Eleştirilen Ancak Benimsenen İki Aykırı Yazar: Joseph Conrad ve H. G. Wells

Year 2012, Volume: 52 Issue: 2, 1 - 22, 01.01.2012

Sema Ege

Abstract

Makalenin amacı aynı dönemlerde yazan Joseph Conrad ile H. G. Wells’in yaşamın amacı, insan doğası, insanın geleceği konularıyla ilgili düşüncelerini ve roman anlayışlarını, yani bu görüşlerin ne şekilde aktarılması gerektiğine ilişkin yaklaşımlarını, karşılaştırmalı olarak ele almak, böylece bu iki yazar arasındaki fikir ve sanat bağlamındaki ayrılıkları ve de benzerlikleri ortaya çıkartmaktır. Ancak temel amaç genel olarak sunulan bu farklılıklar ve benzerlikler aracılığı ile insanın gelişimine ne gibi katkılarda bulunmuş olabilecekleri konusunda düşünce uyandırmaktır.

Keywords

İnsan Doğası, Yaşam, On Dokuzuncu Yüzyıl, Yirminci Yüzyıl Başı Sosyal, Politik ve Ekonomik Sistemler, Roman, Birey, Kitle Zihniyeti, Yabancılaşma

The Acclaimed Outsiders: Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to introduce a comparative study of Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells with special reference to their concept of life, understanding of human nature, man’s future, and of the novel, the purpose being not only to highligth the differences but also trace the similarities between these two novelists whose ideas as regards many issues seem to clash with each other, and thereby provoke thought on how they may have contributed to the progress of man.

Keywords

Human Nature, Life, Nineteenth Century, Contemporary Social, Political and Economic Systems, Fiction, Individualism, Mass Mentality, Alienation

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