Exploration of Mythological Elements in Contemporary Narratives

Murat Kalelioğlu is an Assistant Professor at Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey. His research interests include language and literature, linguistics, narratology, textual analysis and interpretation, semiotics, and semiotic literary criticism. He is the author of the books Yazınsal Göstergebilim: Bir Kuram Bir Uygulama (2020) and A Literary Semiotics Approach to the Semantic Universe of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (2018), as well as many other publications in his fields of study.

V. Doğan Günay is a distinguished Professor Emeritus of Literature, Linguistics, and Semiotics. During his career, he has made valuable contributions to the academic environment at both national and international levels. He is the author of more than 20 books, including Semiotic Essays (2002), Language and Communication (2013), Introduction to Lexicology (2018), Discourse Analysis (2013), and Introduction to Culturology: Language, Culture and Beyond (2016), among others. He has also published a considerable amount of articles on semiotics, language and linguistics, literary criticism, and art.