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Seyahat ve Cinsiyet: Bir Kadının Portresi

TRAVELLING AND GENDER: THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY

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  • Muğla Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

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  • 2010

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Unlike the title suggests, Henry James's famous novel The Portrait of a Lady is not the story of one particular lady as is commonly assumed. The novel proves to be an outstanding one in that it not only presents in its centre one of the most charming heroines of the nineteenth-century but also spins a web of challenging travelling women around Isabel Archer. What makes the novel unique is James's handling the gender roles. On one hand there are the outstanding female characters challenging the fixed gender roles imposed by the Victorian period, and on the other hand there are still women seen as 'objects'. My aim will be to reveal this complex gender issue by studying the female characters through travel. Taking from James Clifford and Judith Butler's theories I will try to open up this discussion to better understand how travel works.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Henry James'in ünlü romanı Bir Kadının Portresi, başlığın düşündürdüğünün aksine tek bir kadının hikayesi değildir. Sadece hikayenin merkezine ondokuzuncu yüzyılın en etkileyici kadın kahramanlarından birini koymasıyla değil, fakat aynı zamanda Isabel Archer'ın etrafında güçlü kadın kahramanlardan oluşan bie ağ örmesi ile de roman sıradışı olduğunu kanıtlamaktadır. Romanı farklı yapan James'in toplumsal cinsiyet kavramını irdeleyiş tarzıdır. Romanda bir tarafta Victoria döneminin dayattığı belirlenmiş toplumsal cinsiyet rolerine meydan okuyan kadınlar, diğer tarafta da hala birer 'nesne' olarak algılanan kadınlar vardır. Benim amacım romandaki kadın karakterleri yaptıkları seyahatlerle inceleyerek bu karmaşık toplumsal cinsiyet konusunu ortaya çıkarmak olacaktır. Bu tartışmayı James Clifford ve Judith Butler'ın kuramlarından yararlanarak seyahatin toplumsal cinsiyet üzerindeki rolünü daha iyi anlamak için açmaya çalışacağım.
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