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Legitimacy and Usurpation: Shattering of the Social Walls in Stendhal’s The Red and the Black

Year 2024, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 456 - 462, 31.12.2024

Abstract

Napoleon’s rise to the French throne in the 1800s paved the way for a huge shift in the social structure that was dominant in many of the European countries and even throughout the whole world. Social circles started to change their shapes and their representatives now that more and more people started to move from the lower classes to the upper ones. French author Stendhal (1783-1842) focuses on this substantial change in French society in his novel The Red and the Black (1830), in which he depicts a life full of scandals and social moves of a young and ambitious Julien Sorel. Julien’s fast but precarious rise from the bottom of the social status to the upper one flows through love affairs, affection, respect, pangs of conscience, and betrayal. Julien’s sole aim was to get to the top either by the legitimate ways or by usurpation. This study aims to analyse the protagonist’s hazardous climbing up the social ladder and his targets. The study will also point out whether Julien has the rights to get these targets or he gets them by force.

References

  • Duncan, P. A. (1988). The Eyes of Julien Sorel and Stendhal’s Title “Le Rouge et Le Noir,” Romance Notes, 29(1), pp. 45-47.
  • Kete, K. (2005). Stendhal and Trials of Ambition in Postrevolutionary France, French Historical Studies, 28(3), pp. 467-495.
  • Martin, S. (1992). The Great Expatriate Writers. Macmillan.
  • Mörte Alling, A. (2018). In Conquest of the World and of Modernity: Movements from the Countryside to Paris in Novels by Stendhal, Balzac and Flaubert. In S. Helgesson, A. Mörte Alling, Y. Lindqvist, and H. Wulff (eds.) World Literatures: Exploring the Cosmopolitan-Vernacular Exchange. Stockholm University Press, pp. 199–210. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/bat.r. License: CC-BY.
  • Platt, J. B. (2018). Child of the Age or Little Napoleon: Two Russian Responses to The Red and the Black, The Russian Review, 77, pp. 7-29.
  • Rand, N. (1989). The Red and the Black, Author of Stendhal Pseudonyms and Cryptonyms of Beyle, Romantic Review, 80(3), pp. 391-403.
  • Sands, S. (1975). The Narcissism of Stendhal and Julien Sorel, Studies in Romanticism, 14(4), pp. 337-363.
  • Stendhal. (2002). The Red and the Black. Penguin Classics.
  • Turnell, M. (1962). The Novel in France. Penguin Books.
  • Zhang, M. (2023). On Writing Father-Son Relationships in The Red and the Black, Journal of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, 8, pp. 1049-1055.

Meşruiyet ve Gasp: Stendhal’in Kırmızı ve Siyah Adlı Romanında Sosyal Duvarların Yıkılması

Year 2024, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 456 - 462, 31.12.2024

Abstract

Napolyon’un 1800’lerde Fransız tahtına yükselişi, birçok Avrupa ülkesinde ve hatta tüm dünyada egemen olan toplumsal yapıda büyük bir değişime yol açmıştır. Artık daha fazla insanın alt sınıflardan üst sınıflara geçmeye başlamasıyla birlikte sosyal çevreler de şekil ve temsilcilerini değiştirmeye başladı. Fransız yazar Stendhal (1783-1842), genç ve hırslı Julien Sorel’in skandallarla ve sosyal hamlelerle dolu hayatını anlattığı Kırmızı ve Siyah (1830) adlı romanında Fransız toplumundaki bu önemli değişime odaklanır. Julien’in sosyal statünün en altından en üst seviyeye doğru hızlı ama tehlikelerle dolu yükselişi aşk ilişkileri, şefkat, saygı, vicdan azabı ve ihanetle gerçekleşir. Julien’in tek amacı ya meşru yollardan ya da gasp yoluyla zirveye çıkmaktı. Bu çalışma, kahramanın sosyal merdiveni tehlikeli bir şekilde tırmanmasını ve hedeflerini analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada ayrıca Julien’in bu hedeflere ulaşma hakkına sahip olup olmadığı ya da bu hedefleri zorla mı ele geçirdiği gerçeği irdelenecektir.

References

  • Duncan, P. A. (1988). The Eyes of Julien Sorel and Stendhal’s Title “Le Rouge et Le Noir,” Romance Notes, 29(1), pp. 45-47.
  • Kete, K. (2005). Stendhal and Trials of Ambition in Postrevolutionary France, French Historical Studies, 28(3), pp. 467-495.
  • Martin, S. (1992). The Great Expatriate Writers. Macmillan.
  • Mörte Alling, A. (2018). In Conquest of the World and of Modernity: Movements from the Countryside to Paris in Novels by Stendhal, Balzac and Flaubert. In S. Helgesson, A. Mörte Alling, Y. Lindqvist, and H. Wulff (eds.) World Literatures: Exploring the Cosmopolitan-Vernacular Exchange. Stockholm University Press, pp. 199–210. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/bat.r. License: CC-BY.
  • Platt, J. B. (2018). Child of the Age or Little Napoleon: Two Russian Responses to The Red and the Black, The Russian Review, 77, pp. 7-29.
  • Rand, N. (1989). The Red and the Black, Author of Stendhal Pseudonyms and Cryptonyms of Beyle, Romantic Review, 80(3), pp. 391-403.
  • Sands, S. (1975). The Narcissism of Stendhal and Julien Sorel, Studies in Romanticism, 14(4), pp. 337-363.
  • Stendhal. (2002). The Red and the Black. Penguin Classics.
  • Turnell, M. (1962). The Novel in France. Penguin Books.
  • Zhang, M. (2023). On Writing Father-Son Relationships in The Red and the Black, Journal of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, 8, pp. 1049-1055.
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Primary Language English
Subjects World Languages, Literature and Culture (Other)
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Victoria Bilge Yılmaz 0000-0002-9807-9233

Publication Date December 31, 2024
Submission Date January 3, 2024
Acceptance Date September 6, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 18 Issue: 2

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APA Yılmaz, V. B. (2024). Legitimacy and Usurpation: Shattering of the Social Walls in Stendhal’s The Red and the Black. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 18(2), 456-462.

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