Date Available
5-10-2025
Year of Publication
2023
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/School/Program
English
First Advisor
Dr. Julia Johnson
Abstract
Anthology of a Mess is a collection of poems by Yusuf Akman, written at the University of Kentucky. Poems in this thesis deal examine the journey of a poet in three chapters. The first chapter examines myth-making, ekphrasis, and language. While the second one is a genre-defying work in which the modes of mockumentary, lyric essay, and fairy tale co-exist. Last but not least, the final chapter contains autobiographical poems, starting in Turkey and continuing in Kentucky. These poems explore eco-homo eroticism, roadkill, religion, and what it is like to be a queer Turk in Kentucky/the South. Throughout these sections, one can also examine how writing in a second language engenders many possibilities in the English language, how poetry can push the boundaries in terms of genre, and in fact, how it is a constructed term just like everything else.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2023.171
Recommended Citation
Akman, Yusuf, "Anthology of a Mess" (2023). Theses and Dissertations--English. 155.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/155
