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THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL IN DOUGLAS COUPLAND’S SHAMPOO PLANET

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  • Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

Publication Year:

  • 2017
DOI: 
10.5505/pausbed.2017.60490

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Many scholars of contemporary Canadian literature have maintained that authors do not mark the elements of fiction with the Canadian national identity. Furthermore, they argue that contemporary authors employ predominantly American settings and characters rather than Canadian ones. As a result, they question the ‘Canadianness’ of contemporary Canadian fiction. This essay focuses on one of such authors, namely Douglas Coupland, and analyses his novel Shampoo Planet in order to demonstrate how it deconstructs the Canadian literary canon by the author’s use of local and global settings, which are illustrated with various locations in the United States, Canada and Europe. In contrast to this critical postulate, Coupland illustrates the possibilities of a highly porous space. Through the protagonist’s perspective, Coupland finally imagines a spatial representation of Canada in which national identity requires a new definition in the age of globalization.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Günümüz Kanada edebiyatı üzerine çalışan birçok araştırmacı, yazarların kurmaca unsurlarını Kanada ulusal kimliğiyle işaretlemediklerini ileri sürmektedirler. Bununla birlikte, günümüz yazarlarının Kanada’ya ait mekânlar ve karakterler yerine ağırlıklı olarak Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ne ait mekânları ve karakterleri kullandıklarını savunmaktadırlar. Sonuç olarak, günümüz Kanada edebiyatının “Kanadalılığını” sorgulamaktadırlar. Bu makale, bu yazarlardan birine, Douglas Coupland’e odaklanmakta ve yazarın Shampoo Planet adlı romanını, yazarın Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, Kanada ve Avrupa’da çeşitli yerlerle örneklendirilen yerel ve küresel mekânları kullanımıyla Kanada edebiyat geleneğinin yapısını nasıl çözdüğünü göstermek üzere incelemektedir. Bu eleştirel önermeye karşıt olarak Coupland, yüksek düzeyde geçirgen bir mekânın olanaklarını örneklendirir. Coupland, romanın ana karakterinin bakış açısı aracılığıyla, sonuç olarak, küreselleşme çağında Kanada’nın ulusal kimliğin yeni bir tanımına ihtiyaç duyduğu mekânsal bir temsilini tahayyül eder.
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