The Women Figures and the Notion of ‘Home’ in Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros’un Mango Sokağı’ndaki Ev Adlı Romanında Kadın Figürleri ve ‘Ev’ Kavramı

Year 2013, Volume: 17 Issue: 1, 117 - 126, 18.06.2013

Faruk Kalay

Abstract

Abstract: Sandra Cisneros is one of the most prominent writers of American and

Hispanic literary world. Her successful novel titled The House on Mango Street recounts

the life, the milieu and the compelling experiences encountered by women from the

eyes of Esperanza, the protagonist of the novel. However, there are a large number of

resemblances between houses and the women figures. Esperanza thinking that she does

not belong to there at the beginning of the novel is determined to make the women on

Mango Street educated and optimistic about their future.

Keywords: Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street, The Notion of Home,

Feminism

Öz: Sandra Cisneros Amerikan ve Latin edebiyat dünyasının önemli yazarlarından

biridir. Ünlü eserlerinden biri olan Mango Sokağı’ndaki Ev adlı romanında Esparanza

adlı küçük bir kız çocuğunun gözüyle çevreyi ve hayatı tanımasını anlatır. Ancak yaşadığı

çevre ve evler karakterlerle aynı kaderi paylaşmaktadır. Romanın başlangıcında yaşadığı

bölgeye ait olmadığını düşünen başkahraman sonlara doğru gelişimini sürdürüp bölge

kadınını eğitme ve onlara daha iyi bir gelecek hazırlama telaşına girmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Sandra Cisneros, Mango Sokak’ındaki Ev, Ev Kavramı, Feminizm

Keywords

Sandra Cisneros, Mango Sokak’ındaki Ev, Ev Kavramı, Feminizm

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