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BİR GEZEGEN YARATMAK: MEZBAHA NO 5 ÜZERİNE YENİ TARİHSELCİ BİR ÇALIŞMA

CREATING A PLANET: A NEW HISTORICAL STUDY ON SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE

Journal Name:

  • Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

Publication Year:

  • 2016
DOI: 
10.5505/pausbed.2016.57689

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Abstract (2. Language): 
This research aims to focus on the narration in Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five by the help of New-Historicist point of view. It is worth noticing that Vonnegut wrote Billy Pilgrim’s adventures by the help of his own experiences. That is why this work might be taken as fictional memoir and factual individual perspective. Whenever Billy Pilgrim remembers the things happened in Dresden it is seen that he sets out for Trafalmadore. Pilgrim uses the planet of Trafalmadore as a place to escape from the realities of the past. By creating a departure point from the brutal truths, Pilgrim finds himself in a relaxing imaginary place. So, it can be argued that Trafalmadore is used as a nest for a misfit. Vonnegut lowers the curtain of Trafalmadore to be able to underline the incidents happened in Dresden. Hence the more he softens the scenes of bloodshed, the easier it becomes to witness the death of the feelings.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Bu çalışma Vonnegut’un Mezbaha No 5 romanındaki anlatımına Yeni Tarihselcilik yardımıyla odaklanmayı amaçlamaktadır. Şu dikkate değer ki Vonnegut, Billy Pilgrim’in maceralarını kendi deneyimleri sayesinde yazmıştır. Billy Pilgrim ne zaman Dresden’de olanları hatırlasa, Trafalmadore’a seyahate çıktığı görülmektedir. Pilgrim Trafalmadore’u geçmişin gerçeklerinden kaçabileceği bir yer olarak kullanmaktadır. Acı gerçeklerden çıkış noktası yaratarak, Pilgrim kendisini rahatlatan hayali bir yerde bulur. Bu yüzden Trafalmadore ’un bir uyumsuz için yuva olarak kullanıldığı tartışılabilir. Vonnegut Trafalmadore perdesini Dresden’de gerçekleşmiş olayların altını çizmek için indirmektedir. Bunun sonucu olarak, o ne kadar katliam sahnelerini yumuşatırsa, duyguların ölümüne tanıklık etmek de bir o kadar kolaylaşmaktadır.
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