Approaching Woody Allen’s "Zelig" through the Lens of Cultural Theory

“He was the phenomenon of twenties. When you think that, he was as well-known as Lindbergh. It’s really quite astonishing.” … More

Aylak Adam ve Anayurt Oteli’ne Psikanalitik Yaklaşım: Atılgan’ın Oidipal Roman Kişileri Olarak C. ve Zebercet

  Nota Bene Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Sayı: 2, Temmuz 2009’da yayınlandı.         Referans: Nas, Alparslan. “Aylak Adam ve Anayurt … 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

A Discussion on Bourdieu’s “Scholastic View”, Clifford’s “Dialogic Authority” and Haraway’s “Situated Knowledges” through an Experiment on How to Write a Dialogic Essay

  Characters in the Essay Nas: The narrator whose self is split. He loves avant-gardism. A: A part of narrator’s … More

“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

"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

Brecht – Verfremdungseffekt – Psychoanalysis

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

Herculine Barbin: The Unintelligible in the Threshold between Life and Death

_ The obscurity on Herculine Barbin’s gender might be better analyzed in the context of her memoirs, which would contribute … More