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“Representation and Evolution of the Monster and Monstrosity in the Late Victorian and Early Edwardian Gothic Novel”
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023-07-11)
In their origin, monsters are signs of difference and a warning. As the embodiment of difference, monster stands as the signifier of the other, demarcating those whom societal norms deem dangerous or deviant. Providing a ...
Evolvement of the Changeling Figure in the Selected Elizabethan and Jacobean Plays
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023)
Changelings are terrorising figures in the beliefs and superstitions of the medieval period. These awe-inspiring figures of the fairy lore were believed to be fairies or inanimate objects left behind after a healthy infant ...
A Foucauldian Reading of the Criminal Patient in Peter Shaffer’s Equus and the Psychiatric Prisoners in Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023)
DANESH, Aram. A Foucauldian Reading of the Criminal Patient in Peter Shaffer’s Equus and the Psychiatric Prisoners in Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman, MA Thesis, Ankara, 2023.
This thesis aims to make a Foucauldian ...
“The Crisis of Utopia” in Edward Bond's the War Plays: Red, Black and Ignorant, The Tin Can People, and Great Peace
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023-07-09)
The aim of this dissertation is to explore how Edward Bond’s (1934- ) trilogy, The War Plays (1984) – comprising Red Black and Ignorant (1984), The Tin Can People (1984), and Great Peace (1985) – reflects the transformation ...
The Use of Epic and Romance Elements in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023-12-14)
Since its publication in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has played a prominent role in the
development of the genre that will be known as fantasy literature. As an established
medievalist himself, J.R.R. Tolkien drew ...
A Reading of Medieval English Society in the Wakefield Cycle and the Chester Cycle
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023-11-15)
In the Middle Ages, mystery plays were performed by the clergy in the Church on the Corpus Christi Day to teach the biblical stories to the illiterate people; however, later these stories developed to include earthly ...
Fathers and Sons: Men and Masculinities in the Contemporary British Novel
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2024)
This dissertation aims to explore diverse representations of fathers and sons in three contemporary British novels: Amongst Women (1990) by John McGahern, About A Boy (1998) by Nick Hornby, The White Family (2002) by Maggie ...
Navigating the Middle Road: Sir Walter Scott’s Representation of the Scottish Identity in Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field and The Lady of the Lake
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2024)
Regarded as the father of the historical novel and recognised for his ground-breaking influence on the genre, Sir Walter Scott played a pivotal role in reinstating Scottish identity amid Britain’s dominance in nineteenth-century ...
Swimming Against the Current: Rethinking Orientalism in Julia Pardoe's The City of the Sultan and Grace Ellison's An Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2024)
Throughout centuries, travel writing has been a popular genre of transferring experiences among writers and readers about unknown places. While it has been a valuable study area for not only cultural studies but also ...
Abjection of Women and Womanhood in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2024)
The aim of this thesis is examining the adverse representations of women and womanhood
in “Book I: The Legend of the Knight of the Redcrosse, or Holinesse,” “Book II: The
Legend of Sir Guyon, or of Temperaunce,” and “Book ...