Artistic and literary productions often navigate a complex landscape of discursive entities. Literary discourse, in particular, can encompass various ideological orientations that affirm, adhere to, o...

When the Albatross falls from the Mariner’s neck into the sea, it metamorphoses into a symptom and the Mariner can cope with the demands of the social space only if he can tell his narrative to others...

Regardless of their scientifically established vitality and agency, plants are still typically visualized as dormant elements of nature and allocated minimal importance. In literature, equivalently, p...

This study focuses on the representation of borders and the role of the borderscape in the travelogue Around the World on a Bicycle (1887) written by Thomas Stevens. As the text is examined as a narra...

This study evaluates the deconstruction of language in Anthony Burgess’s novel A Clockwork Orange and highlights the postmodernist aspects of the work. The Nadsat language created by Burgess provides ...

Caryl Churchill is Britain’s most celebrated and influential playwright of the post-war period. Her name has become an exceptional phenomenon in contemporary British theater since her first profession...

The concept of “remnant” or “remainder” holds a special place in Giorgio Agamben’s philosophy. Across his discussions of language/law, bios/zoe, and potentiality/ impotentiality, Agamben dismantles bi...

The present study brings a new perspective to climate fiction (cli-fi) studies, addressing two previously unexplored aspects. First, by focusing on how cli-fi writers frame climate change in their wor...

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a neglected short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It seems to have attracted more scholarly attention following the 2008 adaptation of the story by David Fincher...

Despite Octavia Butler’s own claims, “Bloodchild” has been predominantly interpreted as a direct allegory of slavery for over three decades. This article challenges such readings by moving beyond raci...

Elaine Showalter believes it is restrictive to read stories about women written by male writers because male-dominated narration is filled with stereotypical representations of women, which consequent...

This paper reflects on how the storytelling tradition in Syria, practiced by hakawatis, has become the narrative strategy of the novel The Map of Salt and Stars (2019) by Jennifer Zaynab Joukhadar, a ...

This paper critically examines Arab American Muslim women’s identities, belonging, and social dynamics in Laila Lalami’s The Other Americans (2019) and Aisha Abdel Gawad’s Between Two Moons (2023). Th...

Elif Shafak’s The Architect’s Apprentice (2014) transcends a mere narrative, transforming into a potential critique of power structures. This study explores how Shafak’s novel subverts the established...

Twentieth-century poetry, shaped by the turmoil of the two World Wars, military conflicts, poverty, and oppressive regimes, often gives voice to those ignored by history. W. H. Auden in Anglo-American...

This study comparatively elaborates on the individual resistance against established social norms as portrayed in two distinct fairy tales, The Fly with a Monument and The Young Prawn. Exploring the n...

Ancient Greek myths, which have emerged as one of the main sources of inspiration in literature throughout history and have been interpreted many times with different meanings by various authors, have...