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THE DISSOLUTION OF DIRECTION: DESERT, QUEST, AND THE COMPELLED PRESENTNESS IN OLIVER LAXE’S SIRÂT

Cilt: 35 6 Ekim 2026
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THE DISSOLUTION OF DIRECTION: DESERT, QUEST, AND THE COMPELLED PRESENTNESS IN OLIVER LAXE’S SIRÂT

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This article examines Oliver Laxe's Sirât through the relationship between space, quest, and existence. It argues that the desert in the film is not simply a neutral backdrop for the events, but the spatial force through which the teleological structure of the search is gradually undone, exposing the subject to disorientation and to what the article calls compelled presentness. In this respect, Sirât is read less as the story of a father looking for his missing daughter than as a film about a search that loses the very horizon of meaning that once sustained it. The article develops this argument through a phenomenological-hermeneutic close reading of the film's spatial and narrative structures. Its conceptual line draws on Nietzsche's account of teleological dissolution, Heidegger's notions of thrownness and uncanniness, and Camus's reflections on the absurd and persistence. Moving through the film's main narrative stages, the article asks how the desert changes in function, how it shapes the viewer's experience, and how this experience can be interpreted through these philosophical perspectives. In this reading, Sirât appears as a film about the present, in which direction no longer works as a clear path toward salvation. Meaning dissolves between the world’s refusal to provide answers and the desert’s absence of orientation, and yet the body is compelled to carry on.

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Etik Beyan

This study did not require ethics committee approval, as it did not involve human or animal subjects, any interventions, or personal data. Only publicly available secondary materials were analysed. The principles of research and publication ethics were followed, and all sources were cited in accordance with APA 7. Generative artificial intelligence was used to assist with English grammar checking.

Kaynakça

  1. Al Houari, C. (2026). Oliver Laxe’s Sirât: The fine line between beauty and terror. Montages. https://montages.no/2026/02/oliver-laxes-sirat-the-fine-line-between-beauty-and-terror/
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  4. Bonitzer, P. (1995). Bakış ve ses (İ. Yaşar, Trans.). Yapı Kredi Yayınları. (Original work published 1976)
  5. Bonitzer, P. (2011). Kör alan ve dekadrajlar (İ. Yaşar, Trans.). Metis Yayınları. (Original works published 1982–1985)
  6. Bordwell, D. (1985). Narration in the fiction film. University of Wisconsin Press.
  7. Burch, N. (1981). Theory of film practice (H. R. Lane, Trans.). Princeton University Press.
  8. Camus, A. (2011). The myth of Sisyphus and other essays (J. O’Brien, Trans.). Vintage Books. (Original work published 1942)

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları (Diğer), Görsel Sanatlar (Diğer)

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

6 Ekim 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

24 Ağustos 2026

Kabul Tarihi

17 Eylül 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 35

Kaynak Göster

APA
Türkgeldi, S. K., & Bozkurt, R. E. (2026). THE DISSOLUTION OF DIRECTION: DESERT, QUEST, AND THE COMPELLED PRESENTNESS IN OLIVER LAXE’S SIRÂT. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 35. https://doi.org/10.35379/cusosbil.2024572
AMA
1.Türkgeldi SK, Bozkurt RE. THE DISSOLUTION OF DIRECTION: DESERT, QUEST, AND THE COMPELLED PRESENTNESS IN OLIVER LAXE’S SIRÂT. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2026;35. doi:10.35379/cusosbil.2024572
Chicago
Türkgeldi, Süleyman Kıvanç, ve Rıza Eren Bozkurt. 2026. “THE DISSOLUTION OF DIRECTION: DESERT, QUEST, AND THE COMPELLED PRESENTNESS IN OLIVER LAXE’S SIRÂT”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 35 (Ekim). https://doi.org/10.35379/cusosbil.2024572.
EndNote
Türkgeldi SK, Bozkurt RE (01 Ekim 2026) THE DISSOLUTION OF DIRECTION: DESERT, QUEST, AND THE COMPELLED PRESENTNESS IN OLIVER LAXE’S SIRÂT. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 35
IEEE
[1]S. K. Türkgeldi ve R. E. Bozkurt, “THE DISSOLUTION OF DIRECTION: DESERT, QUEST, AND THE COMPELLED PRESENTNESS IN OLIVER LAXE’S SIRÂT”, Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, c. 35, Eki. 2026, doi: 10.35379/cusosbil.2024572.
ISNAD
Türkgeldi, Süleyman Kıvanç - Bozkurt, Rıza Eren. “THE DISSOLUTION OF DIRECTION: DESERT, QUEST, AND THE COMPELLED PRESENTNESS IN OLIVER LAXE’S SIRÂT”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 35 (01 Ekim 2026). https://doi.org/10.35379/cusosbil.2024572.
JAMA
1.Türkgeldi SK, Bozkurt RE. THE DISSOLUTION OF DIRECTION: DESERT, QUEST, AND THE COMPELLED PRESENTNESS IN OLIVER LAXE’S SIRÂT. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2026;35. doi:10.35379/cusosbil.2024572.
MLA
Türkgeldi, Süleyman Kıvanç, ve Rıza Eren Bozkurt. “THE DISSOLUTION OF DIRECTION: DESERT, QUEST, AND THE COMPELLED PRESENTNESS IN OLIVER LAXE’S SIRÂT”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, c. 35, Ekim 2026, doi:10.35379/cusosbil.2024572.
Vancouver
1.Süleyman Kıvanç Türkgeldi, Rıza Eren Bozkurt. THE DISSOLUTION OF DIRECTION: DESERT, QUEST, AND THE COMPELLED PRESENTNESS IN OLIVER LAXE’S SIRÂT. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 01 Ekim 2026;35. doi:10.35379/cusosbil.2024572