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World Literature and Linguistics TodayMarch 2022 Episode on Content Analysis and Pierre Loti's "Lives of Two Cats"This podcast recommends qualitative and quantitative content analysis for Pierre's Loti's "Lives of Two Cats."
References:
Loti, Pierre. 1900. Lives of Two Cats. Translator: M. B. Richards. The Riverside Press & Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.
Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
“Pierre Loti.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Feb. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Loti.
Sinclaire, Stefan & Rockwell, Geoffrey. 2022. Voyant Tools: https://voyant-tools.org.
2022-03-0214 min
World Literature and Linguistics TodaySEDNA AND THE SEA IN ESKIMO LEGENDSThe concepts of sea and fish in the legend of Sedna and the Northern Pole Eskimo tales gathered by Rasmussen (1921) are analyzed as climate change warnings in this study.
References:
Houston, James, "The Goddess of the Sea: The Story of Sedna". In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published November 19, 2014; Last Edited April 23, 2015. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-goddess-of-the-sea-the-story-of-sedna
Lynch, Patricia Ann. 2004. Native American Mythology. New York: Facts on File.
Mahoney, Mary. 2021. “Sedna the Sea Goddess: Reading Comprehension.” English language center at UVIC. Web: https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/e...
2021-11-3008 minWorld Literature and Linguistics TodayDoru and EcofeminismThis podcast analyzes the work titled "Yılkı Atı" by Abbas Sayar from an ecofeminist perspective.
References: Book: Sayar, Abbas. 2007. Yılkı atı. İstanbul: Ötüken.
Theory: Eaubonne, Françoise d'. 1974. Le féminisme ou la mort. Paris: Femmes en Mouvement.
Cartoon: Temel, Gökhan. 2017. Doru [Video]. Istanbul: Bahçeşehir University.
2021-10-2206 min
World Literature and Linguistics TodayHistorical Approaches to the Novel Titled "The Museum of Innocence" by Orhan PamukThis episode analyses Orhan Pamuk's "The Museum of Innocence" from a historical point of view.
Reference: Pamuk, Orhan. 2008. Masumiyet Müzesi. Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
2021-10-2006 minWorld Literature and Linguistics TodayCognitive metaphors in my poem "Vivere o no?"I analyze my poem "Vivere o no?" ["To live or not?"] from a cognitive linguistic perspective.
REFERENCES:
MAIN POEM SOURCE: Agis, Derya. (2000), Vivere o no? Poem at: Le Culturactif Suisse, Le Service de Presse Suisse: www.culturactif.ch/textes/agis.htm
Kövecses, Z. (1986), Metaphors of anger, pride and love. A lexical approach to the structure of concepts, John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia.
Kövecses, Z. (1988), The language of love. The semantics of passion in conversational English, Bucknell University Press, Lewisburg PA, Associated University Presses, London and Toronto.
Kövecses, Z...
2021-09-3007 minWorld Literature and Linguistics TodayDino Buzzati's "Seven Floors" and Maslow's HierarchyThis talk analyses Dino Buzzati's short story "Seven Floors" from the perspective of Maslow's hierarchy.
References:
Buzzati, Dino. 1942. I sette messaggeri. Mondadori.
Maslow, Abraham H. 1954. Motivation and Personality. Harper and Brothers.
2021-09-2808 minWorld Literature and Linguistics TodayWhat are those literary theories?This episode explains different literary theories to use in literary analyses.
References:
Nelson, Karen. n.d. "Timeline of Literary Theory." Gliffy Diagram: Public. Pinterest. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/206110120423582329/.
Purdue Writing Lab. 2021. "Introduction to Literary Theory // Purdue Writing Lab." Purdue Writing Lab. Accessed September 25, 2021. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/literary_theory_and_schools_of_criticism/index.html.
2021-09-2506 minWorld Literature and Linguistics TodayReferencingThis is a reminder on the importance of referencing in analytical essays or other academic texts.
2021-09-2201 min
World Literature and Linguistics TodayHow to analyze a literary workThis episode is on the basics of analyzing a literary work.
2021-09-2202 min
World Literature and Linguistics TodayLinguistic TheoriesLinguistic theories can be divided into four main categories as generative linguistics, functionalism, cognitive linguistics, and structuralism.
References:
Evans, Vyv. "What Is Cognitive Linguistics?" Psychology Today. Accessed September 21, 2021. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/language-in-the-mind/201907/what-is-cognitive-linguistics.
"Linguistics Theories." Linguistics Theories - English Wiki. Accessed September 21, 2021. https://www.enwiki.org/w/Linguistics_theories#:~:text=Linguistics theories 1 Generative linguistics. This paradigm was,categories. 3 Cognitive linguistics. ... 4 Structuralism.
Mambrol, Nasrullah. "Structural Linguistics." Literary Theory and Criticism. September 06, 2020. Accessed September 21, 2021. https://literariness.org/2018/12/22/structural-linguistics/.
Nordquist, Richard. "What Is Linguistic Functionalism?" ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.c...
2021-09-2102 minWorld Literature and Linguistics TodayIntroduction to the podcastI introduce myself and the topic of the podcast in this short episode.
Derya Agiş earned her B.A. in Italian Language and Literature from Ankara University, she attended a Specialization Course in Translation Studies at the University of Bari, and she got her M.A. in English Linguistics from Hacettepe University. She earned her M.S. in Social Anthropology from Middle East Technical University. Besides, she earned her Ph.D. in Italian Language and Literature from Ankara University.
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