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E.M. Forster’s Short Stories as Emotive Fantasies

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 355 - 361, 30.10.2021
https://doi.org/10.53048/johass.977250

Abstract

As and Edwardian author and a ‘reluctant modernist’ E.M. Forster penned several short stories as well as great novels. In the three selected short stories titled “The Story of a Panic”, “The Story of a Siren”, and “The Celestial Omnibus”, Forster makes use of fantasy fiction based on the feeling of desire. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how Forster’s emotive fantasies are constructed through features of “longing for another world or a lost world” and/or “finding our own world enchanted”. Some of the underlying motifs such as mythological figures, pastoral images, beauty and individualism are also part of the discussion. Using the theory of Todorov’s fantasy and Manlove’s arguments regarding fantasy fiction as a springboard for discussion, this study argues that even though the selected short stories by Forster are shaped by desire as emotive fantasies, the feeling of desire does not lead to a satisfaction; in other words, desire is an inconlusive and discontinuous feeling which contributes to the formation of the stories.

References

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  • Crews, F. (1962). E.M. Forster: The Perils of Humanism. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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  • Jackson, R. (1981). Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion. London and New York: Routledge.
  • Lane, C. (2007). Forsterian Sexuality. D. Bradshaw (Ed.), In The Cambridge Companion to Forster (p. 104-119). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Manlove, C. (1999). The Fantasy Literature of England. New York: Palgrave.
  • Mathews, R. (2002). Fantasy: The Liberation of Imagination. New York & London: Routledge.
  • Medalie, D. (2002). E.M. Forster’s Modernism. New York: Palgrave.
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  • Todorov, T. (1973). The Fantastic. Richard Howard (Trans.). London: The Press of Case Western Reserve University.

E.M. Forster’ın Duygusal Fantezi olarak Kısa Hikâyeleri

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 355 - 361, 30.10.2021
https://doi.org/10.53048/johass.977250

Abstract

Edward dönemi yazarı ve “isteksiz bir modernist” olarak E.M. Forster büyük romanların yanı sıra birçok hikâye de kaleme aldı. “Bir Paniğin Öyküsü”, “Siren’in Öyküsü”, ve “Cennet Dolmuşu” başlıklı seçilen üç kısa öyküde yazar arzu duygusuna dayalı fantezi kurgudan faydalanır. Bu çalışmanın amacı Forster’in “başka bir dünyaya veya kayıp bir dünyaya özlem” ve/veya “kendi dünyamızı büyülenmiş bulma” özellikleriyle duygusal fantezilerini nasıl inşa ettiğini göstermektir. Mitolojik figürler, pastoral imgeler, güzellik ve bireycilik gibi temel motifler de tartışmanın bir parçasıdır. Todorov’un fantezi teorisini ve Manlove’ın fantezi kurguya ilişkin argümanlarını tartışma için bir sıçrama tahtası olarak kullanan bu çalışma Forster’ın seçilen kısa öykülerinin arzu tarafından şekillenen duygusal fantezilerini olmasına rağmen, arzu duygusunun bir doyuma yol açmadığını ileri sürmektedir. Diğer bir deyişle, hikâyelerin şekillenmesine katkıda bulunan duygu sonuçsuz ve kesintilidir.

References

  • Cavaliero, G. (1979). A Reading of E.M. Forster. London: MacMillan Press.
  • Crews, F. (1962). E.M. Forster: The Perils of Humanism. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  • Forster, E.M. (1988). The Celestial Omnibus. London: Snowbooks Press.
  • Head, D. (2007). Forster and the Short Story. D. Bradshaw (Ed.), In The Cambridge Companion to Forster (p. 77-91). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Herz, J.S. (1988). The Short Narratives of E.M. Forster. London: MacMillan Press.
  • Jackson, R. (1981). Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion. London and New York: Routledge.
  • Lane, C. (2007). Forsterian Sexuality. D. Bradshaw (Ed.), In The Cambridge Companion to Forster (p. 104-119). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Manlove, C. (1999). The Fantasy Literature of England. New York: Palgrave.
  • Mathews, R. (2002). Fantasy: The Liberation of Imagination. New York & London: Routledge.
  • Medalie, D. (2002). E.M. Forster’s Modernism. New York: Palgrave.
  • Page, N. (1987). E.M. Forster. London: MacMillan Press.
  • Todorov, T. (1973). The Fantastic. Richard Howard (Trans.). London: The Press of Case Western Reserve University.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Research Article
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Ercan Gürova 0000-0001-5446-9013

Publication Date October 30, 2021
Submission Date August 1, 2021
Acceptance Date October 27, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021 Volume: 4 Issue: 2

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APA Gürova, E. (2021). E.M. Forster’s Short Stories as Emotive Fantasies. Journal of Human and Social Sciences, 4(2), 355-361. https://doi.org/10.53048/johass.977250

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