The female image is presented in an exaggerated and humorous manner in both
social and corporeal contexts in Sevgi Soysal’s Tante Rosa (1968) and Jeanette
Winterson’s Sexing the Cherry (1989). This article analyses how Kristeva’s concept
of “abject” and Bakhtin’s concept of “grotesque” are employed to define
this bodily image in both works. The main characters of the novels, Rosa and the
Dog-Woman respectively, portray the communities they reside and/or depart as
carnivalesque and position themselves in grotesque depictions. These portrayals,
grounded in the notion of “abject,” illustrate how the discordant and monstrous
woman manages to form her identity. While exploring the self-formation of female
identity, both works engage in the representation of fairy tales in line with realistic
depictions and adopt a grotesque narrative style. The monstrous feminine, encompassing
both societal and physical dimensions, alongside the modes of rebellion
through which these female characters navigate their own identities, serves as a
lens for the examination and critique of gender and sexuality in these works. Thus,
employing a comparative literature approach, this study delves into how the hyperbolic,
yet non-caricaturized and non-dramatized depictions of women’s bodies and
lives contribute to the formation of the female identity in accordance with her own
volition within the works of Soysal and Winterson
Sevgi Soysal’ın Tante Rosa (1968) ve Jeanette Winterson’ın Vişnenin Cinsiyeti
(1989) isimli eserlerinde toplumsal ve bedensel bağlamda kadının abartılı bir hicivle
tasviri yapılır. Bu çalışma, her iki eserde verilen bu beden imgesinin betimlenmesini
Kristeva’nın iğrenç (abject) ve Bahtin’in grotesk kavramı ile tartışmaktadır.
Rosa ve Köpekli Kadın ana karakterleri, yaşadıkları ve/veya terk ettikleri toplumları
karnavalesk bir mekân olarak tanımlayarak kendilerini grotesk unsurlarla bezeli bir
tasvirin içine konumlandırırlar. Bu tasvirler, uyumsuzlaşan ve ucubeleşen
kadının iğrenç (abject) kavramı aracılığıyla nasıl var olduğunu örneklendirerek
açıklar. İki eserin de ortak noktası, masalı gerçeklikle girift şekilde sunması ve betimlemelerde grotesk unsurlara yer vermesidir. İki yazar da, bu kadın karakterlerin
bireysel kimliklerini ve benliklerini deneyimlemek amacıyla toplumsal ve fiziksel
düzeyde canavarca dişilliğe ve isyankar tavırlarına atıfta bulunarak toplumsal cinsiyeti ve cinselliği hem keşfeder hem de eleştirir. Bu çalışma çerçevesinde, Soysal
ve Winterson’ın eserlerinde abartılı biçimde tasvir edilen kadın yaşamı ve bedeni,
gülünçleştirmeden ancak trajikleştirmeden de kadının varlığı ile ilgili kendi seçimini yapması, kendini tanımlaması, ifadesi ve var olma süreci karşılaştırmalı
edebiyat yöntemiyle ele alınmaktadır
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Turkish Folklore in the Türkiye Field |
Journal Section | Article |
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Publication Date | July 31, 2023 |
Published in Issue | Year 2023 Volume: 29 Issue: 115 |
Journal website: https://folkloredebiyat.org
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Field EdItors
Folklore:
Prof.Dr. Hande Birkalan-Gedik
(Frankfurt University- birkalan-gedik@em.uni.frankfurt.de)
Prof. Dr. Arzu Öztürkmen
(Bosphorus University- ozturkme@boun.edu.tr)
Edebiyat-Literature
Prof. Dr. G. Gonca Gökalp Alpaslan (Hacettepe University - ggonca@
hacettepe.edu.tr)
Prof. Dr. Ramazan Korkmaz
(President, Caucasus University Association- r_korkmaz@hotmail.com)
Antropoloji-Anthropology
Prof. Dr. Akile Gürsoy
(Beykent University - gursoyakile@gmail.com)
Prof.Dr. Serpil Aygün Cengiz
(Ankara University - serpilayguncengiz@gmail.com)
Dil-Dilbilim/Linguistics
Prof.Dr. Aysu Erden
(Maltepe University - aysuerden777@gmail.com)
Prof. Dr. V. Doğan Günay
(Dokuz Eylul University- dogan.gunay@deu.edu.tr)