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Augusta Webster’ın Şiirlerinde Asi Kadın Karakterler

Year 2024, Volume: 22 Issue: 3, 93 - 107, 30.09.2024
https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1467129

Abstract

Viktorya dönemi ataerkil düşünce sistemine karşı açtığı kararlı savaşla, Augusta Webster (1837-1894), cinsiyet ayrımcılığı ve dualist kadın kavramı inşası gibi konularla uğraşan, aktivist bir kadın şair olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Kadınların eğitim ve oy hakları, eşit iş fırsatı ve ekonomik özgürlükleri gibi konular, Webster’in feminist ajendasının merkezinde yer almaktadır. Webster’ın reformcu kişiliğini ortaya çıkaran en belirgin unsur, eserlerinde kendi fikirlerinin sözcüsü olarak, Viktorya toplumu tarafından kınanmış ve marjinalleştirilmiş, radikal kadın karakterlerini seçmiş olmasıdır. Bu nedenle, bu çalışmanın temel amacı, “Medea in Athens”, “A Castaway”, ve “Sister Annunciata” eserlerindeki başına buyruk kadın karakterleri inceleyerek, Webster’ın kadınların ya mükemmel ya da düşmüş olarak ikili bir şekilde kavramsallaştırılmasının önüne geçmeye çalışan, politik, aktivist yönünü ortaya çıkarmaktır.

References

  • Bell, N. (2013). The ‘Woman Question’, the ‘New Woman’, and Some Late Victorian Fiction.” English Academy Review, 30 (2), 79-97.
  • Brown, S. (1991). Economical Representations: Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s ‘Jenny,’ Augusta Webster’s ‘A Castaway,’ and The Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Act. Victorian Review, 17 (1), 78-95.
  • Fiske, S. (2011). Augusta Webster and The Social History of Myth. Women’s Studies, 40 (4), 469-490.

Unruly Female Characters in Augusta Webster’s Selected Poetry

Year 2024, Volume: 22 Issue: 3, 93 - 107, 30.09.2024
https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1467129

Abstract

With her unfaltering dedication to fight against patriarchal convictions in Victorian Britain, Augusta Webster (1837-1894) is featured as a groundbreaking activist poet who grapples steadfastly with the problems of gender discrimination and dualistic constructions of womanhood. At the center of Webster’s feminist agenda are Victorian women’s educational and suffrage rights, equal employment opportunities and economic freedom. Webster’s reformist character is profoundly manifested in her choice of nonconformist, radical female characters as the spokesperson of her ideas, who are condemned and marginalized by the Victorian society. The main concentration of this study, hence, is to analyze these maverick female characters in “Medea in Athens”, “A Castaway”, and “Sister Annuciata” to unravel Webster’s political, activist impetus to destabilize dichotomous conceptualizations of womanhood, either as the angel in the house or the fallen woman in Victorian society.

References

  • Bell, N. (2013). The ‘Woman Question’, the ‘New Woman’, and Some Late Victorian Fiction.” English Academy Review, 30 (2), 79-97.
  • Brown, S. (1991). Economical Representations: Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s ‘Jenny,’ Augusta Webster’s ‘A Castaway,’ and The Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Act. Victorian Review, 17 (1), 78-95.
  • Fiske, S. (2011). Augusta Webster and The Social History of Myth. Women’s Studies, 40 (4), 469-490.
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Primary Language English
Subjects British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, World Languages, Literature and Culture (Other)
Journal Section Articles
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Dilek Bulut Sarıkaya 0000-0001-5514-6929

Publication Date September 30, 2024
Submission Date April 9, 2024
Acceptance Date June 11, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 22 Issue: 3

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APA Bulut Sarıkaya, D. (2024). Unruly Female Characters in Augusta Webster’s Selected Poetry. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 22(3), 93-107. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1467129