Abstract
On dokuzuncu yüzyılda yaşamış olan İngiliz kadın şair Elizabeth Barrett Browning’in Aurora Leigh adlı uzun anlatı şiiri lirik ve romana özgü nitelikleri bir araya getiren önemli bir feminen metindir. Bu özellikler ona akışkan ve çoğulcu bir nitelik kazandırmıştır. Aurora Leigh destan, romans, Bildungsroman, ars poetica, gezi gibi var olan türleri bir araya getiren, yazınsal tür olarak dar bir tanımlamayı reddeden melez sayılabilecek bir yapıttır. Metin içinde değişik sesler gerek yazılı ve sözlü, gerekse gündelik ve yazınsal birbirleriyle sürekli bir etkileşim halindedir. Şairin kişisel duygularını dile getirdiği lirik bölümler olay örgüsü, karakter, diyalog ve sosyo-politik göndermeler gibi roman türüne ait tekniklerin kullanıldığı anlatısal bölümlerle içiçe geçmiştir. Elizabeth Barrett Browning’in lirik ve romanesk ögeleri bir arada kullanması onu Viktorya Döneminde yaşamış şairlerden farklı kılar. Browning’in kadın sorununu ve kadın şairin konumunu yapıtının ana eksenine oturtması ise onu İngiliz şiirinde bir dönüm noktası yapmıştır.
Keywords
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aurora Leigh Anlatı Şiir Lirik Roman Feminen Metin Türsel Melezlik Çokseslilik
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Abstract
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s long narrative poem Aurora Leigh attempts to bring together lyric and novelesque techniques so as to create a feminine text which is fluid, inclusive and plural in dimension. Aurora Leigh is a hybrid of such various genres as the epic, romance, Bildungsroman, ars poetica and travelogue. It is a poem in which various voices written and spoken, everyday and literary are in an ongoing interaction. The lyric parts in which the poet expresses her innermost feelings are juxtaposed with narrative parts in which novelistic techniques such as plot, character, dialogue, political and social references are employed. The fact that Elizabeth Barrett Browning fuses the lyric with the novelistic differentiates her from other Victorian poets. Aurora Leigh, which deals with topics concerning the woman question and the place of the female artist, is thus a landmark in English poetry.
Keywords
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aurora Leigh Narrative Poetry The Lyric Novel Feminine Text Generic Hybridity Plurality
References
- ABRAMS, M. H. (1999). A Glossary of Literary Terms. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace.
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- BROWN, Susan. (2000). “The Victorian Poetess”. The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry. (Ed. Joseph Bristow). Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 180-202.
- BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. (1996). Aurora Leigh: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism. (Ed. Margaret Reynolds). New York: Norton.
- CASE, Alison. (1996). “Gender and Narration in Aurora Leigh”. Victorian Poetry. 29I. No 1. Spring 1991).
- BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett Aurora Leigh: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism. (Ed. Margaret Reynolds). New York: Norton. 514-9.
- CUDDON, J.A. (1991). The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. London: Penguin.
- DAVID, Deirdre. (1996). “Intellectual Women and Victorian Patriarchy”. Intellectual Women and Victorian Patriarchy. London: Macmillan, 1987.) Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Aurora Leigh: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism. (Ed. Margaret Reynolds). New York: Norton, 484-93.
- DE STAËL, Madame. (1987). Corinne, or Italy. (Ed. and trans. Avriel H. Goldberger). New Brunswick:Rutgers UP.
- ENGELS, Friedrich. (1986). “The Great Towns.” [1845] The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed.
- M.H. Abrams. Vol. 2. New York: Norton, 1625-33.
- FOWLER, Alaister. (1987). Kinds of Literature: An Introduction to the Theory of Genres and Modes. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- GAUNT, Simon.(2000). “Romance and Other Genres”. (Ed. Roberta L. Krueger). “Introduction”. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 45-59.
- GOLDERBERG, Avriel H. (ed.) (1987). Introduction to Corinne, or Italy by Madame de Staël. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP.
- GREG, William Rathbone.(1996). “Prostitution”. (Westminster Review 53, 1850). Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Aurora Leigh: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism. (Ed. Margaret Reynolds). New York: Norton, 373-86.
- HAWTHORN, Jeremy. (1994). A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory. 2nd ed. London: Edward Arnold.
- KAPLAN, Cora. (1990). Sea Changes. London: Verso.
- KRUEGER, Roberta L. (ed) (2000). “Introduction”. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1-9.
- MORI, Masaki. (1997). Epic Grandeur: Toward a Comparative Poetics of the Epic. New York: State University of New York Press.
- STONE, Marjorie. (1996). “Genre Subversion and Gender Inversion: The Princess and Aurora Leigh” (Victorian Poetry 25, No 2. Fall 1987). Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Aurora Leigh: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism. (Ed. Margaret Reynolds). New York: Norton, 494-505.
- WORDSWORTH, William. (1986). “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. (Ed. M. H. Abrams). London: Norton: 1986, Volume 2, 155-170.
- WORDSWORTH, William. (1979). The Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850. (Ed. Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, Stephen Gill). New York: Norton.
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| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Journal Section | Research Article |
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| Publication Date | January 1, 2004 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2004 Volume: 44 Issue: 2 |
Ankara University Journal of the Faculty of Languages and History-Geography
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