Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023): Issue 3.2

The fifth issue of ETKİ: Journal of Literature, Theatre and Culture Studies examines the intersections of culture, performance, and identity across linguistic and artistic boundaries.
Prof. Nadia Naar Gada investigates the impact of Turkish culture on Kateb Yacine’s La poudre d’intelligence (1959), revealing cross-cultural exchanges that enrich Maghrebi literature.
Damilare Ogunmekan analyzes Ola Rotimi’s The Gods Are Not to Blame through the lens of Yoruba aesthetics, uncovering how local cultural forms shape theatrical expression.
Lect. Gizem Gürer Arslan presents An Experimental Performance about the Origins, a performative exploration of roots and identity.
Erdal Ozan Metin evaluates Stage Beauty to discuss the constructed nature of gender roles and their representation on stage and screen.
Finally, Münevver Gülbağ studies the effect of off-stage narratives in folk tales and tragedy, offering insights into narrative structure and audience perception.

Collectively, these contributions reveal how artistic performance and cultural imagination continue to define and question the aesthetics of identity.