Browsing Tez Koleksiyonu by Department "Enstitüler, Lisansüstü Eğitim Enstitüsü, Amerikan Kültürü ve Edebiyatı Ana Bilim Dalı"
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Kurt cobain : a messiah for the rock generation?
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2008)Kurt Cobain is a dead rocker who helped grunge music to have been discovered in 1990s. Having been the child of divorced parents he had a very difficult life in which he often dealth with his physical and psychological ... -
Mametian paradoxes in "American Buffalo" and "Glengarry Glen Ross"
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2013)This thesis examines how the characters in David Mamet?s plays, "American Buffalo" and "Glengarry Glen Ross", experience an inner conflict in their attempt to survive/succeed in the American business world. The plays feature ... -
Melancholy and infinite sadness: a comparison of Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain in terms of the romantic hero and the modern anti-hero
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2005)The Romantic hero represented the last ring in the long chain of heroism. With the Romantic hero the idea of heroism began to be transformed into the idea of anti-heroism. Thus the Romantic hero was on the one hand the ... -
Muscular sexy and powerful : hegemonic masculinity in men’s lifestyle magazines in the US and Turkey
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2018)This dissertation examines Turkey and USA versions of three men’s lifestyle magazines GQ Esquire and Men’s Health to identify the characteristics of ideal man of hegemonic masculinity in these magazines. These men’s lifestyle ... -
A postmodern readıng of paul auster:the paradoxıcal characters of paul auster: the quest for metaıdentıty ın Paul Auster's novels
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2013)Paul Auster uses the fundamental paradox of representative reality and representative illusion to convey a quest for identity through multiple identities of the characters. His novels highlight this quest and its steps ... -
The presentation of women in blues and arabesk song lyrics
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2008)The Presentation of Women in Blues and Arabesk Song Lyrics mainly tries to bring light to the images of woman in the so called mens music. This thesis explores the representation of women in both blues and arabesk music ... -
Racism against gypsies in Turkish and American films
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2006)Keywords : Amerika ve Turk Filmlerinde irkcilik -- cingeneler. -
Rape comparative study on feminist perspectives privileged feminists black feminists and Turkish feminists
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2006)Is it possible to assume that “rape” has one specific determination? Is it possible to find different definitions of rape around the world? If women are most frequently victims of rape, is it about being women? Is there ... -
The role of gender differences in understanding of the east and eastern women:the portrayal of turkish women by american male and female writers in 19th century
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2012)The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the different representations of Turkish women by American male and female writers in 19th century. it signifies that American male writers mystify exoticise and exaggerate Turkish ... -
Saul Bellow`un Herzog, Seize the Day ve Dangling Man adlı eserlerinde kendinden kaynaklanan sürgün ve nihai kurtuluş
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2003)Yahudi kökenli Amerikalı edebiyatçı Saul Bellow, kaleme aldığı yapıtlarında işlediği insanın kendini evrenin merkezine koyup, kendisini hapsettiği dünyasında yaşadığı "toplumdan soyutlanma" teması ile hem Yahudi kökenli ... -
Sex silence and isolation :Wharton’s entrapped women
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2017)As a transatlantic writer Edith Wharton witnessed unprecedented social economic and political transformations both in America and in the world at large. Deeply concerned with the issues of her day Wharton produced fiction ... -
Sexuality on the covers of Cosmopolitan magazine in the Turkish and American versions for 2006
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2009)Cosmopolitan is a transnational magazine of women and it is published in 59 countries including the United States and Turkey with a similar content. The ideology in Cosmopolitan magazine is women should be in the position ... -
Shatttered Glass: Salinger's Postwar family saga
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2013)The cultural and social environment of postwar American period and this period?s effects on American family and individual are important themes which are necessary to understand how the values and ethics of the present day ... -
Technology, body and gender: The representations of new reproductive technologies in the twenty-first century independent science fiction cinema
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2013)Bu araştırma son yıllarda hayatlarımıza giren yeni teknolojilerdeki hızlı değişim ışığında teknoloji, vücut ve toplumsal cinsiyet konuları üzerine disiplinlerarası eleştirel ve kuramsal bir söylem oluşturmayı hedeflemektedir. ... -
Toni Morrison`un Thu Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon ve Tar Baby adlı eserinde zenci toplumunun itham edilmesi
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2003)Amerikalı zenci kadın yazar Toni Morrison yazdığı edebi değeri yüksek olan yapıtlar ile hem Afrika kökenli Amerikan Edebiyatında hem de Dünya Edebiyatında haklı ve önemli bir üne sahip olmuştur. Toni Morrison kaleme aldığı ... -
Two feminist utopias: Herland and Woman on the Edge of Time
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2009)"Utopia" can be expressed in a variety of ways, but it can simply bedefined as an imaginary world in which people can live happily, peacefully andharmoniously; everyone can lead secure lives without fear of anything. A ... -
Tying the knot :A comparison of marriage shows in two cultures
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2016)The objective of this thesis is to provide an extended comparison of two marriage-based reality shows Esra Erol'da Evlen Benimle produced in Turkey and The Bachelor produced in the USA. The approach used in the analysis ... -
Woman's voice against patriarchy in ''Their Eyes Were Watching God'' by Zora Neale Hurston and in ''Sinekli Bakkal'' by Halide Edip Adıvar
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2010)In these two books it is underlined how social system of privileges and group identity identify women. Women from different cultures and different languages share the same struggle to gain their own voice. The characters ... -
Woman's voice and identity in "Their eyes were watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston with reference to race, class and gender
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2006)In this study we will focus on the race, class and gender effects on thedevelopment of voice and identity. The identity of women is an importantconcept and shapes the lives of women in their own conditions. There is not ...