Literature; 17. Graduate School of Social Sciences; 02. School of Arts and Sciences; 01. Atılım University
This volume of the Synergy Literature series focuses mainly on contemporary literary and cultural works in English. Authors of this book bring new perspectives on a wide range of literary works, as well as significant social movements and works of popular culture, with a focus mostly but not solely on novels, plays, and poetry. The book consists of 10 chapters, each covering various historical periods, literary works, and themes. While reading this book, readers will encounter analyses of works in the fantasy genre or the best-selling science fiction of recent years, or they will see reflections on feminism from the past to the present. In this regard, this book will be an important sourcebook for a broad scientific readership of graduate students and academics, regardless of the genre or period of literature in which they specialize. © 2023 Peter Lang Group AG, Lausanne. All rights reserved.
Power and Love versus Death : "Death Constant Beyond Love " by Gabriel Garc ía Márquez
(Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, 2024) Tekin,K.; Department of English Language and Literature; Department of English Language and Literature; 17. Graduate School of Social Sciences; 02. School of Arts and Sciences; 01. Atılım University
This article analyses the philosophy and literary aesthetics of Gabriel García Márquez's political satire with reference to his short story, "Death Constant beyond Love."The analysis is based on the author's views concerning the common personality traits, actions and ends of tyrannical rulers made manifest in the main character of the story - Senator Onesimo Sanchez. It is observed that the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius' meditations on the transience of existence, and the mortality of man serve as the backdrop to the power-drunk Senator's vain attempts to keep exercising his tyranny despite his awareness of his looming death. The story's central theme is that misused political power - no matter how wide its scope - is limited by man's transient corporeal existence, or by death, to put it more simply. The author's reflections upon dishonest politicians as fictionalized in the Senator display how corruption defiles each individual in society. The discussion on the nature and ramifications of man's boundless ambition for power also draws on Nietzsche's will to power/will to life equation, andFoucault's views on resistance-freedom/power proposition. © 2024 Kuǧu Tekin.
V: Marginalised Flaneurs in Venice in the Works of Mann, Winterson and Ishiguro
(Peter Lang AG, 2021) Tekin,K.; Department of English Language and Literature; Department of English Language and Literature; 17. Graduate School of Social Sciences; 02. School of Arts and Sciences; 01. Atılım University
This essay traces the forking paths of the three fictional flaneurs who are deemed to be either innate marginals or to become marginals while wandering in the narrow, maze- like streets and canals of Venice. The fictional flaneurs are T. Mann's Gustav von Aschenbach, J. Winterson's Villanelle and K. Ishiguro's protagonist- narrator, Janeck. All the three protagonists of the selected works experience the extremes of marginality in Venice. Among the three, Gustav von Aschenbach has a distinct place for he starts out in Death in Venice as a distinguished German writer with an international reputation. Ishiguro's protagonist in "Crooner," however, is a young Polish guitarist who is trying to earn a living as a street musician in Venice. Jan assists various bands with his guitar whenever extra help is needed to entertain the tourists in Piazza San Marco. Unlike the mentioned two characters, Winterson's Villanelle in The Passion is a local Venetian, a young woman with webbed- feet. Born as the daughter of a Venetian boatman, she can walk on water as the legend concerning the Venetian boatmen goes. Winterson's magical realistic touch introduces Villanelle as a fantastic figure as opposed to the realistic portrayal of the other two main characters. This essay traces these three protagonists' saunterings in Venice and seeks answers to questions such as the following: which features of Venice lead these authors to choose Venice as their setting? How does the so- called "fairytale city" push the three protagonists into the borders of marginality? Do the selected authors treat the city as an anthropomorphic character who can reshape the nature of its dwellers or visitors, and can control their actions and fates? Are there any parallels between the mindscapes of the characters and the cityscape? The theoretical frame of the article draws largely on the works of urban writers, theorists and literary critics. © Peter Lang AG 2021.