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From Self-Sacrifice to Self-Awareness: A View of The New Woman in Virginia WooIFs Night and Day

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  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi

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  • 2001

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Abstract (2. Language): 
The article discusses two opposing views in Virginia Woolf's Night and Day as to the place and role of woman in society. In the novel, Woolf first examines the* traditional position of woman in society. For her, the traditional values trap and silence women by pushing them into a secondary position; that is, the identity of the traditional woman is determined by the cultural arid social construction created by men. Thus, this cultural construction created by men never allows women not only to express themselves freely but alsp to develop their creative ability. Woolf criticizes it in her novel from the feminist point of view by constructing her view of "New Woman". Her view of "New Woman" aims to change the existing reality by creating an alternative society. The image of "New? Woman" rejects the role and marriage decided for them by society and proposes a new society where woman and man may live together equally and freely in peace. Hence Woolf not only desires an alternative society and culture, but she also clearly questions the very basis of the long-standing assumption of Western history and culture
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Bu makale, modern İngiliz yazarlarından Virginia Woolf un Night and Day adlı romanında kadının toplumdaki yeri ve rolü ile ilgili olarak beliren iki zit görüşü irdeler. Yazar, bu yapıtında ilk önce kadının toplumdaki geleneksel rolünü ve yerini ele alır. Ona göre, gelenekler kadını baskı altına alarak susturur ve ikinci plana iter; yani geleneksel kadının kimliğini erkeklerin belirlediği sosyal ve kültürel oluşumlar etkiler. Neticede, erkek-eğemenliğine dayanan bu kültürel yapı, kadına ne kendini ifade etme özgürlüğü ne de sanatsal yeteneğini geliştirme olanağı sağlar. Woolf, bu durumu romanda feminist bir açıdan eleştirerek "yeni kadın" tipi ortaya koyar. Onun "yeni kadın" tiplemesi, alternatif bir toplum yaratarak mevcut gerçekleri değiştirmeye çalışır. Bu "yeni kadın" imajı, geleneksel toplumun kendileri için belirlediği rolü ve evlilik görüşünü reddederek erkek ve kadınların bir arada olduğu daha özgür bir yaşam ve toplum arzular. Böylece, Woolf sadece alternatif bir toplum ve kültür istemekle kalmayıp Batı tarihinin ve kültürünün temellerini de sorgular.
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