Essays on Education, Literacy and Culture

本書特色
＊Introducing key concepts such as religion, humanity, ideology and education through literature in the Turkish context
＊Helping the readers to see and to appreciate the insights of scholars from different research areas, especially literature, education, language teaching.序
【Acknowledgements】

I want to thank Mr. Michael Song, the President of Showwe publishing house (Taipei, Taiwan), for his great support and his encouragement for getting academic writings published in Taiwan. Also, my thanks go to Ms. Irene Cheng, Ms. Lestat Yin, and the whole editorial team of Showwe.




【Preface】
In the Turkish context, how can one see the relations among key concepts such as education, literature and culture? Thinking about Turkey and comparing it to Europe or to Asia, one realises that Turkey is non of them -- and yet, Turkey is also all of them. It represents a vision in a way which it is not specifically inclusive or exclusive. It does not take everything in. But if it takes something in, it gives a new form to that -- and because of that, the way of thinking about education, literature and culture will never be the same.
The current condition is a changeable one -- both in the field of education and in the field of culture. Literature is the mediating force not only between abilities of reading and writing, but also between the self and the world, between the inner reality and its external material environment. The readers of this book will realise and will appreciate the insights that the authors have shown in their writings.

Allison Lin
Gaziantep 2022書籍簡介
This book is for readers who are interested in education, literacy and culture -- not as separate entities but as an interdisciplinary whole. The contributors in this book, writing in the context of Turkish culture, bring out significant ways of looking at issues such as religion and culture, literature and education, utopia and ideology.

Dr. Tzu Yu Allison Lin achieved her PhD with her study of Virginia Woolf and London narratives at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research interests are visual and verbal representations, literary criticism and language teaching. She has articles and books published in English, including the most recent, The Condition of Language (2021). She is teaching at Gaziantep University, Turkey.

Contributors
Adesanya M. Alabi
Andre Chu-Cheng Shih
Hong Yu Connie Au
Burcu Asiltürk
Ahmet İ. Başar
Tzu Yu Allison Lin
Mehmet Sincar

Acknowledgements
Preface

1 Culture and Religion
2 Humanity
3 Ideology
4 Utopia

Contributors