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Male Representations in Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own

Year 2019, Volume: 25 Issue: 97, 166 - 176, 20.09.2019
https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.934

Abstract

A Room of One's Own can be categorized as a 'feminist manifesto' because it discusses the
role of women in the history of literature. Woolf argues that women are oppressed and
explains why women are prevented from writing fiction. Further, A Room of One's Own raises
many critical issues that are still significant for women of our contemporary world and hence
suggests some of the materialist reasons for the oppression of women from Antigone to the
present. To Woolf, educating women is the major momentum in their liberation because that is
the only way for them to be treated 'equally'. Through female representations in the book,
Woolf presents the conditions of men and the mindset of the society. This qualitative study
aimed to determine male representations as perceived by undergraduate English Language and
Literature students. Male chauvinism, male domination and male freedom were found to be the
dominant themes. 

References

  • Austen, J. (1996). Pride and prejudice. Donald, G. (Ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
  • Beauvoir, De S. (1997). The second sex. London: Vintage.
  • Blau, D. F., Ferber, A. M. & Winkler, E. A. (2001). The economics of women, men and work. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
  • Bowlby, R. (1992). Virginia Woolf. London and New York: Longman.
  • Butler, J. (1990). Gender trouble. New York: Routledge.
  • Coole, D. (1993). Women in political theory: From ancient misogyny to contemporary feminism. Hertfordshire: Wheatsheaf.
  • Goldman, E. (2004). Marriage and love. Feminism and womanisms: A women’s studies reader. Prince, A. & Wayne, S. S. (Eds.). Toronto: Women’s Press.
  • Hanson, C. (1994). Women writers: Virginia Woolf. London: Macmillan.
  • Lane, J. A. (2000). Making women’s history. New York: The Feminist Press.
  • Letherby, G & Markbank, J. (2014). Introduction to Gender: Social Science Perspective. 2nd Edition. New York: Routledge.
  • Marx, K, & Engels, F. (1978). The Marx-Engels Reader. Tucker, R. C.(Ed.). New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company.
  • Marx, K. & Engels, F. (1982). The German ideology. London: Lawrence and Wishart.
  • Morris, P. (2000). Literature and feminism. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Ollenburger, J. C., & Moore, H. A. (1998). A sociology of women: The intersection of patriarchy, capitalism, and colonization. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Opdenakker, R. (2006). Advantages and disadvantages of four interview techniques in qualitative research. Forum:Qualitative Social Research. 7(4), Art 11.
  • Russell, B. (2004). Karl Marx. History of western philosophy. London: Routledge.
  • Showalter, E. (1982). A literature of their own: British women novelist from Bronte to Lessing. London: Virago.
  • Solomon, C. R. (1993). Introducing philosophy: A text with integrated readings. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.
  • Stassinopoulos, A. (1973). The female women. London: Davis-Poynter.
  • Stein, R. E. (2009). Fear's anger: Virginia Woolf's psychology and deliberative democracy, New Political Science, 31:3, 319-335, DOI: 10.1080/07393140903105967
  • Tucker, R. C. (1978). The Marx-Engels reader. London, New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
  • Wollstonecraft, M. (2004). A vindication of the rights of women. London: Penguin.
  • Woolf, V. (1992). A room of one’s own. London: Penguin.
  • Yin, R. K. ( 2009). Case study research: Design and methods. California: Sage Publications.
  • Yazdani, S. & Cheraghi, H. (2014). A modernist perspective: The concept of gender identity in Woolf’s Orlando, from the viewpoint of S.D. Beauvoir, The Anthropologist, 18:2, 469-476, DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2014.11891565

Woolf’un Odasında Erkek Temsili

Year 2019, Volume: 25 Issue: 97, 166 - 176, 20.09.2019
https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.934

Abstract

Kendine Ait Bir Oda, bir 'feminist manifesto' olarak kategorize edilebilir çünkü edebiyat
tarihinde kadınların rolünü tartışmaktadır. Woolf, kadınların ezildiğini ve kadınların eğitimden
mahrum bırakıldıkları için roman yazmalarının engellendiğini açıklamaktadır. Dahası, Kendine
Ait Bir Oda, çağdaş toplumumuzun kadınları için hala önemli olan birçok kritik meseleyi
gündeme getirmektedir ve dolayısıyla Antigone'dan günümüze kadınların ezilmesinin
materyalist nedenlerini öne sürmektedir. Woolf'a göre, kadınları eğitmek, kurtuluşlarındaki ana
momentumdur çünkü bu, onlara 'eşit olarak' davranmaya başlamanın tek yoludur. Kitabın kadın temsilleri aracılığıyla, Woolf erkeklerin yaşam koşullarını ve toplumun zihniyetini de
ortaya koymaktadır. Woolf kitabında doğrudan erkekleri suçlamamakla birlikte kadınları ve
kadınların toplumdaki yerini anlatarak erkeklerin toplumdaki yerine ve yaşam koşullarına da
ışık tutmaktadır. Erkeklerin kadınlardan üstün tutulduğu İngiliz toplumunda kadınların
yaratıcılığı engellenmekte ve dolayısıyla edebiyat dünyasında kadın yazarlardan söz etmek
mümkün olmamaktadır. Woolf kitabında cinsiyet eşitsizliğine değinmekte ve bunun nedeni
olarak da erkekleri değil, toplumu, toplumun kültürünü ve eğitimdeki eşitsizliği sorumlu
tutmaktadır. Doğrudan erkeklerin anlatılmadığı Kendine Ait Bir Oda’da erkek temsillerini
belirlemek ve İngilizce’yi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen öğrencilerin Kendine Ait Bir Oda’daki
erkek temsillerine yönelik algılarını belirlemek bunun için önem arz etmektedir. Bu nitel
çalışma, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı bölümünde okuyan on bir lisans öğrencisinin katılımıyla
gerçekleşmiştir ve öğrencilerin Kendine Ait Bir Oda’da erkek temsillerini nasıl algıladıklarını
belirlemeyi amaçlamıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu
kullanılmış ve verilerin analizinde tematik analiz kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada erkek şovenizmi,
erkek egemenliği ve erkek özgürlüğü temalar olarak bulunmuştur.

References

  • Austen, J. (1996). Pride and prejudice. Donald, G. (Ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
  • Beauvoir, De S. (1997). The second sex. London: Vintage.
  • Blau, D. F., Ferber, A. M. & Winkler, E. A. (2001). The economics of women, men and work. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
  • Bowlby, R. (1992). Virginia Woolf. London and New York: Longman.
  • Butler, J. (1990). Gender trouble. New York: Routledge.
  • Coole, D. (1993). Women in political theory: From ancient misogyny to contemporary feminism. Hertfordshire: Wheatsheaf.
  • Goldman, E. (2004). Marriage and love. Feminism and womanisms: A women’s studies reader. Prince, A. & Wayne, S. S. (Eds.). Toronto: Women’s Press.
  • Hanson, C. (1994). Women writers: Virginia Woolf. London: Macmillan.
  • Lane, J. A. (2000). Making women’s history. New York: The Feminist Press.
  • Letherby, G & Markbank, J. (2014). Introduction to Gender: Social Science Perspective. 2nd Edition. New York: Routledge.
  • Marx, K, & Engels, F. (1978). The Marx-Engels Reader. Tucker, R. C.(Ed.). New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company.
  • Marx, K. & Engels, F. (1982). The German ideology. London: Lawrence and Wishart.
  • Morris, P. (2000). Literature and feminism. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Ollenburger, J. C., & Moore, H. A. (1998). A sociology of women: The intersection of patriarchy, capitalism, and colonization. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Opdenakker, R. (2006). Advantages and disadvantages of four interview techniques in qualitative research. Forum:Qualitative Social Research. 7(4), Art 11.
  • Russell, B. (2004). Karl Marx. History of western philosophy. London: Routledge.
  • Showalter, E. (1982). A literature of their own: British women novelist from Bronte to Lessing. London: Virago.
  • Solomon, C. R. (1993). Introducing philosophy: A text with integrated readings. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.
  • Stassinopoulos, A. (1973). The female women. London: Davis-Poynter.
  • Stein, R. E. (2009). Fear's anger: Virginia Woolf's psychology and deliberative democracy, New Political Science, 31:3, 319-335, DOI: 10.1080/07393140903105967
  • Tucker, R. C. (1978). The Marx-Engels reader. London, New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
  • Wollstonecraft, M. (2004). A vindication of the rights of women. London: Penguin.
  • Woolf, V. (1992). A room of one’s own. London: Penguin.
  • Yin, R. K. ( 2009). Case study research: Design and methods. California: Sage Publications.
  • Yazdani, S. & Cheraghi, H. (2014). A modernist perspective: The concept of gender identity in Woolf’s Orlando, from the viewpoint of S.D. Beauvoir, The Anthropologist, 18:2, 469-476, DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2014.11891565
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Primary Language English
Subjects Turkish Folklore
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Çelen Dimililer This is me

Nurdan Atamtürk This is me

Publication Date September 20, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019 Volume: 25 Issue: 97

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APA Dimililer, Ç., & Atamtürk, N. (2019). Male Representations in Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. Folklor/Edebiyat, 25(97), 166-176. https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.934

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