Alienation in Maryse Condé’s Le Cœur à Rire et à Pleurer

Year 2024, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 463 - 470, 31.12.2024

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Abstract

Postcolonialism is a theoretical framework that problematizes the legacy of colonialism through the lenses of sociology, psychology, and literature. Postcolonial literature, exploring the enduring impact of colonialism on literary works addresses themes such as identity, exile, and alienation. Frantz Fanon was one of the most prominent thinkers of the 20th century with his anti-colonial works, which dealt with the problems created by colonialism on both an individual and a cultural level. Fanon, exploring the alienation of colonized peoples from their own origins, asserts that true freedom can be attained when individuals liberate themselves from this imposed sense of otherness. Maryse Condé, one of the leading figures of French postcolonial literature, delves into the search for identity among those who have endured the experiences of slavery, colonialism, and exile. The aim of this study is to analyze the concept of alienation in Maryse Condé's autobiographical storybook, Le Cœur à Rire et à Pleurer, within the framework of Frantz Fanon's postcolonial theory.

Keywords

Postcolonial literature, alienation, identity, Maryse Condé, Frantz Fanon

Maryse Condé’nin Le Cœur à Rire et à Pleurer Eserinde Yabancılaşma

Abstract

Postkolonyalizm, sömürgeciliğin mirasını sosyoloji, psikoloji ve edebiyat mercekleri aracılığıyla sorunsallaştıran kuramsal bir çerçevedir. Postkolonyal edebiyat, sömürgeciliğin edebi eserler üzerindeki kalıcı etkilerini incelerken kimlik, sürgün ve yabancılaşma gibi temaları ele almaktadır. Frantz Fanon, 20. yüzyılın en önde gelen düşünürlerinden biri olup, sömürgeciliğin bireysel ve kültürel düzeyde yarattığı sorunları ele alan anti-sömürgeci eserleriyle tanınmıştır. Sömürgeleştirilen halkların kendi kökenlerine yabancılaşmasını irdeleyen Fanon, bireylerin gerçek özgürlüğe ancak kendilerine dayatılan bu ötekilik duygusundan kurtardıklarında ulaşılabileceğini ileri sürmektedir. Fransız postkolonyal edebiyatının önde gelen isimlerinden biri olan Maryse Condé, kölelik, sömürgecilik ve sürgün deneyimlerini yaşamış bireylerin kimlik arayışını derinlemesine işlemektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Maryse Condé’nin Le Cœur à Rire et à Pleurer adlı otobiyografik öykü kitabındaki yabancılaşma kavramını Frantz Fanon’un postkolonyal teorisi çerçevesinde analiz etmektir.

Keywords

postkolonyal edebiyat, yabancılaşma, kimlik, Maryse Condé, Frantz Fanon

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