Magical realism is an appropriate genre for the authors dealing with problematic themes such as memory because it is practical for those seeking for answers to these problematic questions that cannot be solved with empirical attitudes. In The Buried Giant, Ishiguro handles the chaotic nature of memory creating a primitive version of Britain where people’s memories are covered by a magical mist. This spell has an effect not only on individuals such as Axl and Beatrice, but also on the two ethnic groups, the Saxons and the Britons, making them forget the former enmity between them. In this regard, referring to the theoretical background of magical realism, this book aims to analyse the magical realist elements of the novel that enables Ishiguro to discuss the effects of memory loss on individuals and societies.

At the beginning of the 20^th century, a significant mystery for researchers in fields such as archaeology, history, linguistics, and theology began to unravel with the discovery of Manichean written records in Central Asia and Upper Egypt. While Manichean texts were composed in various languages, the largest body of religious writings was primarily in Middle Iranian languages. Following Bögü Kagan’s conversion, many of these texts in Central Asia were translated into Old Uyghur, predominantly from Middle Iranian sources. This study explores the origins of the Manichean script and provides a comparative analysis of its development and paleographic characteristics across Parthian, Middle Persian, Sogdian, and Old Uyghur. Additionally, evaluations of certain paleographic features in the Manichean script have been incorporated into the study.

The Spirit of Dickensian Style is a book that contains the analysis of certain stylisticfeatures and linguistic data of Charles Dickens’s five short stories in Christmas Books (1852). The stories of Dickens were stylistically analyzed under the categories defined by Leech and Short (Style in Fiction, 1981) within four headings: grammatical analysis, lexical usage, analysis of figures of speech and of narration.  As a great observer, reformist and spokesman of his age, Charles Dickens artistically combined his messages with his stylistic preferences in his masterpieces. Although ‘Stylistics’is the main core of this book, the aim of The Spirit of Dickensian Style was not to arrive at totally new interpretations of Dickens’s works through reducing his style to a mechanical objectivity. Rather, the aim was a literature-centered stylistic analysis to show how Charles Dickens presented his social messages related to the issues of Victorian Age.

Kullanıldıkları toplumun dilsel ve kültürel yapısını yansıtan deyimler yabancı dil öğrenenler açısından kritik bir öneme sahiptir. İmgesel olmaları, anlamlarının mecazi özellikler taşımaları nedeniyle deyimler yabancı dilde öğrenilmesi, çeviri sürecinde çevrilmesi en zor olan dil öğeleri olarak tanımlanır. Deyimlerin bilinmemesi, yabancı dilde okunulan metinleri anlamada ve sözlü iletişimde sorunlar yaratabilir. Bu sorunların çözümü yabancı dil öğretiminde ve çeviri eğitiminde deyim öğretiminin yapılmasına bağlıdır. Buradan hareketle, kitapta genel olarak yabancı dil öğretiminde ve çeviri eğitiminde deyimlerin önemi ve öğretimi, özel olarak da İtalyanca deyimlerin öğretimi ele alınmaya çalışılmıştır.