The Birth of Modern Poetry
E. E. Cummings is an American poet who had witnessed two world wars. He had lived in a time period when “the old world” was…
BOOK ANALYSIS
A New Proposal of Morality
Nurettin Topçu -Çağdaş Bir Dervişin Dünyası- (The World of a Modern Dervish) (Dergâh Publications, 2019) presents different characteristics from the other books written on Nurettin…
Victory of The Good
The Night of Wishes (Pegasus Yayınları, 2017) can be examined along with Michael Ende’s other book Momo. Michael Ende treats the issue of evil in…
Beyond Friendship and Hostility
Konuşanlar, Bir Hüzünle Sesinde (2015, Can Publications) consists of Ziya Osman Saba’s articles, talks, and letters, which were published in magazines and newspapers. Sincerity is…
Taking Accounts of All Contradictions
Tarık Buğra may be compared with Kemal Tahir in terms of investigating, questioning and telling all aspects of the topics he treated. The concern of…
What The Poet Calls on to The Train
Who and what is he calling? Love, pain, joy, sadness, childhood, aspirations, thoughts... Mostly poetry... Haydar Ergülen calls on poetry to help, to express the…
Away From White Men
Typee-A Peep at Polynesian Life (Yapı Kredi Publications, 2nd print, 2013) is Herman Melville’s first novel. Its being a novel or an autobiographic narration is…
An İstanbul Gentleman: Asaf Hâlet Çelebi
Before saying anything else, let me express that Asaf Hâlet Çelebi is an intriguing person. He was able to achieve attracting attention to himself in…
Undying Emotions
Readers feel an emptiness, which also occurs after reading the other Murakami novels due to unanswered questions, in The Wild Sheep Chase (Doğan Books, 9th print, 2016). For instance, unexplained mysteries of the character called Mouse are left hanging in the air at the end of the novel and this awakens the feelings of emptiness and being adrift…
A SEARCH FOR A NEW METHOD
Ahmet Yaşar Ocak examines many fascinating historical names such as Ahmed-i Yesevî, Yunus Emre, Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî, Hacı Bektaş-ı Velî along with many religious cults…
THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE THAN WHAT MEET THE EYE
BALZAC TELLS THE THIRTEEN OVER THE TRAGEDY OF THE TWO FAMILIES. THE SUBJECT OF THE NOVEL IS THE NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF A GANG, WHICH IS…
THE CONSEQUENCE OF HOPELESS LOVE
WE CAN TELL THAT SVEVO IS AN AUTHOR OF NOVELS THAT ARE DEEP. HE IMPRESSES HIS READERS WITH HIS PROFOUNDNESS. HIS STYLE AND HIS WAY…
THE STORY OF AN ENDLESS JOURNEY
TECHNICALLY, IN NECIP TOSUN’S ANSIZIN HAYAT (SUDDEN LIFE) A FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE IS USED IN THE STORIES. IN OTHER WORDS, THE EVENTS ARE TOLD BY…