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Dombey and Son: Bir Doğa Okuması

Dombey and Son: A Reading of Nature

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  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi

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  • 2015

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Charles Dickens is not only a writer of human suffering, but also of nonhuman nature. Written in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1846, Dombey and Son brings Dickens’ keen observations on the human and nonhuman together. Dickens raises the question about nonhuman nature as he asks ‘’how men work to change her’’ (737) and reminds us of London; ‘’Breathe the polluted air,…that is poisonous to health and life;..offended, sickened and disgusted… by which misery and death came along’’ (737). Dickens transforms his concept of natural world with tranquillity and fresh air compared to darker London. He listens to nature and shapes his writings in terms of a relationship to nonhuman nature and eventually tries to raise consciousness towards pollution in London. My aim in this paper is to show how Dombey and Son is textualized to create nature writing. Taking from the critical theories of Raymond Williams, William Howarth and Christopher Manes I will attempt to find a common ground in Dickens’ text between the human and the nonhuman and show how they can coexist since our environment becomes a pivotal part of our existence.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Charles Dickens sadece insanın çektiği acıları değil, canlı olmayan doğanın da ıstıraplarını dile getiren bir yazardır. 1846’da, Lausanne, İsviçre’de yazılan Dombey and Son romanı Dickens’ın insan ve doğayı anlatan keskin gözlemlerini bir araya getirir. Dickens ‘’insanoğlunun onu nasıl değiştirmeye çalıştığını’’ (737) sorarak canlı olmayan doğa hakkında sorular sorar ve bize Londra’yı anımsatır; ‘’Hayata ve sağlığa zararlı olan…kirli havayı içine çek; ıstırap ve ölümle gelen kırgınlık, hastalık ve bıkkınlık’’ (737). Dickens karanlık bir Londra’ya kıyasla temiz havasını ve sükûnetini gördüğü İsviçre doğasından derinden etkilenerek doğal dünya kavramını değiştirir. Doğayı dinler ve yazdıklarını canlı olmayan doğa ile ilişkilendirerek şekillendirir ve sonunda Londra’nın hava kirliğine karşı bir bilinç oluşturmaya çalışır. Bu makaledeki amacım Dombey and Son romanında doğanın nasıl metinleştirildiği göstermektir. Özellikle Raymond Williams, William Howarth ve Christophar Manes’in eleştiri kuramları çerçevesinde Dickens’ın romanında insan ve doğa betimlemeleri arasında ortak bir zemin bulmaya ve çevremiz varlığımızın odak noktası olduğundan, bu ikisinin nasıl bir araya gelebildiklerini göstermeye çalışacağım.
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