Ege University Department of English Language and Literature and the Department of American Culture and Literature hosted the 13th “International Undergraduate Symposium” with the theme “Meta” on March 17-18, 2025.

At the symposium where 42 participants made their oral presentations, 7 students from the Istanbul Kültür University Department of English Language and Literature successfully represented our university.

We congratulate our students who carried out studies on metafictional texts in literature and cinema with the joint efforts of the Department of English Language and Literature and the English Literature Society.

The papers presented at the symposium are as follows:

-       “What is This Movie All About: Narrative Instability and Meta-Narrative in A Cock and Bull Story”:  Ayşe Helin Geyik (Head of English Literature Society and Kültür Ambassador of the Department of English Language and Literature)
-       “Meta-Narrative and Chaos in Rick and Morty: Solaricks”: Azra Doğanay
-       “Contemporary Isolation and Alienation in Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa”: Emre Çepni
-       “A Metafictional Analysis of Choice and Narrative: The Stanley Parable”: Gülşen Yılgör
-       “Meta in Media: A Study of Fleabag”: Melisa Filiz
-       “Metafilm Reading of Goodfellas”: Selin Kuru
-       “Analyzing the Display of Identity through the Individual Resistance in B. S. Johnson’s Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry”: Sude Aksoy