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Representations of women and writing in Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook and Peride Celal's Uc, Kadinin Romani.(article mainly in Turkish)

Kadin/Woman 2000

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Doris Lessing'in Altin Defter ve Peride Celal'in Uc Kadinin Romani'ninda Kadin ve Yazma Edimi

Hem kadin hem de yazar olma ikilemi, belirli bir yer ve zaman cercevesine konuldugunda ayri bir boyut kazanmaktadir. Bu calismanin ele aldigi iki romaninda karakterleri kadm yazarlar olmakla birlikte her ikisi 1950 ortalarinda yasamaktadirlar. Ancak, Doris Lessing'in The Golden Notebook (Altin Defter) romani Londra'da, Peride Celal'in Kadinin Romani ise Istanbul'da gectigi icin kadinlarin sosyal ve politik konumlari farkliliklar gostermektedir. Bu calismada romanlarin ana karakterleri olan Anna ve Fatma, hem yazar olarak hem de kadin olarak kendilerine nasil bir kimlik yarattiklari acisindan incelenirken, yasadiklari konumun bu kimlik arayisindaki etkisi uzerine durulacaktir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Dorris Lessing, Peride Celal, roman, kadin yazar karakterleri, Uc, Kadinin Romani, The Golden Notebook.

Abstract

Being a woman and a writer is a duality that gains particular interest when contextualised in a specific time and place. The novels that this paper aims to analyse both have female authors as their protagonists, and both Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook and Peride Celal' s Kadmm Romam (A Novel of Three Women) take place at around the same time--the mid-1950"s. However, while The Golden Notebook is set in London,Uc Kadinin Romani is set in Istanbul, thereby showing particular difference in the social and political structure. The principal concern of this paper is to offer an analysis of women writers of the times and to discuss their position in these two very different social atmospheres, as depicted in the novels in question. The two central characters in these novels, Anna and Fatma, will be compared and contrasted in terms of how they view their identity, womanhood, and how they are able to overcome this duality of identity.

Key Words: Dorris Lessing, Peride Celal, The Golden Notebook, Kadinin Romani, novel, women authors' characters.

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