Browsing by Subject "sexuality"

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Ambivalent and shifting codes of fear and desire in Dracula movies
(2004) Özkaracalar, Kaya
This study, which takes Robin Wood’s methodology to find the answer to the question ‘what does the monster stand for?’ as its base with certain nuances, investigates the ambivalent and shifting sets of connotations embedded in Dracula movies. The main focus is on the sexual and sexuality-related connotations involving fear and desire. A secondary set of connotations related to Otherness attributed to foreign cultures is also investigated. The study aims to delineate the degree and the limits of variance across time and across different cinematic spaces.
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İlhan Berk şiirinde nesne sorunu
(2002) Akgün, Ali
The poetics of İlhan Berk (b. 1918), one of the most creative Turkish poets, depends on continuous change. Every poem is a new start for Berk who wishes to write the world itself. Since Berk, who includes many objects in his poetry, does not concern himself with reaching a stable definition of poetry, he is known to be an inscrutable poet. In this study, the poems of İlhan Berk are examined by the critical method of the Geneva School which used the phenomenological approach as a perspective. Husserl, who aims at reaching the essence of objects, makes phenomenological reductions by placing “natural attitude” in parentheses. The essence of the objects is reached by this reduction method requiring a process. The Geneva School also determines what kind of meaning or essence the poet gives the object in his consciousness by utilizing Husserl’s approach. The multilayered meaning structure in Berk’s poems is explained by this method where objects are reduced by taking them into parentheses. Some of the layers of meaning in Berk’s poems are perceived as love, woman, sexuality, which are the immutable themes. Beyond these themes, the existential position of Berk is determined by means of recurring structures. The integrity in meaning or determinations, which the Geneva School reached by taking repetitions into consideration, reveal the position of woman and existence. At the same time when the meanings of the objects and the themes composing the integrity are considered, despite the thought that he is an original poet, Berk is seen to have a close relationship with the tradition. The structure in Berk’s poetry is where Berk is original and applies his experimentation. The result reached by this study shows that Berk’s poem, the obliqueness of which is sometimes confused with meaninglessness, is essentially composed by a stable, coherent point of view. However, Berk achieves change not by the thought system in every book and poem, but he acquires originality by the form he applies.
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Leylâ Erbil'in romanlarında cinsellik sorunsalı
(2004) Dündar, Hülya
The Problem of Sexuality in Leylâ Erbil’s Novels Leylâ Erbil (1931-), who has been on the literary scene since 1950, is now considered one of the most creative authors of modern Turkish literature. Erbil has attracted attention with her daring and in-part experimental authorship, and she has always been sensitive to social and political issues. In her novels and short stories Erbil has also developed new styles and techniques. In the works of Erbil, who examines the social and political problems of modern Turkish society with exceptional sensitivity, the issue of sexuality has a unique place. Erbil deals with the social and psychological dimensions of sexuality in her works. In this thesis, Erbil’s novels Tuhaf Bir Kadın (A Strange Woman) (1971), Karanlığın Günü (The Day of Darkness) (1985), Mektup Aşkları (Love in Letters) (1988), and Cüce (The Dwarf) (2001) are interpreted on the basis of sexuality. The first part of the thesis, entitled “The Formation of Sexual Identity” examines the influence of past experience and familial relationships on the formation of sexuality with reference to Erbil’s first three novels. Cüce is not discussed in this part since it does not contain sufficient data on the subject. In the second part, entitled “The Experience of Sexuality”, the characters’ sexual lives and their relationships with the other sex are examined within the context of Erbil’s first three novels. The biological and cultural dimensions of sexuality are interpreted with reference to Cüce. The last part, entitled “Sexuality in the Public Domain”, is composed of two subsections: “Women Authorship” and “The Exploitation of Sexuality in the Media”. In the first subsection, the status of the woman author in society, different attitudes to authorship, and problems involving authorship are examined. In the second subsection, the exploitation of sexuality by the media is assessed via examples from Karanlığın Günü. It is observed that sexuality consitutes the basic problematic in Leylâ Erbil’s novels and that it is scrutinized persistently and consistently. In all her novels, Erbil focuses on the pasts of the characters, specifically on their childhood experiences and their family relationships. It is observed that their pasts are influential also on their adulthoods. In her innovative works, Leylâ Erbil manages to consider at length the problems of sexuality without compromising her mature attitude as an author.