THE RELATION BETWEEN IDENTITY (SELF) AND MEMORY: THE MEMORY OF WATER BY SHELAGH STEPHENSON

Yıl 2018, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 25, 1 - 21, 06.01.2019

Sedat Bay

Öz

Bireysel
hafıza, bireysel kimliğin gelişmesinde temel bir role sahiptir. Bireylerin
mevcut bakış açıları, hisleri ve hedefleri, geçmiş benliklerini ve hatıralarını
ele alış şekillerini etkiler. Bu nedenledir ki, insanların mevcut içgörüleri,
kendi geçmişleri hakkında neler hatırladıkları ve daha önceki benlik ve
hatıralarını nasıl değerlendirdiklerinden etkilenirler. İnsanların geçmiş
hatıraları ile ilgili değerlendirmelerinin yeniden inşası, hatıralarının
yeniden değerlendirilmesi, bazı geçmiş deneyimlerden açıkça kaçmaya çalışmaları
ve hatıralarına bakış açıları, geçmişin şimdiki durum ve kimlikleri nasıl
etkilediğine dair bize öngörülerde bulunur. Bu çalışmada, Shelagh Stephenson’ın
1996 yılında yazılan oyunu The Memory of Water’da, annelerinin defin işlemleri için İngiltere’nin kuzeyinde
Yorkshire’da yıllar sona bir araya gelen üç kız kardeş aracılığıyla hafıza ve
kimlik arasındaki karşılıklı ilişkiyi incelemeye odaklanacağız. Kız kardeşlerin
hikâyenin başlarındaki vurdumduymazlık hallerinden annelerinin yasını tutmaya
başlamalarına kadar geçen süreçte, anılarının güvenilirlikleri konusunda
verdikleri mücadele ile geçmişlerini, anılarını ve mevcut kimliklerini nasıl
sorguladıklarını ve bunun mevcut benliklerini nasıl etkilediğini inceleyeceğiz.

Anahtar Kelimeler

The Memory of Water, Shelagh Stephenson, identity, memory

THE RELATION BETWEEN IDENTITY (SELF) AND MEMORY: THE MEMORY OF WATER BY SHELAGH STEPHENSON

Öz

Individual
memory assumes a fundamental part in the improvement of individual identity.
Individuals' available points of view about themselves, feelings, and goals
affect their recollections and evaluations of past selves. Thus, people's
existing points of views about themselves are influenced by what they recall
about their own past, and how they evaluate earlier selves and scenes. People's
reproduced evaluations of memories, their obvious detachment from past
experiences, and the point of view of their recollections have proposals for
how the past impacts the present. In this study we will focus on the
verification of the reciprocal relation between memory and identity in Shelagh
Stephenson’s play The Memory of
Water (1996) through three sisters who
come together for their mother’s funeral service in the north of England.  The sisters’ path toward mourning brings
their past into question as memories strive for authenticity and the internal
facts of their different lives affecting their current identities will be
uncovered.. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

The Memory of Water, identity, memory, Shelagh Stephenson, burial ceremony

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