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Conflict between the Individual and Society in Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 1 - 10, 30.05.2021
https://doi.org/10.53048/johass.836754

Abstract

Jeanette Winterson’s novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985) illustrates the story of a young girl, Jeanette, who experiences suppressive upbringing at the hands of her mother and her surroundings. Through the portrayal of her transition into adulthood, the novel touches on numerous challenging issues such as gender, identity, and the reliability of the mainstream patriarchal discourse. The main character’s gradual transformation reveals the controversial aspects of her society juxtaposed with her sexual orientation as a lesbian and her oppositional stance against the ingrained doctrine of the Church. This study will, in this respect, discuss Jeanette’s rebellion as an individual against her oppressive society in Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit through specific references from the primary source and relevant secondary sources in an ultimate attempt to reveal how identity, gender roles, and truth are all discursive practices.

References

  • Bailey, P. D. (2006). Writing history: narrative reconstruction in Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Philological Review. 32 (2), 61-78.
  • Beaujouan, E. and Bhrolchain, M. N. (2011). Cohabitation and marriage in Britain since the 1970s. Population Trends. 145, 1-25. Doi: 10.1057/pt.2011.16.
  • Bollinger, L. (1994). Models for female loyalty: The Biblical Ruth in Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature. 13 (2), 363-380. Doi:10.2307/464115.
  • Burns, C. L. (1998). Powerful differences: Critique and Eros in Jeanette Winterson and Virginia Woolf. Modern Fiction Studies. 44, (2), 364-392. Doi:10.1353/mfs.1998.0047.
  • Eagleton, T. (2008). Literary theory: An introduction. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota Press.
  • Ellam, J. (2006). Jeanette Winterson’s family values: From “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit to Lighthousekeeping.” Critical Survey. 18, (2), 79-88. Access address: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41556168.
  • French, J. L. (1999). “I’m telling you stories… Trust me”: Gender, desire, and identity in Jeanette Winterson’s historical fantasies. Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 10, (3), 231-252. Access address: http://www.jstor.org/stable/43308390.
  • Fuss, D. (1989). Essentially speaking: Feminism, nature and difference. New York: Routledge.
  • Onega, S. (1995). Telling histories: Narrativizing history, historicizing literature. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  • Reisman, M. (2011). Integrating fantasy and reality in Jeanette Winterson’s “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.” Rocky Mountain Review. 65, (1), 11-35. Access address: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41289361.
  • Rubin, G. (1975). The traffic in women: Notes on the “political economy” of sex. In R. R. Reiter, (Ed). Toward an anthropology of women (157-210). New York: Monthly Review Press.
  • Rubinson, G. J. (2005). The fiction of Rushdie, Barnes, Winterson and Carter: Breaking cultural and literary boundaries in the work of four postmodernists. North Carolina: McFarland.
  • Winterson, J. (1985). Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. New York: Grove.
  • Yakut, Ö. (2011). Sexuality and gender in Jeanette Winterson’s two novels: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Written on the Body. (MA Thesis). Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

Jeanette Winterson’ın Tek Meyve Portakal Değildir Romanında Birey ve Toplum Çatışması

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 1 - 10, 30.05.2021
https://doi.org/10.53048/johass.836754

Abstract

Jeanette Winterson’ın Tek Meyve Portakal Değildir (1985) başlıklı romanı, annesinin ve çevresinin baskıcı yetiştirme tarzına maruz kalan genç kız Jeanette’in hikâyesini anlatmaktadır. Roman, bu genç kızın erişkinlik dönemine geçiş tasviri aracılığıyla, toplumsal cinsiyet, kimlik ve baskın ataerkil söylemin güvenirliği gibi birçok tartışmalı konuya değinmektedir. Ana karakterin kademeli dönüşümü, Jeanette’in içinde yaşadığı toplumun tartışmalı boyutlarını ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Bu süreçte, karakterin lezbiyen olarak cinsel oryantasyonu ve kilisenin kökleşmiş öğretilerine karşı muhalif tutumu önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu bağlamda bu çalışma, Winterson’ın Tek Meyve Portakal Değildir romanında lezbiyen karakter Jeanette’in içinde yaşadığı baskıcı topluma karşı nasıl başkaldırdığını tartışacaktır. Bu tartışma, birincil kaynaktan ve konu ile alakalı ikincil kaynaklara spesifik göndermeler üzerinden gerçekleşecektir. Çalışmanın nihai amacı ise kimliğin, toplumsal cinsiyet rollerinin ve gerçeğin söylemsel pratikler olduğunu ortaya çıkarmaktır.

References

  • Bailey, P. D. (2006). Writing history: narrative reconstruction in Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Philological Review. 32 (2), 61-78.
  • Beaujouan, E. and Bhrolchain, M. N. (2011). Cohabitation and marriage in Britain since the 1970s. Population Trends. 145, 1-25. Doi: 10.1057/pt.2011.16.
  • Bollinger, L. (1994). Models for female loyalty: The Biblical Ruth in Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature. 13 (2), 363-380. Doi:10.2307/464115.
  • Burns, C. L. (1998). Powerful differences: Critique and Eros in Jeanette Winterson and Virginia Woolf. Modern Fiction Studies. 44, (2), 364-392. Doi:10.1353/mfs.1998.0047.
  • Eagleton, T. (2008). Literary theory: An introduction. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota Press.
  • Ellam, J. (2006). Jeanette Winterson’s family values: From “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit to Lighthousekeeping.” Critical Survey. 18, (2), 79-88. Access address: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41556168.
  • French, J. L. (1999). “I’m telling you stories… Trust me”: Gender, desire, and identity in Jeanette Winterson’s historical fantasies. Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 10, (3), 231-252. Access address: http://www.jstor.org/stable/43308390.
  • Fuss, D. (1989). Essentially speaking: Feminism, nature and difference. New York: Routledge.
  • Onega, S. (1995). Telling histories: Narrativizing history, historicizing literature. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  • Reisman, M. (2011). Integrating fantasy and reality in Jeanette Winterson’s “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.” Rocky Mountain Review. 65, (1), 11-35. Access address: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41289361.
  • Rubin, G. (1975). The traffic in women: Notes on the “political economy” of sex. In R. R. Reiter, (Ed). Toward an anthropology of women (157-210). New York: Monthly Review Press.
  • Rubinson, G. J. (2005). The fiction of Rushdie, Barnes, Winterson and Carter: Breaking cultural and literary boundaries in the work of four postmodernists. North Carolina: McFarland.
  • Winterson, J. (1985). Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. New York: Grove.
  • Yakut, Ö. (2011). Sexuality and gender in Jeanette Winterson’s two novels: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Written on the Body. (MA Thesis). Middle East Technical University, Ankara.
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Primary Language English
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Emrah Atasoy 0000-0002-5008-2636

Publication Date May 30, 2021
Submission Date December 7, 2020
Acceptance Date February 24, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021 Volume: 4 Issue: 1

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APA Atasoy, E. (2021). Conflict between the Individual and Society in Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Journal of Human and Social Sciences, 4(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.53048/johass.836754

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