International Journal of Literature and Arts

Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2016

  • Forbidden Love of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Fuzûlî’s Layla and Majnun

    Nilay Avci

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016
    Pages: 1-4
    Received: Jul. 12, 2015
    Accepted: Jul. 13, 2015
    Published: Nov. 10, 2015
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    Abstract: The aim of this comparative literature study is to discuss two major examples of stories based on the theme of forbidden love. The focus of this study is the love stories of Romeo and Juliet, and Layla and Majnun. While Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest examples of this theme in Western Literature, the story of Layla and Majnun is one of the ... Show More
  • On Comparative Literature

    Elmas Sahin

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016
    Pages: 5-12
    Received: Jul. 22, 2015
    Accepted: Jul. 23, 2015
    Published: Nov. 10, 2015
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    Abstract: This study focuses on issues such as what comparative literature is or not, how it is perceived today, what its benefits are, what kinds of mistakes are made in theory and practice in comparisons of the texts. The term 'literature' has been scene of plentiful discussions from the Greek and Latin civilizations to our age. From philosophical approach... Show More