Ege University Faculty of Letters 5th International Undergraduate

Ege University
Faculty of Letters
5th International Undergraduate Symposium
March 19 – 20, 2015
MARCH 19 (Thursday)
10.00 – 10.30
Registration
10.30 – 11.00
Welcoming Ceremony
Opening Speech: Atilla Silkü
11.00-12.15
12.15 – 13.30
13.30 – 14.45
14.45 – 15.00
15.00 – 16.15
16.15 – 17.00
Reflecting the Fading Roots of the Native Americans in Post-Modern
American Society in Sherman Alexie’s Story “Captivity”
Sezen Şen
Walking in an Indian’s Moccasins: Discrimination in Pocahontas
Şive Bağdınlı
Roots of the Celebration Traditions in American Society: Thanksgiving
Day
Niger Hacı
Chair: Züleyha Çetiner Öktem
Lunch
Blues and WASP
Fatih Akbal
Roots of Rock’n Roll
Mustafa Fatih Dalyan & Aykut Mutlu
Wars and Roots
Rana Saloğlu
Chair: Esra Sahtiyacı Öztarhan
Coffee Break
Roots as an Identity
Zeynep Sinem Şeker
Chicano Literature: Entering The House on Mango Street by Sandra
Cisneros
Buse Keskin
African Roots in Harlem Renaissance: Visual Arts
Melike Demiray
Chair: Begüm Tuğlu
MARCH 20 (Friday)
Roots of Anti-Hero
Burak Caner Çağlayan & Engin Mert Yüksel
Roots of American Cinema
Elif Karagöz
James Cameron’s Avatar: Connectivity, Nature and Roots
Ilgın Kızılgüneşler
Tree as a Symbol in the Search of Eternal Life in The Fountain
Hayat Selin Hacı Ali Oğlu
Chair: Ramazan Saral
Lunch
Gender Roles from Fairy Tales to Disney
Eda Yüce & Uğur Yılmaz
Femme Fatale
Merve Oğulmuş
The Wine of Love
Oana Chirila
Chair: Firuze Çelebi
Coffee Break
The Social Roots of Consumerism and Its Modern Ramifications
Efkan Oğuz
Little America: The Reflection of Turkish American Relations in the Selected
Turkish Poets’ Works
Cahit Kaya
Hegemonic Impact of American Culture on Turkish Culture
Ecem Oytun & Tuğçe Akarçay
Chair: Melis Erkal
Wrap-up Session