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Jednak Książki. Gdańskie Czasopismo Humanistyczne, 2022
JASSS, 2022
The Forc'd Marriage or the Jealous Bridegroom is a successful example of "romantic tragicomedy" b... more The Forc'd Marriage or the Jealous Bridegroom is a successful example of "romantic tragicomedy" by one of the earliest English woman writers, Aphra Behn (Owens and Goodman, 1996: 141). The play is tragic for depicting the suffering of female characters, Erminia, and Galatea, due to patriarchal oppression on women. It employs comedy elements through exposition of complicated love relationships indifferent to social station or marital status. With Behn's unique perspective on marriage and women's state in the male-oriented society of seventeenth-century England, the play aptly depicts power relationships, and the patriarchal rule forced on women through arranged marriages and the nature of relationships between female and male characters. The patriarchal practice in the play displays how the female body is monopolised as a prize or property to be given away to the eligible male members of the society whereas female characters struggle to retrieve their agencies and bodies. The transformation of the female body into a property and the suppression of women by the patriarchy are issues handled through the resistance of women against tyranny in this play as a protofeminist work, which is the focus of this study. Dwelling on the issue of arranged marriages and misogynism in the seventeenth century, the play is still topical, which affirms the contribution and importance of this study.
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Acta Neophilologica, 2021
This article discusses the adaptation film, Shakespeare Retold: The Taming of the Shrew, as compa... more This article discusses the adaptation film, Shakespeare Retold: The Taming of the Shrew, as compared to original play, The Taming of the Shrew, by Shakespeare by highlighting the different modern perspective of the film. Likely to be interpreted as a valuable addition to the play with the ending it proposes and the way it handles the issue of taming, the film brings the play to the attention of the modern audience by clarifying the vague details and contextualising it in the modern English. In this respect, the article aims to bring the film and the play into focus by introducing a fresh and lively re-interpretation of The Taming of the Shrew to the Shakespearean drama studies.
The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies (JASSS), 2021
A groundbreaking novel by Doris Lessing, The Cleft (2007) dwells on environmental matters under t... more A groundbreaking novel by Doris Lessing, The Cleft (2007) dwells on environmental matters under the context of ecofeminism and depicts the beginnings of the first human civilisation paving the way for the Anthropocene, or in other words, the human age, reflecting the geological transformation of the Earth by human impact. In the novel, a separate creation of men and women is pictured with a new type of society where women are the first humans pursuing an eco-friendly philosophy of life while men come to being later as intruders to the women's rule. The women object to the abrupt appearance of men violently while men similarly resort to violence and commit several crimes against women in retaliation, which lays the foundations of the first anthropocentric society. However, reconciling despite their differences, the women and the men eventually form the first unified human society leaving their permanent anthropocentric print on nature. Realising their mistakes and learning from them, this budding society endeavours to pursue an environmental-friendly way of life both for humanity and the nonhuman environment, which are indeed interdependent. This study aims to analyse The Cleft as a narrative of the twenty-first century accentuating the vitality of the nonhuman environment and the critical role of human beings in the ongoing process of becoming. In this sense, the novel sets a valuable example for the readers in catching the gist of the new world reality at present, the Anthropocene, and finding their intricate role in the impasse of anthropogenic environmental transformations.
Epiphany Journal of Transdisciplinary Studies , 2021
Speculating about future based on the present, climate change fiction (cli-fi) proves its potenti... more Speculating about future based on the present, climate change fiction (cli-fi) proves its potential to predict the environmental and social repercussions of anthropogenic transformation(s) on Earth. As a cli-fi novel, Lost Girl (2015) envisions the collapse of the world through grim depictions of the nonhuman environment and restless societies and recounts the dangerous quest of a father to find his lost daughter amidst (un)natural disasters, pandemics, and chaos. In the realistic world of Lost Girl, new strains of deadly viruses take hold of the world. Prophesying the coronavirus pandemic and other calamities that came out to be true in 2020 such as the destructive wildfires in Australia or the heatwaves in Europe among others, Lost Girl has a realistic touch leaving a wake-up call effect on the reader to change their anthropocentric way of living through a posthuman perspective.
Ars Aeterna, 2021
Written by the Irish author Morgan Llywelyn in 1993, The Elementals focuses on the four powerful ... more Written by the Irish author Morgan Llywelyn in 1993, The Elementals focuses on the four powerful elements of nature that are essential to life: namely Water, Fire, Earth and Air. Consisting of four parts divided in accordance to these elements, the novel connects four stories which raise universal ecological awareness and present the danger of a future collapse in nature. Depicting the adventures of Irish-origin characters and the striking realization of their deep connection to nature at the end of each part, the novel awakens the reader to their inner relation to other humans, animals, plants, rocks and all parts of nature. Of Irish origins herself, through her novel Llywelyn displays the agency of nonhuman bodies in relation to human bodies, or in other words, Irish-origin human bodies, and the innate connection of all humans to the natural elements. Hence, this study aims to analyse The Elementals from the perspective of the new materialism theory underlining the interaction of all beings in the universe through the constant recalling of Ireland as a significant part of the natural culture.
Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, Issue 44, 237-243, 2021
Written by Rukhsana Ahmad and produced as a play of Asian Women Writers' Workshop, Song for a San... more Written by Rukhsana Ahmad and produced as a play of Asian Women Writers' Workshop, Song for a Sanctuary (1993) is a theatre play displaying the state of women as victims of domestic violence in search of refuge to protect themselves from the wrath and abuse of their husbands, partners or fathers. Striving to raise consciousness among women for a common cause, Ahmad simultaneously reflects on the class-based and racial conflicts alongside struggles among women as they are fighting against the oppressive patriarchal system. It is quite significant that the play not only exhibits women-men struggle but also points out the problems women experience with other women. Hence, this paper aims to dissect Rukhsana Ahmad's play, Song for a Sanctuary by especially paying attention to the issue of domestic violence and the state of women refugees and other women characters in the play. Through the lens of the Black feminist theory, which represents the unrepresented women of colour, and its fresh perspective, this study will contribute to English literature and social sciences.
The Journal of International Social Research, Vol. 13, No. 74, pp. 26-32, 2020
One of Shakespeare's four great tragedies, King Lear (1608) exhibits how error of judgement, the ... more One of Shakespeare's four great tragedies, King Lear (1608) exhibits how error of judgement, the interference of fate and the presence of evil brings one's downfall. The play presents the tragic hero, Lear, who is in an elevated position in his society as a just king but gradually falls because of erroneous judgement and the evil, which is awakened primarily by his daughters, Regan and Goneril. The effect of providence similarly serves for the rise of the evil in the play. Considering himself too old to rule his country, King Lear makes the decision to divide the realm amongst his daughters, by which he shall measure the extent of their affection towards him as their father. However, unable to judge her daughers' love for him properly, he commits a tragic fault and banishes his most devoted daughter, Cordelia, from his court, which triggers the whole chain of tragic incidents (Richardson, 2008, 6). As a victim to his faulty judgement and the malevolent providence, Lear represents the human condition, love and dignity through his suffering and tragic end. Hence, this paper aims to analyse Shakespeare's King Lear as a tragedy reflecting the profound impact of erroneous judgement and the role of providence in one's life exemplified through King Lear, his daughters and evil characters.
AGATHOS, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 83-92, 2020
Abstract: Estimated to be written between 1651 and 1652 (Pole 1966), Andrew Marvell’s four “Mower... more Abstract: Estimated to be written between 1651 and 1652 (Pole 1966), Andrew Marvell’s four “Mower” poems are the products of the same period following a similar pattern which places each one of them in a consecutive position. Following a similar fashion, the “Mower” poems are brought together as a “suite” (Cousins 2011) among Marvell’s other pastoral works published in the 1681 Folio. In the sequential pattern of the “Mower” poems, the voice of the same speaking persona, Mower, is heard from different angles, literary, scientific and political influences and a distinct perspective of the pastoral tradition. Thus, it is evident that Marvell is a man of his age experiencing the religious, social as well as political turmoil of the seventeenth century England, albeit through his Renaissance background and mind. With this, the focus of the paper is Marvell’s “Mower” poems: “Damon the Mower”, “The Mower to the Glo-Worms”, “The Mower against the Gardens” and the fourth poem, “The Mower’s Song” – pastoral works by Andrew Marvell in his unique perspective reflecting the influence of social and political state of England at the time and the poet’s talent of extracting different traditions and incorporating them to his work.
Keywords: Andrew Marvell, pastoral tradition, seventeenth-century poetry
IBAD Journal of Social Sciences, Special Issue, pp. 171-179, 2020
Written by the Russian author and scientist Isaac Asimov in 1950, I, Robot is a collection of nin... more Written by the Russian author and scientist Isaac Asimov in 1950, I, Robot is a collection of nine stories interwoven together through the relationships between humans and machines in the future, around the 2040s. The narrator of the book, a journalist, recounts the stories while a robopsychologist, Dr Susan Calvin, passes him the “robotic” incidents that she has encountered in the company, U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, since the beginning of the new technology age. Depicting the inner system of the company, Dr Susan Calvin provides information about the nature and the laws of the robotics, and how the laws have been violated or reversed at times and how the robots are discriminated by humans because of technophobia. Most of the robots in the stories acquire autonomy, consciousness and agency interfering with the well-set system of robotics which is designed to protect human beings in the first place. Hence, this study aims to analyse technophobia and the matter of embodying agency by robots in especially six stories in Asimov’s book with reference to the posthuman theory and the biography of the author. Finally, it will view the film I, Robot as an adaptation of the book from the perspective of posthumanism, which reflects the innovative aspect of this study in the fashion of the simultaneous analysis of the technophobia and robot agency issues.
The Criterion: An International Journal in English, 2019
Following the spectacular success of the famous sensation novel, East Lynne (1861) written by Mrs... more Following the spectacular success of the famous sensation novel, East Lynne (1861) written by Mrs Henry Wood, there have been numerous adaptations to the stage to attract a vast number of spectators to theatres.Through the adjustment of the story to drama performance, the play, East Lynneembodies the characteristics of melodrama and specifically, domestic melodrama, both of which expose the tragedies embedded within everyday life with the latter focusing on the domestic matters and women's condition in troublesome incidents.Significantly, the play reflects the woman problem of the time quite influentially through the depiction of Lady Isabel Vane's helplessness and suffering. As a married woman leaving her husband, Archibald and two children behind and running away with another man due to a tragic misunderstanding, she is stigmatised by the patriarchal values of the Victorian society. In this respect, the suffering in the play is gendered for it is only Isabel, who dies in pain, shame and remorse after her faulty actions as a fallen woman whereas the men around her move on with their lives. In the same way, her husband's second wife, Barbara suffers in silence due to Archibald's strict rules while Archibald's sister, Corneliaforces Isabel and Barbarato conform to the ideal woman image in terms of patriarchal values. Herewith, this study aims to discuss the gender bias and women's suffering in the play, East Lynne, as aptly depicted through the qualities of melodrama and domestic melodrama.
Journal of Narrative and Language Studies (NALANS), Vol. 7 No: 12, 98-105, 2019
Inspired by ancient poets through his Renaissance education, Christopher Marlowe recounts the sto... more Inspired by ancient poets through his Renaissance education, Christopher Marlowe recounts the story of two youthful lovers, Hero and Leander, in his titular work. Mainly focusing on the sensuous beauty and sexual naivety of the lovers, the poem accentuates the importance of physical appearance and the concepts of love, morality as well as fate in the Renaissance tradition. Preserving the original story in the romantic part of the poem, Marlowe indeed makes some alterations in the details and leaves the story unfinished which is completed by George Chapman after Marlowe's death with the addition of the tragic part. Within this context, referring to Greek mythology and noted Roman poets, Christopher Marlowe's "Hero and Leander" displays a love story carved out as a combination of the ancient corpus and the Renaissance values, which eventually puts forward a new approach to the well-known romantic story.
The ESSE Messenger Vol. 28-1 Summer 2019, p. 6-17, 2019
A pioneer of the mummy legend, Bram Stoker’s novel The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903) conjures the h... more A pioneer of the mummy legend, Bram Stoker’s novel The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903) conjures the horror of the mummy through Tera, whose body is brought from Egypt to London as part of archaeological excavation. Picturing the strict struggle between the evil and the good as well as the constant imperial and racial conflict between the west and the east, Stoker’s story sets an example to Anne Rice’s The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned (1989), which revivifies the mummy of Ramses II. Despite drawing certain similarities with Stoker’s horror work, Rice’s romance novel focuses mainly on Ramses’ humane adventures in the-twentieth-century London and Egypt. More significantly, the mummy legend is utilised in these narratives to reflect the fin de siècle pursuits of the British Empire and the androcentric and racist mind-set prevailing throughout the twentieth century through the objectification and stigmatisation of the mummies as part of the east.
Ars Aeterna, 2019
As a metaphysical poet, Richard Crashaw (1613-1649) is recognized for his stylistic experimentati... more As a metaphysical poet, Richard Crashaw (1613-1649) is recognized for his stylistic experimentation and deep religious faith. In the course of his short life, he became a fellow at Cambridge, was later introduced to Queen Henrietta Marie, Charles I's wife, in France after his exile during the Interregnum, converted to Catholicism from Anglicanism and was highly influenced by Baroque poetry and the martyrdom of St. Teresa of Avila in his style and themes. He is a poet with a "most holy, humble and genuine soul" and in the last six years of his life, which coincided with a period of great crisis in both personal and professional spheres, he worked intensively on the religious phase of his literary career (Shepherd 1914, p. 1). He reflected his devotion to St. Teresa and to God in his religious poems. Within this context, this study analyses Crashaw's two Teresian poems, "A Hymn to the Name and Honour of the Admirable Saint Teresa" and "The Flaming Heart" featuring the themes of the quest for divine love and unification with the divine along with Crashaw's divergence from other metaphysical poets, his affection for the European style(s), and his religious views concerning both his country and other countries in Europe.
Current Debates on Social Sciences: Human Studies 1, 2018
Written in 1590, Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece The Faerie Queene is an allegorical work mostly pra... more Written in 1590, Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece The Faerie Queene is an allegorical work mostly praising Queen Elizabeth I. Circling around the adventures of knights questing for different sets of virtues in each book, the work presents male and female figures embodying or displaying appraised human qualities in national and universal levels as opposed to the vices and faulty deeds performed or represented by other characters. After the heroes of Book I and II, namely Redcrosse Knight and Sir Guyon representing holiness
and temperance respectively, Book III accounts for the gallantry of a female knight, Britomart, who goes
on a quest testing her virtue, chastity and bravery to find her future lover and husband, Artegall. Thus, the
direction and atmosphere of the book changes with the romantic, heroic and glorious adventures of a
woman ornamented with good qualities and capable of defeating her enemies in her quest for love. Shortly
after besting Sir Guyon, Britomart sets on a journey to rescue Redcrosse Knight and gets lured into the
temptation of Malecasta’s court (Cheney 197). Hence, Britomart is portrayed by Edmund Spenser both as
the reflection of female beauty, chastity and virtue through overcoming her passion and sexuality, whereof
as a representative of Queen Elizabeth I herself and as a female warrior exhibiting male strength and courage
in action in an otherwise male-oriented culture.
DTCF Dergisi , 2018
Eliza Haywood's Love in Excess or, The Fatal Enquiry (1719) and Elizabeth Inchbald's A
Simple St... more Eliza Haywood's Love in Excess or, The Fatal Enquiry (1719) and Elizabeth Inchbald's A
Simple Story (1791) speculate the validity of female voice as opposed to women's
suppression and passivity or female conformity as an attitude in-between by presenting various female characters in the patriarchal backdrop of the eighteenth century England through male characters. Employing a male protagonist, D'Elmont and reflecting his transformation along with his eventual maturation through his love affairs with several female characters including Alovysa and Amena, Love in Excess pictures the eighteenth century social, cultural, and economic reality about women who are mostly defined according to their relationship with men. Likewise, A Simple Story recounts different stories of a mother, Millner and her daughter, Matilda. Millner is a woman of challenge and courage while Matilda is lost in a life of submission and silence conducted by her father, Dorriforth. Nevertheless, female characters are not altogether depicted as submissive and oppressed individuals in those novels as some of them still possess female agency to speak their minds while their acts trigger change in male characters, which proves their transgression. On the other hand, other female characters who transgress the boundaries are punished by death or unhappiness, which amounts the idea of female conformity that is most presumably chosen as a safe ground to stand in their novels by Haywood and Inchbald. The aim of this study is to discuss the possibility of female empowerment through transgression pictured with the characters of Alovysa, Ciamara, Violetta and Millner as countered with Amena and Matilda's silence and passivity, and Melliora's conformity in the novels, Love in Excess and A Simple Story that represent the social and cultural background of eighteenth century England.
Published in 1766, The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale is the only novel by Irish writer Oliver Goldsm... more Published in 1766, The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale is the only novel by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith, who starts his literary adventure as a hack writer. Reflecting the story through the parson’s point of view in retrospection with his memories depicting the idyllic life and subsequent misfortunes he experiences with his family, the novel catches the soul of the eighteenth century readers and the following ones with its sentimental and moralistic elements taking them back to the sphere of human nature. Despite the contradicting ideas on the work that it is thought “to be both a success and a failure, satiric and sentimental, coherent and disunified” all at the same time (Merritt 3), carrying not only the reminiscence of the writer’s personal life but also projecting the mid-eighteenth century England with references to different aspects of life, the novel receives popularity “for its gentle irony, and for its wisdom as well as its sense of absurdity” (Jeffares 6). This paper will focus on The Vicar of Wakefield through its thematic and stylistic qualities, representative aspects of the eighteenth century England, namely literary, social and political elements clearly observed within narration and Goldsmith’s distinct satirical style, which pave the way for the novel through centuries up to the modern readers as an amalgam of different influences and traditions.
The Criterion: An International Journal In English, Dec 2016
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" has attracted the attent... more Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" has attracted the attention of readers and scholars for its expressive combination of natural with the supernatural. Creating the atmosphere of mystery for its use of common things with unfathomable incidents, the poem invites the reader to uncover the enigma embedded within the lines. As a unique Romantic poet, Coleridge presents the account of the ancient mariner who conveys his strange experiences and intra-action with nature in the sea. Having been burdened with the responsibility to spread his story among people, the mariner has grown to be a mediator between nature and human beings as he was the one who confronted with the grand power of nature and the intricate thread of life bringing human and non-human beings together in oneness, as a result of which he emerges to be an old man full of “wisdom” and insists to recount his story to the young generations (Williams 1116). Thus, from the perspective of New Materialism “The Ancient Mariner” displays the trans-corporeal relationships among human beings, especially the mariner, and each and any animate or inanimate being in nature and their constant intra-action in the flow of life.
Written by Jean Rhys in 1966, Wide Sargasso Sea is a novel presents the background for Charlotte ... more Written by Jean Rhys in 1966, Wide Sargasso Sea is a novel presents the background for Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre of 1847. Two novels are indeed intertextual for using the same characters, namely Antoinette and Rochester, with the history of these characters first in Wide Sargasso Sea and then Jane Eyre forming the basis for respective narratives. However, Wide Sargasso Sea comes up with an alternative to Jane Eyre when handled with a feminist perspective and puts the emphasis on indigenous people along with their culture under the rule of the white European coloniser. In the comparative analysis of Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea through gynocriticism, the paper shall reflect similarities as well as diversities in the texts referring mostly to the female protagonists, Jane and Antoinette, as active or suppressed women characters.
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Keywords: Andrew Marvell, pastoral tradition, seventeenth-century poetry
and temperance respectively, Book III accounts for the gallantry of a female knight, Britomart, who goes
on a quest testing her virtue, chastity and bravery to find her future lover and husband, Artegall. Thus, the
direction and atmosphere of the book changes with the romantic, heroic and glorious adventures of a
woman ornamented with good qualities and capable of defeating her enemies in her quest for love. Shortly
after besting Sir Guyon, Britomart sets on a journey to rescue Redcrosse Knight and gets lured into the
temptation of Malecasta’s court (Cheney 197). Hence, Britomart is portrayed by Edmund Spenser both as
the reflection of female beauty, chastity and virtue through overcoming her passion and sexuality, whereof
as a representative of Queen Elizabeth I herself and as a female warrior exhibiting male strength and courage
in action in an otherwise male-oriented culture.
Simple Story (1791) speculate the validity of female voice as opposed to women's
suppression and passivity or female conformity as an attitude in-between by presenting various female characters in the patriarchal backdrop of the eighteenth century England through male characters. Employing a male protagonist, D'Elmont and reflecting his transformation along with his eventual maturation through his love affairs with several female characters including Alovysa and Amena, Love in Excess pictures the eighteenth century social, cultural, and economic reality about women who are mostly defined according to their relationship with men. Likewise, A Simple Story recounts different stories of a mother, Millner and her daughter, Matilda. Millner is a woman of challenge and courage while Matilda is lost in a life of submission and silence conducted by her father, Dorriforth. Nevertheless, female characters are not altogether depicted as submissive and oppressed individuals in those novels as some of them still possess female agency to speak their minds while their acts trigger change in male characters, which proves their transgression. On the other hand, other female characters who transgress the boundaries are punished by death or unhappiness, which amounts the idea of female conformity that is most presumably chosen as a safe ground to stand in their novels by Haywood and Inchbald. The aim of this study is to discuss the possibility of female empowerment through transgression pictured with the characters of Alovysa, Ciamara, Violetta and Millner as countered with Amena and Matilda's silence and passivity, and Melliora's conformity in the novels, Love in Excess and A Simple Story that represent the social and cultural background of eighteenth century England.
Keywords: Andrew Marvell, pastoral tradition, seventeenth-century poetry
and temperance respectively, Book III accounts for the gallantry of a female knight, Britomart, who goes
on a quest testing her virtue, chastity and bravery to find her future lover and husband, Artegall. Thus, the
direction and atmosphere of the book changes with the romantic, heroic and glorious adventures of a
woman ornamented with good qualities and capable of defeating her enemies in her quest for love. Shortly
after besting Sir Guyon, Britomart sets on a journey to rescue Redcrosse Knight and gets lured into the
temptation of Malecasta’s court (Cheney 197). Hence, Britomart is portrayed by Edmund Spenser both as
the reflection of female beauty, chastity and virtue through overcoming her passion and sexuality, whereof
as a representative of Queen Elizabeth I herself and as a female warrior exhibiting male strength and courage
in action in an otherwise male-oriented culture.
Simple Story (1791) speculate the validity of female voice as opposed to women's
suppression and passivity or female conformity as an attitude in-between by presenting various female characters in the patriarchal backdrop of the eighteenth century England through male characters. Employing a male protagonist, D'Elmont and reflecting his transformation along with his eventual maturation through his love affairs with several female characters including Alovysa and Amena, Love in Excess pictures the eighteenth century social, cultural, and economic reality about women who are mostly defined according to their relationship with men. Likewise, A Simple Story recounts different stories of a mother, Millner and her daughter, Matilda. Millner is a woman of challenge and courage while Matilda is lost in a life of submission and silence conducted by her father, Dorriforth. Nevertheless, female characters are not altogether depicted as submissive and oppressed individuals in those novels as some of them still possess female agency to speak their minds while their acts trigger change in male characters, which proves their transgression. On the other hand, other female characters who transgress the boundaries are punished by death or unhappiness, which amounts the idea of female conformity that is most presumably chosen as a safe ground to stand in their novels by Haywood and Inchbald. The aim of this study is to discuss the possibility of female empowerment through transgression pictured with the characters of Alovysa, Ciamara, Violetta and Millner as countered with Amena and Matilda's silence and passivity, and Melliora's conformity in the novels, Love in Excess and A Simple Story that represent the social and cultural background of eighteenth century England.
Key Words: Bronte, Rhys, feminism, gynocriticism, Rochester.
Bu bağlamda Steven Hall, roman yazarlığının yanı sıra, Battlefield video oyunları metin yazarlığı (2016-2018) ve Nike kısa reklam filmi senaristliği (2014) gibi teknolojik ve sanal çerçevede başarılı olmuş bir İngiliz yazardır. İlk romanı olan The Raw Shark Texts (Köpekbalığı Metinleri) (2007) ise, gerçekle kurgu, insanla insan olmayan ve teknoloji arasında aslında fark bulunmadığını, benlik algısını ve paralel dünyalar gibi konuları işleyen başarılı bir eser olarak büyük ses getirmiştir. Posthümanizm ve postmodernizm kuramları açısından zengin ve farklı yapısı ve işleyişiyle diğer pek çok romandan ayrılan The Raw Shark Texts, basımından bir yıl gibi kısa bir süre sonra, 2008 yılında Somerset Maugham Ödülü’nü almaya hak kazanmış ve yirmi dokuz dile çevrilmiştir (Freeman Best of Young British Novelists 2013).
pp. 209-210
Key words: Malley, Winterson, posthumanism, transhumanism, the Anthropocene.