A preliminary study on the feeding regime of European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus Walbaum 1792) in Izmir Bay, Turkey, Eastern Aegean Sea

The gut contents of Sardina pilchardus specimens captured in Izmir Bay were examined in order to determine their feeding regimes. Of the 365 stomachs examined, 321 (87.95%) contained food and 44 (12.05%) were empty. Analysis of gut contents verified that S. pilchardus feeds on zooplankton. The most important group in the diet of S. pilchardus was copepods (79.79%). Decapod crustacean larvae (8.17%) and bivalves (3.18%) were second and third, respectively, in order of importance. The application of analysis of variance to monthly data of numerical percentage, weight percentage, frequency of occurrence and index of relative importance indicated that there was no significant difference between months. Oncaea media was the most dominant species for six months of the year. Euterpina acutifrons, Centropages typicus, Calanoida, Oncaea sp. and Corycaeus sp. were the most dominant for March, April, May, September, October and December

Deconstructing Race, Gender, and Class: An Investigation of Zadie Smith’s NW (2012) and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other (2019)

This thesis takes its point of departure in the deconstruction of contemporary literary representations of race, gender, and class that are produced by ideologies of the neo-colonial, neo-imperial, neoliberal, and patriarchal discourses embedded in the societal norms, with particular reference to Zadie Smith’s NW (2012) and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other (2019). These concepts can be traced back to the ideas proposed by theorists such as Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, Stuart Hall, Paul Gilroy, Judith Butler, David Olusoga and Ania Loomba. While each theorist argues one argument in relation to their respective fields, one common conclusion between them is the fact that the concepts of race, gender, and class are socially constructed. Based on this main argument, I investigate how these concepts relate to experiences of inequality and otherness in British society. This thesis argues that despite the fact that one’s identity is constructed through normative narratives, it is possible to challenge such established norm imposed by the discourses of certain ideologies. For this reason, this thesis will address the subjugations that are caused by identity politics, focusing on, the individual’s race, gender preferences, and social class. Through a close reading of Zadie Smith’s NW (2012) and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other (2019), the analysis will cooperate in a dialogue with primarily postcolonialism, feminism and cultural studies