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Woolf’un Kendine Ait Bir Oda’sındaki Kadın Temsilleri

Year 2022, Volume: 28 Issue: 112, 1121 - 1134, 01.11.2022
https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.2279

Abstract

Dijital okumanın artan popülaritesi nedeniyle, e-okuyucular son birkaç yılda bir dizi araştırmanın odak noktası olmuştur. Okuma, okuyucu-metin etkileşimi, anlam türetme ve çıkarılan anlamı yaşam deneyimleriyle ilişkilendirmeyi içeren çok yönlü bir bilişsel aktivitedir. Bazen okuyucu, ima edilen anlamı elde etmek için bir metne ekstra çaba sarf etmek ve satır aralarını okumak zorundadır. Woolf'un Kendine Ait Bir Oda’sında olduğu gibi, kadın temsilleri doğrudan ifade edilmeyip İngiliz ataerkil toplumunun tasviri yoluyla ima edilmektedir. Woolf, bu kitabında maddiyatın kadınları nasıl bağımlı hale getirdiğini ve onları maddi koşulların kurbanı haline getirdiğini irdelemektedir. Woolf , Marksist olmamasına rağmen paranın gücünün kişinin hayatını, özellikle de kadınların hayatını dramatik bir şekilde değiştirip şekillendirme şeklini şaşırtıcı bir şekilde kavramıştır. Başka bir deyişle, sermayeye ve maddi araçlara sahip olmak her şey demekti çünkü yaşamı sürdüren ve insanları kategorilere ayıran şey buydu. Woolf, maddi bakımdan güçlü olmayı kadınların kendilerini ataerkil yargılardan kurtarabilecek birincil araç olarak gömektedir. Asıl önemli olan, insanın maddeyle ilişkisi değil, aynı zamanda her iki cinsiyetin de maddeyle nasıl ilişki kurduğu ve her iki cinsiyetin (erkek ve kadın) siyasi bir tarzda birbirleriyle nasıl ilişki kurduğudur. Kadın cinselliğinin tarihine bakıldığında, kadınlar kendi ayakları üzerinde durabilmeyi başarıp, çalışmaya başlasalardı, cinsiyetler arası ilişkilerle ilgili sorunların ve ön yargıların daha çok farkında olacaklardı. Woolf kadınların ezilmesinin evrensel ya da doğal değil, kültüre özgü olduğunu öne sürmektedir. Farklı toplumlar, kadınların cinsiyetini erkeklere uygun cinsiyet söylemine uyacak şekilde farklı yorumlar. Bu nitel araştırma, farklı kültürel geçmişlerden gelen on beş lisansüstü öğrencinin Kendine Ait Bir Oda'daki kadın temsillerine ilişkin algılarını belirlemek için tasarlanmıştır. Veriler, Messenger'da grup sohbeti yoluyla elde edilip, tematik olarak analiz edilmiştir. Tematik analiz bağımlı eşler, değersiz insanlar ve savunmasız yaratıklar gibi temaları ortaya çıkarmıştır.

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

Year 2022, Volume: 28 Issue: 112, 1121 - 1134, 01.11.2022
https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.2279

Abstract

Due to the increasing popularity of digital reading, e-readers have been the focus of a number of research over the last few years. Reading is a multifaceted cognitive activity comprising reader-text interaction, derivation of meaning and relating the inferred meaning to life experiences. Sometimes the reader has to put extra effort to a text and read between the lines to get the implied meaning. As in Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, women’s representations are not directly stated but implied through the portrayal of the British patriarchal society. Woolf explores how material aspects affect women rendering them dependent and turning them into the victims of material circumstances. It is posed that women’s oppression is not universal or natural but culture specific. Different societies interpret the ‘sex’ of women differently to fit the discourse of gender that suits men. Drawing on this, this qualitative study was designed to determine the perceptions of fifteen graduate students from different cultural backgrounds of female representations in A Room of One’s Own. The data were elicited through group chatting on Messenger and thematically analyzed to reveal the themes, namely dependent wives, worthless human beings and vulnerable creatures.

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  • Au, K. H. (1997). A sociocultural model of reading instruction: The Kamehameha elementary education program. In S. A. Stahl & D. A. Hayes (Eds.), Instructional models in reading (pp. 181- 202). Erlbaum.
  • Bechtold, B. (2000). More than a room and three Guineas: Understanding Virginia Woolf’s social thought. Journal of International Women’s Studies, 1(2), 1-11.
  • Chou, I.-C. (2016). Reading for the purpose of responding to literature: EFL students’ perceptions of e-books. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 29,1, 1-20.
  • Clinton, V. (2019). Reading from paper compared to screens: A systematic review and meta analysis. Journal of Research in Reading, 00,00,1-38.
  • Green, T. D., Perera, R. A., Dance, L. A. & Myers, E. A. (2010). Impact of presentation mode on recall of written text and numerical information: Hard copy versus electronic. North American Journal of Psychology, 12, 233–242.
  • Hanson, C. (1994). Women writers: Virginia Woolf. Macmillan.
  • Johnson, J. (2013). Students perform well regardless of reading print or digital books. Science Daily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524160710.htm
  • Johnson, K.E. (2009). Second language teacher education: A sociocultural perspective.Routledge. Lane, J. A. (2000). Making women’s history. The Feminist Press.
  • Liu, Z. (2005). Reading behavior in the digital environment: Changes in reading behavior over the past ten years. Journal of Documentation, 61(6), 700 – 712.
  • Managen, A., Walgermo, B., & Bronnick, K. (2013). Reading linear texts on paper versus computer screen: Effects on reading comprehension. International Journal of Educational Research, 58, 61- 68.
  • Margolin, S. J., et al., (2013). E-readers, computer screens, or paper: Does reading comprehension change across media platforms? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 27, 512. Morris, P. (2000). Literature and feminism. Blackwell.
  • Myrberg, C. &Wiberg, N. (2015). Screen vs. paper: What is the difference for reading and learning? Insights: The UKSG Journal, 28, 49-54.
  • Norman, E. &Furnes, B. (2016). The relationship between metacognitive experiences and learning: Is there a difference between digital and non-digital study media? Computers in Human Behavior, 54, 301-309.
  • Porion, A., et al., (2016).The impact of paper-based versus computerized presentation on text comprehension and memorization. Computers in Human Behavior, 54, 569–576.
  • Records, H., et al., (2015). How to increase adoption rates and use of e-texts in the university setting. Issues in Information Systems, 16,(1), 155-162.
  • Sawicki, J. (1991). Disciplining Foucault: Feminism, power, and the body. Routledge.
  • Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style. (3rd ed.). Macmillan.
  • Taylor, A. (2011). Students learn equally well from digital as from paperbound texts. Teaching of Psychology, 38 (4), 278-281.
  • Vygotsky LS 1987. Thinking and speech. In RW Rieber & AS Carton (eds). The collected works of L. S. Vygotsky (Vol. 1: Problems of general psychology). Plenum Press.
  • Warschauer, M. (2015). From computers and the web to mobile devices and e-texts: The transition to digital reading continues, in R. Spiro et al. (Eds), Reading at a crossroads: Disjunctures and continuities in current conceptions and practices. Routledge.
  • Woolf, V. ( 1992). A room of one’s own. Penguin.
  • Yin, R. K. (2009). Case study research: Design and methods (4th ed.). Sage.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Creative Arts and Writing
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Nurdan Atamtürk This is me 0000-0002-9770-8456

Çelen Dimililer This is me 0000-0001-8886-6201

Publication Date November 1, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 28 Issue: 112

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APA Atamtürk, N., & Dimililer, Ç. (2022). Female Representations in Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. Folklor/Edebiyat, 28(112), 1121-1134. https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.2279

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