Puritanism required from its adherents an extremely simple, temperate, and even ascetic life-style. It had strict rules concerning every aspect of daily life. The Puritans, however, did not always comply with the extremely strict rules of their religion. There was as much hard drinking, pleasure seeking, and sexual indulgence among them as among any other … Continue reading Anne Bradstreet; America’s First Poet

Transcendentalism in America was a step forward from Unitarianism, a moderate and rational Christian sect. Under the influence of Romanticism, the younger generation of Unitarians even became impatient with this moderate form of institutionalized religion. They believed that God was not the Supreme power, but a living spirit in nature. Attempts by the Romantics to … Continue reading Transcendentalism

Martin Eden is a novel that deals with the subjects of existentialism such as freedom, death, meaninglessness and isolation. Jack London, with his novel Martin Eden, has described the loneliness of the individual, the search for meaning and the process of isolation in an impressive way. In this study, the reasons for Martin Eden's alienation, … Continue reading Existentialist Approach to Martin Eden by Jack London

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles tells the story of Jeanne Dielman's three days in a completely singular narration. Meanwhile, the focus is always on Jeanne, although several men and her son are occasionally in the frame. The director looks at the story from a completely outside perspective and constantly narrates the events … Continue reading Feminist Approach to Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Marxist filmmakers, Marxist-influenced culture and Marxist theory, have a huge influence on world film culture. Film developed in the context of urbanisation, industrialisation, and mass culture. Film can speak to audience as a class in respectable cultural forms, where the middle-class values are guaranteed. Much of the most important culture and politics came from the … Continue reading A Marxist Perspective to Hostiles (2017)

Identity is a cultural phenomenon that people use to define themselves and to have a place in society. In the modern age, it is assumed that identity can give people a sense of completeness and through identities, one can feel temporary integrity. However, identity cannot be separated from the dominant power, culture, society and time. … Continue reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

The Bluest Eye is a novel, written by Toni Morrison. The novel is about sexual violence, gender disparity and racial hatred. In the book, which is divided into four parts as Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer -in this context, the author may have given us the message that discrimination against blacks does not end in … Continue reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

In “A Raisin in The Sun”, “The House on Mango Street”, and “Americanah”, we see the racial and class discrimination that the characters struggle with, and consequently the characters' inability to feel belonging to the society they live in, and therefore they have identity problems. They also enable us to better see the difficulties women … Continue reading Racism in “A Raisin in The Sun”, “The House on Mango Street”, and “Americanah”