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On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading
(2021-05-31)Written in 1974, the American writer Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed revolves around the central character Shevek’s self-appointed mission to improve the relationship between two planets, Anarres and Urras, by breaking ... -
On the Theme of Nostalgia in Paolo Bacigalupi’s Post-Apocalyptic Novel The Windup Girl
(2019)After the massive outbreaks of violence and catastrophes at the dawn of the twentieth century, experiences of dislocation and dissonance, as well as their reflection in the human psyche, nostalgia, captivated the interest ... -
Margaret Atwood’s “Oryx and Crake” as a Critique of Technological Utopianism
(2021)While there are major works tracing the themes of belonging and longing for home in contemporary fiction, there is no current study adequately addressing the connection between dystopian novel and nostalgia. This paper ... -
An Evaluation of Liminality in Nadine Gordimer's July's People
(2020-03)Set during a civil war in the apartheid South Africa, Nadine Gordimer's July's People is centred around the relationship between the Smales family and their former servant July. As the communal ties disintegrate in the ... -
Elderly people's choice of media and their perceived state of loneliness
(2016-01)This study aims at finding the relationship between elderly people's perceived state of loneliness and their choice of (old and/or new) media instruments. The sample of the study consists of randomly selected 300 elderly ... -
Introducing innovation into an ESP program: Aviation English for cadets
(2018)The aim of English for Specific Teaching (ESP) in Turkish universities is to support the development of scientific literacy in learners' field of specialism in English. Implicit in this objective is to make the ESP curriculum ... -
Conceptual Transition from English as a Foreign Language to BELF
(2019-01)Business professionals, who use English language in their daily interactions at global corporate companies in Turkey, have been educated within the paradigm of teaching and learning of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). ...
