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THE ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN IN THE MARY PLAY AND THE ROARING GIRL

Year 2021, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 1 - 15, 29.06.2021
https://doi.org/10.51621/atakad.900190

Abstract

Women’s marital status has always been a controversial issue for the public opinion over the centuries because a woman’s gender almost always brings her certain limitations and expectations. The gender norms imposed on people and the stereotyped gender roles usually determine the attitude towards women in many countries. This study aims to examine two dramatic works “The Mary Play” and “The Roaring Girl” which show the attitude towards women both in the Medieval and in the Early Modern England. The attitude towards women in terms of gender norms and the concept of marriage are analysed in both plays, and it is seen that the accepted gender roles in these two plays are so similar to each other that the femininity and the marital status of both female characters are at the center of public concern. Yet, there is a certain attitude in both plays contradictory to the patriarchal mindset of femininity, marriage and motherhood, which can be regarded as a pioneer of feminism that will emerge a few centuries later.

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  • Johnston, A. F. (1999). The Mary Play. THE N-TOWN PLAYS: A Modernization. Retrieved from http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~ajohnsto/maryplay.html
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  • Mendelson, S. H., & Crawford, P. M. (1998). Women in Early Modern England, 1550-1720. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Meredith, P. (Ed.). (1997). The Mary Play: From The N. Town Manuscript. Exeter: University of Exeter Press.
  • Middleton, T., & Dekker, T. (1987). The Roaring Girl. P. A. Mulholland (Ed.). Manchester: Manchester University Press. Moll Frith. Retrieved from https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Moll-Frith/
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THE MARY PLAY VE THE ROARING GIRL’DE KADINLARA KARŞI TUTUM

Year 2021, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 1 - 15, 29.06.2021
https://doi.org/10.51621/atakad.900190

Abstract

Kadınların evli olup olmamaları yüzyıllardır toplum içinde tartışma yaratan bir konu olagelmiştir, zira bir kadının cinsiyeti ona neredeyse her zaman belli başlı kısıtlamalar ve beklentiler getirir. Birçok ülkede kadınlara karşı olan tutumu insanlara dayatılan cinsiyet normları ve kalıplaşmış cinsiyet rolleri belirlemektedir. Bu çalışmada, İngiltere’de hem Ortaçağ hem de Erken Modern Dönem’de kadınlara karşı tutumu yansıtan “The Mary Play” ve “The Roaring Girl” isimli iki oyun incelenecektir. Bu oyunlarda kadınlara karşı tutum, cinsiyet normları ve evlilik kavramı bakımından bir incelemeye tabi tutulmuş ve görülmüştür ki her iki oyunda da toplumca normal kabul edilen cinsiyet rolleri birbirine çok benzemektedir ve her iki kadın karakterin kadın olmaları dolayısıyla evli olup olmamaları yaşadıkları toplum için birer merak ve endişe konusudur. Nitekim, her iki oyunda da kadınlık, evlilik ve annelik ile alakalı ataerkil düşünce yapısına ters düşen bir tutum görmek mümkündür, ki bu da birkaç yüzyıl sonra ortaya çıkacak olan feminizm için öncü bir tutum olarak kabul edilebilir.

References

  • Alkan, H. (2018). George Eliot’ın “Middlemarch”, Sarah Grand’in “Cennetlik İkizler” ve George Moore’un “Esther Waters” Romanlarında Kadının Konumunun Psikanalitik Liberal Feminizm Yaklaşımıyla İncelenmesi. PhD Dissertation. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü.
  • Beauvoir, S. de. (1953). The Second Sex. (Trans. H. M. Parshley). London: Lowe and Bryden Printers Ltd.
  • Bernau, A., Salih, S., & Evans, R. (2003). Medieval Virginities. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
  • Bottéro, J. (2001). Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. (Trans. Antonia Newill) Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Cereta, L. (1997). Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist. (Ed. and Trans. Diana Robin), Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
  • Champion, L. S. (1985). Thomas Dekker and the Traditions of English Drama. New York: P. Lang.
  • Feminism. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism
  • Haec Vir. Retrieved from https://johnwesleeellisetchison.wordpress.com/primary-documents/haec-vir-or-the-womanish-man-1620/
  • Hecker, E. A. (1972). A Short History of Women’s Rights. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
  • Hic Mulier. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20110519050728/http://www.english.ucsb.edu/teaching/resources/reading_lists/renaissance/hic_mulier.asp
  • İplikçi Özden, A. (2016). Mary Elizabeth Braddon’ın “Lady Audley’s Secret”, Ellen Price’ın “East Lynne” ve Anne Brontë’nin “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” Romanlarındaki Kadın İmgesinin Fransız Feminizmi Bağlamında İncelenmesi. PhD Dissertation. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü.
  • Johnston, A. F. (1999). The Mary Play. THE N-TOWN PLAYS: A Modernization. Retrieved from http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~ajohnsto/maryplay.html
  • Lerner. G. (1987). The Creation of Patriarchy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Low, J. A. (2003). Manhood and the Duel: Masculinity in Early Modern Drama and Culture. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • McAfee, N. (2018). "Feminist Philosophy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2018 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.). Retreived from <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2018/entries/feminist-philosophy/>
  • Mendelson, S. H., & Crawford, P. M. (1998). Women in Early Modern England, 1550-1720. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Meredith, P. (Ed.). (1997). The Mary Play: From The N. Town Manuscript. Exeter: University of Exeter Press.
  • Middleton, T., & Dekker, T. (1987). The Roaring Girl. P. A. Mulholland (Ed.). Manchester: Manchester University Press. Moll Frith. Retrieved from https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Moll-Frith/
  • Nissinen, M. (1998). Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A Historical Perspective. Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress Press.
  • Plato. (1937). The Republic. (Trans. Paul Shorey). London: William Heinemann Ltd.
  • Rose, M. B. (1986). Women in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Literary and Historical Perspectives. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press.
  • Srivastava, K., Chaudhury, S., Bhat, P. S., & Sahu1, S. (2017). Misogyny, Feminism, and Sexual Harassment. Industrial Psychiatry Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, 111-113.
  • St. Paul. (1973). 1 Timothy 2. Holy Bible, New International Version. Retrieved from https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy+2&version=NIV
  • Şanal, Y. (2018). Women in the Ideal Society: Utopia and The City Of The Sun. Akademik Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, Yıl: 6, Sayı: 69, 376-386.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Women's Studies, Creative Arts and Writing
Journal Section Articles
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Yasemin Şanal 0000-0002-7574-8203

Publication Date June 29, 2021
Submission Date March 20, 2021
Acceptance Date May 8, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021 Volume: 3 Issue: 1

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APA Şanal, Y. (2021). THE ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN IN THE MARY PLAY AND THE ROARING GIRL. Atatürk Üniversitesi Kadın Araştırmaları Dergisi, 3(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.51621/atakad.900190