Miranda July eserleri: Metamodern bir okuma

This dissertation is a study that employs a recent cultural theory approach called "metamodernism" to analyze several works by Miranda July – a contemporary American woman writer – in an effort to capture the latest developments in the cultural theory scene as represented in a popular versatile artist's oeuvre. July's works that are discussed in this work include her short story collection No one Belongs Here More Than You, her monograph It Chooses You and two feature movies Me and You and Everyone We Know and The Future. Metamodernism is claimed to incorporate some features of the postmodern perspective in addition to the new sensibilities it has introduced. Thus, throughout this dissertation, there will be references to postmodernism. Since metamodernism differs from postmodernism particularly with regard to its view on subjectivity, the subjects in July's works are examined in this work through their relationships with others and their own self. Also, the central means of analysis applied in metamodern approaches to fiction is to do with an oscillation between opposite ends. Therefore, to decipher how July asks the recipient of her art to connect to and keep some distance from her characters at the same time, some ordinary affect theory works – to capture the tonal shift towards hope in fiction – as well as the estrangement tools at play will be analyzed.