Author: Alparslan Nas

CultPost is a platform that I share my personal essays and academic publications since my MA studies. Having completed my BA and MA in Cultural Studies at Sabancı University in Istanbul, I gained my Ph.D. degree in Advertising at Marmara University Faculty of Communication at Istanbul. After being enrolled as a research assistant for five years, I am currently working as an Assistant Professor at the same Faculty. The platform that I manage offers essays and articles regarding various topics ranging from cultural studies, media studies, literary studies, critical theory, advertising, and branding. It also constitutes a major space for me to contact my students regarding the updates in my courses.

“The Country of the Blind” by Wells: The Author of Deconstruction

_ Well’s story, “The Country of the Blind” depicts a “reversed” relationship between the sightedness and blindness. In the country … More

Trauma in Freud and in Lacan

_ The word “trauma” is etymologically linked to the Greek word “wound”. It is derived from the verb which means … More

Kafka’s "The Judgment": Psychoanalysis & Deconstruction

_ In Kafka’s story, “The Judgment”, once can determine the one who judges and the one who is judged by … More

Waiting for Godot as a "Text of Jouissance"

_ The term “Theater of the Absurd” was coined by Martin Esslin in his book “The Theatre of the Absurd” … More

"The Purloined Letter" – Literary Blindness

_ Poe’s The Purloined Letter is a story whose plot revolves around the acts of seeing and not seeing. Hence … More

Reading as a Voluntary Blindness?

_ Pritchett’s “Blind Love” metaphorically displays the idea of “concretization” of a literary text against which deconstruction reacts. Deconstruction refers … More

Catastrophe of Language in "Herland" and "The Left Hand of Darkness"

_ Literature can function as a sphere in which one can illustrate solutions or alternative notions against the discourses to … More

Brecht – Verfremdungseffekt – Psychoanalysis

_ While discussing the war, Mother Courage asks: “Then don’t you think the war might end?” She is talking to … More

Letter from Gilman’s "Herland"

Dear Friend, _ I know that you waited for so long to hear from me. It has been a week … More