Abstract
American literature as well as the history of world literature. The story focuses on a short trip of the narrator to the family mansion of Roderick Usher who mysteriously invited him to vist Usher and his sister, Lady Usher. Upon Lady Usher’s death, the house literally falls apart and the narrator hardly manages to escape to tell the story to the rest of us. The House of Usher story is not significant for horror elements and its gothic atmosphere but beyond that it has been regarded as a cornerstone in the history of literature as it reflects radical historical and social transformation in the 19th century America, it successfully portrays the dilemmas of the enlightenment intellectuals after the fall of aristocracy, and it highlights the disillusionment of modern industrilization. In this respect, this article will seek to investigate the story that presents a world of anxiety, ambiguity, and collapse with a new historicist approach which enables a historical and ideological analysis of gothic genre, and the House of Usher story in particular.
Keywords
Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher gothic 19th century literature new historicism
References
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Abstract
Edgar Allan Poe’nun Usher Konağının Çöküşü öyküsü, yalnızca Amerikan edebiyat tarihi değil, dünya edebiyat tarihinde de, dönüm noktası olagelmiş bir gotik şaheseridir. Öykü, dostu Roderick Usher’ın daveti üzerine Usher Konağı’nı ziyaret eden anlatıcının yaşadığı dehşet verici birkaç günü ve Usher’ın kızkardeşi Lady Usher’ın ölümü üzerine konağın çöküşünü anlatır. Usher’ın Konağı öyküsü, yalnızca içerdiği korku öğeleri ve yarattığı gotik atmosferi sebebi ile değil, aynı zamanda 19. yüzyıldaki tarihsel ve toplumsal dönüşümleri yansıtması, aristokrasinin çöküşü ile Aydınlanmanın ürettiği modern şehirli aydının yaşadığı ikilemleri temsil etmesi, sanayileşme ve endüstrileşmenin yarattığı hayalkırıklarının yarattığı kimlik karmaşalarını merkezine alması açısından da önemli bir öyküdür. Bu bağlamda, bu makale, Edgar Alan Poe’nun yarattığı endişe, bilinmezlik, ve yıkım dolu öyküyü, Yeni Tarihçi bir bakış ile ele almayı ve bu yaklaşım çerçevesinde, gotik türü, ve özelde de Usher’ın Konağının Çöküşü öyküsünün, yaratımında tarihsel ve ideolojik etmenlerin belirleyici önemini tartışmayı amaçlamaktadır.
References
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Journal Section | Articles |
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| Publication Date | December 31, 2018 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 |
