I am intertextual. I have no originality; therefore, please do not look for anything original. We all define each other with words and rewrite. I am just a rewriting of the people and things I have known and experienced so far. I am interwoven with the air I have breathed, the soil I have set…
Tag: literature
Holocaust, Muteness, Patriarchy, and Language: ‘Daddy’ by Sylvia Plath
The use of holocaust image to reflect the muteness caused by the patriarchal authority, especially from the language aspect in the poem ‘Daddy’ by Sylvia Plath. The persona in the poem ‘Daddy’ by Sylvia Plath uses a collected metaphor of herself as a Jewish victim to reflect her struggle as a female figure against patriarchal authority….
A Freudian And Jungian Psychoanalytic Analysis of the Motifs in the Fairytale “The Bluebeard”
Abstract: This paper aims at analyzing the use of psychoanalysis in literature. The motifs in fairytale ‘The Bluebeard’ is analyzed by both Freudian and Jungian readings. Freudian model of psyche is studied regarding to conscious, pre-conscious, unconscious; id, superego, ego. Jungian concepts are studied regarding to the ego, the personal unconscious, the collective unconscious, archetypes…
Cultural Studies: Meaning of Culture
In 2014, Merriam-Webster announced that the word ‘culture’ is their Word of the Year. People searched for the word’s meaning the most in their website. This reveals the truth that people have confusion in defining the word ‘culture’. In this essay, I would like to express my own opinions on the word’s meaning and why…
Feminism, Stereotypes and Misogyny: Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
Throughout history, women stereotypes have gone into various changes. Basically, domestic women turned into femme fatale. These changes were supported by the Civil Rights Movement and Feminism. Women started to be regarded as individuals and gained rights; therefore, strength. As an anti-feminist, Ken Kesey responded to these changes in the society through his writing. In…
Literature and the Unconscious: The Unconscious in Julio Cortazar’s story ‘Axolotl’
Understanding the human mind has always been important in literature especially after the wave of Formalism. The meaning became more important and layers of meaning in texts were discovered. Texts were started to be studied not only for their structure but also for context. Literary criticism is aided by psychology in this way. Freud’s theory…
“Is this the real life or just a fantasy?” on Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’; Marc Redfield’s Virtual Trauma: The Idiom of 9/11
The catastrophic event and its real and virtual traumatic effect overwhelms one’s ability to survive. It is not expected, people are unprepared for it and desperate to prevent it. Everytime the scenes are replayed, anxiety and fear grows and make one feel numb. In my opinion, media, photography and cinema manipulate one’s feelings and truths,…
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