Position:

Visiting Academic

Faculty / College Address:

Oriental Institute

Email:

yavuz.demir@orinst.ox.ac.uk

Research Interests:

• Modern Turkish Literature
• The Philosophy of Literature
• Creative Writing: making fiction
• Narratology
• Literary criticism and theory

Current Projects:

• ‘The Love of Baudolino of U. Eco: Basic Figures of storytelling in Husn u Ask (Beauty and Love) of Seyh Galib and Baudolino of Umberto Eco’
• ‘Telling stories in Turkish Literature; Structural Analysis of the Fictional Narrative Texts from Romance to the Early Turkish Novel’
• ‘The Question of Embodiment of Fictional Characters As an Entity in Metafictional Narratives and Reading it Through the Quantum Theory and Sufism’

Recent Publications:

• Ilk Donem Turk Hikayelerinde anlaticilar Tipolojisi, Ist., 2002
• Zaman Zaman Icinde/Roman Roman Icinde:Ustkurmaca Olarak Musahedat, Ist., 2002
• The Conqueror: A Novel, Nedim Gursel (Translators, Yavuz Demir, John Ottenhoff, NJ, 2010
• Longing for Death:Goethe’s The sorrows of Werther and Akif  Pasha’s Adem Kasidesi, 1992.
• ‘ Metin Kavrami ve Metin Cozumlemesi Uzerine Bazi Dikkatler’, 1994.
• ‘ Nabizade Nazim’in Zehra’sinda Islevsel Olmayan Roman Kisileri’ 1996.
• ‘ Bir  Ses Boler Oykumu’, 2002.
• ‘ Gelibolu Tarihi Roman mi?’ 2002
• ‘ Ic Sesin Yolculugunda Bir Hikaye: Bi Sevmekten… Bi Olumden’ , 2004.
• ‘ Tarihle Evli Kalip Romanla Flort Etmek: Tarih, Ustkurmaca Baglaminda Yorgun Mayis Kisraklari’, 2004.
• ‘ Her Yol Roma(n)a Cikar’ 2004
• Ust(u)kurmaca A(n)l(a)ti Roman’, 2008.
• ‘ Sar Icinde Intisar’. 2009.