http://acikerisim.ktu.edu.tr/jspui/handle/123456789/1801 2026-04-18T12:23:58Z 2026-04-18T12:23:58Z Nayebpour, Karam http://acikerisim.ktu.edu.tr/jspui/handle/123456789/2178 2022-03-18T00:02:20Z 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Intramental fictional minds in Ian Mcewan's Amsterdam and On Chesil Beach Authors: Nayebpour, Karam Abstract: This dissertation examines the mental workings of the characters as well as representation of what it is like for them to undergo some certain experiences in Ian McEwan's Amsterdam and On Chesil Beach. The study primarily depends on the terminology offered by the cognitive narratologists Alan Palmer and David Herman for the analysis of characters' mental aspects as well as the concept of narrativity. This dissertation argues that the initial fragile intermental units within the selected narratives break down towards their ends because, encountering conflicts, the fictional minds tend to dissent intramentally, and that the degree of narrativity in these narratives is high because they fundamentally represent the fictional minds' conscious awareness or the impact of the dissenting events and situations on their consciousness. In Amsterdam, the incipient intermentality between the major characters Clive Linely and Vernon Halliday comes to its end when the close friends' strong egocentricism and aspectuality lead them fundamentally towards intramental thought and action. And in On Chesil Beach, the development of Edward Mayhew's and Florence Ponting's small intermental unit halts when their intermental or shared thoughts are replaced by their inflexible intramental dissents. Moreover, in both cases the primary concern of the narratives seems to be representation of the impact of mostly disrupting narrative events and situations, both before and after the disequilibrium, on the experiencing minds throughout the narrative progression. Keywords: Fictional Minds, Intramental Thought, Narrativity, What it's like, Narrative Experience, Amsterdam, On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan.

2015-05-01T00:00:00Z Saltaş, Doğan http://acikerisim.ktu.edu.tr/jspui/handle/123456789/2177 2022-03-18T00:02:18Z 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The effect of social networks on intercultural communication and awareness: The Facebook case Authors: Saltaş, Doğan Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of social networking websites on intercultural communication and awareness among English majoring students, Facebook as the case. The study covered three main steps; the data collection process through 14 week Facebook Group page activity and interviews and Intercultural Awareness Test, the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data gathered. There were two groups of participants, one for experimental group with whom the Facebook Group page activities are held in accordance with the formal instruction process, and control group who took traditional instruction without any extra aid or application. In the study, both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used through questionnaires and focus group interviews. The qualitative data of focus group interviews were transcribed and analyzed according to content analysis techniques and quantitative data of Intercultural Awareness test were analyzed using SPSS software. The results of the data analysis showed that Facebook has a significant effect on developing intercultural awareness and communication among university students. The study also showed that the participants are both curious and fancy about using Facebook as an educational tool. It is concluded that Facebook, among the social networking websites, seems to be very feasible and effective tool to be used by both instructors and students to establish and develop intercultural awareness and communication

2015-02-01T00:00:00Z Müftüoğlu, Nilgün http://acikerisim.ktu.edu.tr/jspui/handle/123456789/2176 2022-03-18T00:01:49Z 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Behavioural and discursive indications of male and female homosocial desire in Sarah Fielding's the adventures of David Simple, The Governess, Or the Little Female Academy and The History of The Countess of Dellwyn Authors: Müftüoğlu, Nilgün Abstract: This dissertation attempts to investigate the same-sex relationships of male and female characters as significant representations of male and female homosocial desire in Sarah Fielding's fiction. This study adapts the concept of "homosocial desire" offered by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick drawing on a continuum between homosexuality and homosociality. The thesis also considers the key concepts and figures such as "exchange of women in marriage" and "triangular desire" discussed in Sedgwick's work. Considering these concepts, this study analyses how "homosocial desire" is realized in the patterns of behaviour and discourse in the selected works of Fielding. Firstly, in David Simple the desire of the main character is revealed to promote a homosocial relationship with a male when he is seen to have set off a journey with the aim of finding a real friend. Secondly, the female characters in The Governess, are observed to search for a medium of their own in which they share stories and achieve transparent communication with mutual affection by constituting a community of equal friendship and overrating this friendship between the same sexes. Thirdly, in The History of the Countess of Dellwyn, female homosocial desire is portrayed within a triangular relationship of a female character that shapes her heterosexual relations through marriage and adultery.

2018-03-01T00:00:00Z Kobul, Mustafa Kerem http://acikerisim.ktu.edu.tr/jspui/handle/123456789/2175 2022-03-18T00:02:17Z 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: A comparative study on comprehension level and attitudes of field-dependent and independent EFL learners in two different modes of reading: Assisted and unassisted-reading Authors: Kobul, Mustafa Kerem Abstract: Among EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classroom reading practices, Assisted-Reading or Reading-Aloud to students seems to remain unsung prominently within the past few decades. Correspondingly, the extant literature on reading skill appears yet far from a convincing account for this neglected classroom practice since there is a dearth of empirical work. Thus, the present study aims at finding out comprehension level and attitudes of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners in two different modes of reading: assisted-reading and unassisted-reading. Secondly, the study also probes into the relationship of cognitive style (field in/dependent) as well as gender with EFL learners' comprehension level in assisted-reading and unassisted reading. The sample of the study consisted of 112 (field-dependent= 55 and field-independent= 57) undergraduate EFL learners. The participants read 22 texts, 11 assisted and 11 unassisted, within two months of period. In addition, the participants answered an Assisted-Reading Attitude Scale (ARAS), which was developed by the researcher. Last but not least, individual and focus group interviews were conducted with the participants on a voluntary basis. For quantitative data analysis, numerous statistical tests were administered in SPSS and content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data. Conjointly, statistically significant difference between students' scores in assisted and unassisted-reading (silent) was observed. Likewise, participants' assisted-reading comprehension scores showed statistically significant difference with regards to gender. However, no statistically significant difference emerged in field-dependent and field-independent participants' reading comprehension scores. Furthermore, the results obtained from the ARAS scores revealed that the majority of the students developed positive attitudes towards assisted-reading experience though assisted-reading comprehension scores did not correlate with their attitudes. Results and pedagogical implications are further discussed in the study.

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