The present thesis aims to explore and compare the concepts of friendship, hauntology and madness in two significant novels of the Dark Academia genre: The Secret History by Donna Tartt and If We Were Villains by M.L Rio. In the examination of the selected novels, this thesis displays the disintegration of friendship in the face of a tragic event like murder. Murder, as the collective doing of the friends, starts to haunt every aspect of their lives and becomes the trigger for frenzy of behaviour with lethal consequences.Considering the significance of friendship in college years, analyzing the concept of friendship in both novels is crucial in that the events which take place on the college campus have a role in shaping the characters' future life. In order to explain the nature of friendship in the two novels, this thesis builds its theoretical framework mainly on the ideas of Derrida and Arendt. Along with the literary critics such as Mark Fisher and Katy Shaw, Derrida's concept of "hauntology" is employed to explain the alteration of friendship and the repercussions of murder on the protagonists because the more they become haunted by the act they have committed, the darker the events become for them. The protagonists' behaviours in madness not only constitute a trigger in the series of events but also reflect their perception of the world. The conceptual approach utilizing madness in the present thesis centres predominantly on the literary theories of Foucault and Nietzsche.
Eser Adı (dc.title) | Once and always: friendship, hauntology and madness in the secret history and if we were villains |
Yazar [Asıl] (dc.creator.author) | Derman Alkanat, Eda |
Yazar Departmanı (dc.creator.department) | Yeditepe University Graduate School of Social Sciences |
Yazar Departmanı (dc.creator.department) | Yeditepe University Graduate School of Social Sciences Master’s Program in English Language and Literature |
Yayın Tarihi (dc.date.issued) | 2023 |
Yayın Turu [Akademik] (dc.type) | preprint |
Yayın Türü [Ortam] (dc.format) | application/pdf |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Campus novels |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Contemporary fiction |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Dark academia |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Friendship |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Hauntology |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Madness |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Kampüs romanları |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Çağdaş kurgu |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Karanlık akademi |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Dostluk |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Hauntoloji |
Konu Başlıkları [Genel] (dc.subject) | Delilik |
Yayıncı (dc.publisher) | Yeditepe University Academic and Open Access Information System |
Dil (dc.language.iso) | eng |
Özet Bilgisi (dc.description.abstract) | The present thesis aims to explore and compare the concepts of friendship, hauntology and madness in two significant novels of the Dark Academia genre: The Secret History by Donna Tartt and If We Were Villains by M.L Rio. In the examination of the selected novels, this thesis displays the disintegration of friendship in the face of a tragic event like murder. Murder, as the collective doing of the friends, starts to haunt every aspect of their lives and becomes the trigger for frenzy of behaviour with lethal consequences.Considering the significance of friendship in college years, analyzing the concept of friendship in both novels is crucial in that the events which take place on the college campus have a role in shaping the characters' future life. In order to explain the nature of friendship in the two novels, this thesis builds its theoretical framework mainly on the ideas of Derrida and Arendt. Along with the literary critics such as Mark Fisher and Katy Shaw, Derrida's concept of "hauntology" is employed to explain the alteration of friendship and the repercussions of murder on the protagonists because the more they become haunted by the act they have committed, the darker the events become for them. The protagonists' behaviours in madness not only constitute a trigger in the series of events but also reflect their perception of the world. The conceptual approach utilizing madness in the present thesis centres predominantly on the literary theories of Foucault and Nietzsche. |
Kayıt Giriş Tarihi (dc.date.accessioned) | 2024-01-16 |
Açık Erişim Tarihi (dc.date.available) | 2024-01-16 |
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Açıklama [Genel] (dc.description) | Final published version |
Açıklama [Not] (dc.description.note) | Note: This preprint reports new research that has not been certified by peer review and should not be used as established information without consulting multiple experts in the field. |
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Tek Biçim Adres (dc.identifier.uri) | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11831/8164 |