Charles Dickens’ın Çanlar Adlı Eserinde Doğaüstü Olaylar ve Toplumsal Eleştiri

Year 2022, Issue: 69, 94 - 99, 30.12.2022

Sercan Öztekin

https://doi.org/10.5152/AUJFL.2022.900374

Abstract

Charles Dickens, gerçekçi eserlerine doğaüstü unsurlar dahil eder. Bu yüzden, Viktorya döneminde süregelen, doğaüstü güçlerin varlığıyla ilgili dine ya da bilime dayalı birbirine zıt açıklamalara atıfta bulunur. Ancak Dickens, Çanlar adlı hayalet hikayesinde, doğaüstü olaylarla ilgili geleneksel görüşlerden çok bilimsel yaklaşımlara odaklanır. Genellikle ana karakterin zihnini ve tekinsiz imgelemleri yoksul vatandaşları sarsan toplumsal problemlere ve eşitsizliğe bağlar. Bu çalışma, belirtilen eseri doğaüstü güçlerin tasviri açısından ele almaktadır. Bilinmeyen ve esrarengiz varlıklara karşı Viktorya dönemindeki yaklaşımları kısaca irdeledikten sonra, Dickens’ın bu unsurları toplumsal eleştiriyle birlikte nasıl kullandığını incelemektedir.

Keywords

Charles Dickens, toplumsal eleştiri, Zihin, Çanlar, Doğaüstü olaylar

Supernatural Elements and Social Criticism in Charles Dickens’s The Chimes

Abstract

Charles Dickens incorporates supernatural elements in his realistic works. He, therefore, refers to opposite religious and scientific explanations for the existence of unearthly phenomena that prevailed in the Victorian period. However, in The Chimes, one of his ghost stories, he focuses on scientific attitudes to supernatural beings rather than conventional views. He generally relates the main character’s mind and uncanny visions to social problems and inequality which traumatize underprivileged citizens. This study examines the work in relation to the depiction of the supernatural. After a brief discussion of the Victorian attitudes to the eerie and the unknown, it discusses the ways in which Dickens employs supernatural figures, blending them with social criticism.

Keywords

Charles Dickens, The Chimes, the supernatural, social criticism, mind

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