Speech Title: Writing the Gaps: Reflections of Woolf and Joyce in Our Literature Speaker: Armağan Ekici Date and Time: February 12, 2025, 19:00 Speech Content: Tomris Uyar, in her article in which she uses the expression "writing the gaps" for the region of meaning that the author does not say and expects the reader to complete in his mind, remembers Sait Faik's "Silk Handkerchief" and Chekhov and says: "to put personal, indispensable, readable breaks in the intense speed of the world". The text ...

Title: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Tanpinar? Speaker: Egem Atik Date: 07.01.2025 At the end of 1958, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, trying to complete his novel Woman in the Moon (1987), writes the following in his diary: "My novel is not progressing. One of the points I am very afraid of is the softness of women. I confess that I once loved Virginia Woolf very much and ... that is why I fear this influence" (2008, p. 137). This ...

Title: The Reception of Western Modernism in Turkey with a Focus on Publishing Speaker: Barış Özkul Date: 12.06.2024 The history of Virginia Woolf publishing in Turkey, the difficulties of translating Woolf's works, the expectations of readers, and the reception of modernist authors in general will be discussed in relation to the specific aspects of Virginia Woolf's literature. The event will focus on Virginia Woolf as a subject of cross-cultural and cross-linguistic transfer. ...

Title: Local Echoes of Western Modernism: A Comparative Analysis Speaker: Murat Belge Date: 29.04.2024 Although it was formed in the Western historical context and gained meaning there, modernism is one of the most difficult concepts to periodize, demarcate and define. In recent years, the monolithic understanding of modernism has been criticized, and it is accepted that modernism is not experienced in the same way in every geography, that it varies according to local conditions...