“Cam Kırıkları Parkı” Romanında Kadına Şiddetin ‘Sessiz’ Kurbanları Olan Çocuklar Sorunu

Acts of violence against women not only cause pain, trauma and death on the victim’s part, but also have deep effects on her children. The child that witnesses the violence inflicted on his/her mother tends to have problems in social relationships throughout his/her life. Psychological problems, distrust, autism, failure at school, drug addiction, and most importantly being the perpetrator of violence are only some of these problems. In this study, Scherbenpark, an Alina Bronsky novel about harmful effects of violence against women on children in a family who migrated from Russia to Germany, has been analyzed. The novel highlights that even though there has been some progress in gender mainstreaming, the remains of patriarchal structure which insults woman and sees her as an inferior person still exist. Within this scope, the novel also depicts that the man who uses violence is portrayed by the media as an innocent person, while those who suffer most from the language of violence are children. What is more, factors such as personality disorders and social environments that result in violence are also included in the novel’s plot. While all of these increase the violence against women, they affect children negatively, as well. The victimization of children increases when the immigration fact is added to those factors. The study is the outcome of an effort to answer how the author perceives the effects of violence against women on children within the context of migration phenomenon and how she reflects it on the fictional plane. The study also probes into how the author uses the power of literature to impress the reader and what her solution offers are. Bronsky handles the effect of migration on violence within the context of individual, space and time and shows its effects on the child’s life on the fictional plane. The author especially emphasizes the importance of the language used in the framework of violence phenomenon and draws attention to the fact that violence can never be exculpated.