English Articles
- Through which characters and events can we analyze the theme of “alienation” in Kafka’s works?
- What might Gregor Samsa’s transformation into an insect symbolically represent?
- How do invisible authority figures like Klamm support the theme of power and uncertainty in Kafka’s works?
- How does the protagonist’s self-starvation in Kafka’s The Hunger Artist address the relationship between art and society?
- How does the relationship between the “judge” and the “prisoner” resemble those of authority figures in Kafka’s other works?
- How does the torture machine in Kafka’s Penal Colony question the concepts of justice and power?
- How does the theme of guilt and atonement present a transformation process through Raskolnikov’s remorse and Sonya’s faith?
- How does Kafka’s depiction of bureaucracy in The Castle offer a critique of modern state systems?
- Can Raskolnikov’s murder be justified by the theory of “ordinary” and “extraordinary” people?
- What could Josef K. be guilty of? “Your crime is that you asked that question.”
- To what extent does the character of Levin in Anna Karenina reflect Tolstoy’s own worldview?
- What kind of philosophical dilemma does the paradox between freedom of will and inaction create in the person of the Underground Man?
- How is Kafka’s relationship with his father reflected in his works?
- How is the female character’s internal conflict handled in Stefan Zweig’s story 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman?
- What Happens When a Mixture of Anger and Impulse Mixes in Life?
- How does Ivan Karamazov’s legend “The Grand Inquisitor” discuss the contradiction between human freedom and happiness?
- What historical events does Tolstoy focus on in his / her novel War and Peace, and how do these events affect the lives of the characters?
- How does the philosophy of “if there is no God, everything is permissible” resonate in the actions and crises of faith of the characters in The Brothers Karamazov?
- What does the term Kafkaesque mean?
- How does Bazarov’s attempt to reduce everything to materiality affect the existence of the human soul?
- Do Fyodor Pavlovich’s masochistic tendencies and desire for constant humiliation point to a deep-seated childhood trauma, or is it a fundamental part of his personality disorder?
- How does the crushing influence of bureaucracy and hierarchy on Akaky Akakiyevich symbolize the loneliness and helplessness of the individual in modern society?
- In “The Peasants,” Balzac explores the darker aspects of human nature – greed, ambition, jealousy – combined with the hardships of rural life. Do you think human nature becomes more apparent in such environments, or is the environment the primary factor that shapes people?
- How does Jung’s concept of the “shadow” address the flaws in human nature? Why is accepting the shadow important in the individuation process?
- In Hindu belief, why did Brahma (the creator god) create an imperfect or suffering universe?
- How does Umberto Eco’s novel “The Name of the Rose” connect the suppression of laughter in the Middle Ages with censorship in the modern age?
- In the context of Schopenhauer’s concept of “will”: Is the character Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s novel “Wuthering Heights” a prisoner of his passions or a conscious agent of evil?
- The tragic ending in Ehmedê Xanî’s work; is the death of Mem and Zîn an absurd ending or a romantic catharsis where love is crowned with death?
- In Dostoyevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment,” does Raskolnikov’s remorse make him morally “good”?
- Does George Orwell’s imposition of “2+2=5” in his novel 1984 show that truth can be manipulated? Is reality determined by power?
- In Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, is Woland’s justice focused on punishing rather than transforming people? Or are his punishments a means of enlightenment?
- What are Carlo M. Cipolla’s “Fundamental Laws of Human Stupidity”? What is stupid, how to recognize it, how to combat it?
- How is the relationship between poverty and crime discussed in Oliver Twist?
- In Bertolt Brecht’s play “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”, can justice be achieved in a corrupt system only with a “ruleless” judge?
- What is Hamlet’s tragic flaw?
- What metaphorical meanings might the petrifying effect of Medusa’s gaze have in today’s world?
- To what extent does Achilles act out of strong emotions such as anger and revenge, making his decisions less than rational?
- How can each of the Karamazov brothers (Dmitri, Ivan, Alyosha) be related to Freud’s concepts of id, ego, and superego?
- According to Mephisto in Goethe’s Faust, is PAIN an inevitable part of human existence, a tool of manipulation, and a reality that has a dialectical relationship with pleasure?
- Yunus Emre questions the relationship between existence and non-existence with expressions such as “Non-existence in existence, existence in non-existence.” Are existence and non-existence opposite concepts, or are they a complementary whole?
- Is Etienne Lantier right when he cries out in Émile Zola’s Germinal, “We are not slaves! We starve, we die, they still want more!”?
- Free Will and Historical Events: An Illusion in Tolstoy’s Novel “War and Peace”?
- According to Charles Darwin, what is the role of moral values in human survival?
- What would Raskolnikov and Bazarov talk about if they time traveled to the 21st century?
- In Elias Canetti’s novel Blindness, how close are Kien’s relationships with other characters to Sartre’s idea of ”others are hell”?
- If change (Yin-Yang) is the fundamental nature of the universe, is it possible to defend a fixed moral truth? Or are truths also subject to change?
- Which characters in Dostoyevsky’s novels might be on the autism spectrum?
- Who are the novel characters in world literature who are grateful for their poverty?
- In Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea,” does struggling to achieve a goal even if one cannot achieve it carry existential meaning?
- Why is Anton Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Little Dog” one of the greatest stories ever written, according to Vladimir Nabokov?