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.

Halide Edib’s "Inside India": Toward a Postcolonial Autobiography

Halide Edib’s “Inside India” is basically the travel accounts of her visit to India in 1935. The book consists of … More

Discussion of Intertextuality in Şeyhmus Ay’s “Yaz Yaz Bitmez”

Here is the link for Şeyhmus Ay’s essay analyzed in this paper: http://mahsusmahal.org/Pages.asp?Pages=&cat_id=11&cat2_id=10&wid=59 Ay’s narrative “Yaz Yaz Bitmez” can … More

The Intersection of the Postcolonial and the Modern Mythology: Halide Edib’s “Inside India”

First published in London 1937, Halide Edip’s “Inside India” projects a portion of Indian society of and Indian Independence movement … More

Catastrophe of Art at the Hands of Fascism from Marinetti to Hitler

-I- Degenerate Art This is a photograph taken at 1937. It pictures Adolf Hitler’s visit to the “Entartete Kunst”, … More

The Ambiguity of Turkish Language Reform in Relation to Anticolonial Nationalisms

In this paper I would like to draw attention to the period of early Turkish republic in the … More

Halide Edip’s “Inside India” as a Postcolonial Text of Literature in the Age of Orientalism

First published in London 1937, Halide Edip’s “Inside India” provides an account of Indian Independence movement of 1935. In this … More

Where is Giambattista Vico’s "New Science" in 20th Century: Deconstruction, Adorno & Horkheimer, Kafka, Bakhtin, Lacan

In this short article, firstly I will briefly mention Vico and Adorno & Horkheimer in relation to the ways in … More

Nota Bene 3rd Issue

We are delighted to share Nota Bene’s 3rd issue for spring 2010. You can read the journal at http://kulup.sabanciuniv.edu/~notabene We … More

Notes on Kafka’s "The Problem of Our Laws"

In the parable “The Problem of Our Laws”, Kafka portraits a society ruled by the laws … More