Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is a salient dystopian fiction considered as an all... more Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is a salient dystopian fiction considered as an allusion to the reader's reality, where it highlights a futuristic totalitarian regime in which people are dehumanized and live in horror and indignity. However, the purpose of this article is to explore the class conflict between the various women's social classes under the Gileadean regime and its resulting persecution. Moreover, this study adopts Marxist Feminism as a theoretical framework to read the text and explore the implications of social class conflicts and clashes among women in the household. Consequently, the current paper reached the following findings: First, the Gileadean regime deliberately creates differences among the women in the household in order to exploit them and creates a state of conflict among themselves. Second, the regime fabricated a false consciousness among each class, especially the Handmaids, to deceive them and make them think they are superior in...
The purpose of this study is to examine the multi-voicedness techniques in E.M. Forster's A Passa... more The purpose of this study is to examine the multi-voicedness techniques in E.M. Forster's A Passage to India and George Orwell's Burmese Days, in terms of the narrator's role and the plurality of voices and consciousnesses. This paper used the concept of polyphony which was coined by Bakhtin as a methodology in analyzing and examining the aforesaid novels. The results of this study showed that; First, both novels used the omniscient narrator as a narrative technique, since the voice of the author was evident on more than one occasion. Moreover, there was an influence by the omniscient narrator on the reader, which might be considered significant on more than one occasion, in controlling and manipulating his decisions and views in A Passage to India, while the influence was minuscule in Burmese Days. Second, this paper proved that the aforesaid novels are polyphonic ones. Finally, both authors gave a considerable margin of freedom for each character to express their ideologies freely.
August Wilson's Fences is one of the landmarks in the American theater. The play deals with many ... more August Wilson's Fences is one of the landmarks in the American theater. The play deals with many issues regarding the plights of the African Americans in the racial American Society. The present paper tries to explore August Wilson's play Fences in the light of Du Bios' concept of the double consciousness. Du Bios' theory focuses mainly on the psychological and social struggle of the African Americans against the difficulty of defining their own identity, due to the fact that they are torn between two different cultural and psychological consciousnesses. Despite the fact that the play has extensively been studied and analyzed, especially in terms of themes of racism, the generational clash, and some other ideas, no research has been done on analyzing the play from the perspective of Du Bios' theory. Therefore, this study aims at focusing on the exploration of the psychological and identity crisis of Wilson's characters. They are clearly torn between their African and American consciousnesses. They can never find a compromise, simply speaking because each of these consciousnesses is deeply rooted, Therefore, Wilson tries to depict the characters' struggle with their double consciousness and their endeavors to find a compromise. The characters must surrender to the fact that they can never live with one of the consciousness on the expense of the other. And this is the lesson that the main characters in the play understand at the end of the play.
As the twenty-first century starts to evolve, literature urges its endeavours to depict the reali... more As the twenty-first century starts to evolve, literature urges its endeavours to depict the realistic problems that the contemporary man may encounter. Thus, theatre which is considered as an essential figure in discussing mankind's issues takes its role to establish the reasonable base for the environmental problems to be shown. However, depending on the theoretical investigation, the present study is tracing different aspects related to both philosophical terms of Determinism and Voluntarism. Moreover, climate change is considered as a universal issue in the contemporary world, it is dependent on the mankind's understanding to the critical situation of their existence. The research is based on the objective eco-critical reading of Steve Waters' Book, The Contingency Plan. The mentioned book embraces a vivid depiction the apocalyptic vision for a near future atmosphere in the United Kingdom, by this the playwright employs a variety of techniques to contribute a stage presentation of the pure dualism between man's efforts and nature's cataclysmic responses.
1-Araştırmacıların katkı oranı beyanı eşittir. 2-Makalenin yazarları arasında çıkar çatışması bul... more 1-Araştırmacıların katkı oranı beyanı eşittir. 2-Makalenin yazarları arasında çıkar çatışması bulunmamaktadır. 3-Makalemizde etik kurulu izni ve/veya yasal/özel izin alınmasını gerektiren bir durum yoktur. Döküman incelemesi yapılmıştır. 4-Bu makalede araştırma ve yayın etiğine uyulmuştur.
Home is a very important notion in human life which helps people establish emotional, social and ... more Home is a very important notion in human life which helps people establish emotional, social and intellectual belonging and identifications so that they can hold on to life. When the sense of home is contested, the sense of identity is impaired too. Those people who are characterized by the sense of disconnectedness and desire to re-establish their home are known as diasporic people. The protagonist of Maru (1971), Margaret is one of those diasporic people who long for home and attachments to people. This article is an attempt to examine the struggle of Margaret against a ruthless and cruel society. In her status as a diasporic individual, Margaret is seen as a nonhuman being due to her race, as a Masarwa, living in Botswana. She is alienated, and treated as a pariah, because she does not belong to a superior race defined by the colonial British forces which ruled Botswana. The article tries to view the protagonist’s estrangement and her experience as a diasporic pariah through the ...
Home is a very important notion in human life which helps people establish emotional, social and ... more Home is a very important notion in human life which helps people establish emotional, social and intellectual belonging and identifications so that they can hold on to life. When the sense of home is contested, the sense of identity is impaired too. Those people who are characterized by the sense of disconnectedness and desire to re-establish their home are known as diasporic people. The protagonist of Maru (1971), Margaret is one of those diasporic people who long for home and attachments to people. This article is an attempt to examine the struggle of Margaret against a ruthless and cruel society. In her status as a diasporic individual, Margaret is seen as a nonhuman being due to her race, as a Masarwa, living in Botswana. She is alienated, and treated as a pariah, because she does not belong to a superior race defined by the colonial British forces which ruled Botswana. The article tries to view the protagonist’s estrangement and her experience as a diasporic pariah through the ...
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is a salient dystopian fiction considered as an all... more Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is a salient dystopian fiction considered as an allusion to the reader's reality, where it highlights a futuristic totalitarian regime in which people are dehumanized and live in horror and indignity. However, the purpose of this article is to explore the class conflict between the various women's social classes under the Gileadean regime and its resulting persecution. Moreover, this study adopts Marxist Feminism as a theoretical framework to read the text and explore the implications of social class conflicts and clashes among women in the household. Consequently, the current paper reached the following findings: First, the Gileadean regime deliberately creates differences among the women in the household in order to exploit them and creates a state of conflict among themselves. Second, the regime fabricated a false consciousness among each class, especially the Handmaids, to deceive them and make them think they are superior in...
The purpose of this study is to examine the multi-voicedness techniques in E.M. Forster's A Passa... more The purpose of this study is to examine the multi-voicedness techniques in E.M. Forster's A Passage to India and George Orwell's Burmese Days, in terms of the narrator's role and the plurality of voices and consciousnesses. This paper used the concept of polyphony which was coined by Bakhtin as a methodology in analyzing and examining the aforesaid novels. The results of this study showed that; First, both novels used the omniscient narrator as a narrative technique, since the voice of the author was evident on more than one occasion. Moreover, there was an influence by the omniscient narrator on the reader, which might be considered significant on more than one occasion, in controlling and manipulating his decisions and views in A Passage to India, while the influence was minuscule in Burmese Days. Second, this paper proved that the aforesaid novels are polyphonic ones. Finally, both authors gave a considerable margin of freedom for each character to express their ideologies freely.
August Wilson's Fences is one of the landmarks in the American theater. The play deals with many ... more August Wilson's Fences is one of the landmarks in the American theater. The play deals with many issues regarding the plights of the African Americans in the racial American Society. The present paper tries to explore August Wilson's play Fences in the light of Du Bios' concept of the double consciousness. Du Bios' theory focuses mainly on the psychological and social struggle of the African Americans against the difficulty of defining their own identity, due to the fact that they are torn between two different cultural and psychological consciousnesses. Despite the fact that the play has extensively been studied and analyzed, especially in terms of themes of racism, the generational clash, and some other ideas, no research has been done on analyzing the play from the perspective of Du Bios' theory. Therefore, this study aims at focusing on the exploration of the psychological and identity crisis of Wilson's characters. They are clearly torn between their African and American consciousnesses. They can never find a compromise, simply speaking because each of these consciousnesses is deeply rooted, Therefore, Wilson tries to depict the characters' struggle with their double consciousness and their endeavors to find a compromise. The characters must surrender to the fact that they can never live with one of the consciousness on the expense of the other. And this is the lesson that the main characters in the play understand at the end of the play.
As the twenty-first century starts to evolve, literature urges its endeavours to depict the reali... more As the twenty-first century starts to evolve, literature urges its endeavours to depict the realistic problems that the contemporary man may encounter. Thus, theatre which is considered as an essential figure in discussing mankind's issues takes its role to establish the reasonable base for the environmental problems to be shown. However, depending on the theoretical investigation, the present study is tracing different aspects related to both philosophical terms of Determinism and Voluntarism. Moreover, climate change is considered as a universal issue in the contemporary world, it is dependent on the mankind's understanding to the critical situation of their existence. The research is based on the objective eco-critical reading of Steve Waters' Book, The Contingency Plan. The mentioned book embraces a vivid depiction the apocalyptic vision for a near future atmosphere in the United Kingdom, by this the playwright employs a variety of techniques to contribute a stage presentation of the pure dualism between man's efforts and nature's cataclysmic responses.
1-Araştırmacıların katkı oranı beyanı eşittir. 2-Makalenin yazarları arasında çıkar çatışması bul... more 1-Araştırmacıların katkı oranı beyanı eşittir. 2-Makalenin yazarları arasında çıkar çatışması bulunmamaktadır. 3-Makalemizde etik kurulu izni ve/veya yasal/özel izin alınmasını gerektiren bir durum yoktur. Döküman incelemesi yapılmıştır. 4-Bu makalede araştırma ve yayın etiğine uyulmuştur.
Home is a very important notion in human life which helps people establish emotional, social and ... more Home is a very important notion in human life which helps people establish emotional, social and intellectual belonging and identifications so that they can hold on to life. When the sense of home is contested, the sense of identity is impaired too. Those people who are characterized by the sense of disconnectedness and desire to re-establish their home are known as diasporic people. The protagonist of Maru (1971), Margaret is one of those diasporic people who long for home and attachments to people. This article is an attempt to examine the struggle of Margaret against a ruthless and cruel society. In her status as a diasporic individual, Margaret is seen as a nonhuman being due to her race, as a Masarwa, living in Botswana. She is alienated, and treated as a pariah, because she does not belong to a superior race defined by the colonial British forces which ruled Botswana. The article tries to view the protagonist’s estrangement and her experience as a diasporic pariah through the ...
Home is a very important notion in human life which helps people establish emotional, social and ... more Home is a very important notion in human life which helps people establish emotional, social and intellectual belonging and identifications so that they can hold on to life. When the sense of home is contested, the sense of identity is impaired too. Those people who are characterized by the sense of disconnectedness and desire to re-establish their home are known as diasporic people. The protagonist of Maru (1971), Margaret is one of those diasporic people who long for home and attachments to people. This article is an attempt to examine the struggle of Margaret against a ruthless and cruel society. In her status as a diasporic individual, Margaret is seen as a nonhuman being due to her race, as a Masarwa, living in Botswana. She is alienated, and treated as a pariah, because she does not belong to a superior race defined by the colonial British forces which ruled Botswana. The article tries to view the protagonist’s estrangement and her experience as a diasporic pariah through the ...
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