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Sadakati Görmek: Yüzbaşı Corelli’nin Mandolini Romanında Carlo ve İlyada’dan Patroklus Arasında Karşılaştırmalı Bir Çalışma

Year 2025, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 48 - 56, 30.06.2025
https://doi.org/10.70870/joinesp.1687152

Abstract

Bu araştırma, Homeros'un İlyada'sında Akhilleus'un kuzeni ve aynı zamanda bir asker arkadaşı olan Patroklus ile Louis de Bernieres'in Yüzbaşı Corelli'nin Mandolini'nde Franco'nun ordusunda İtalyan bir asker olan Carlo'nun paralel karakter gelişimine, ilgili kahramanlar Akhilleus ve Corelli ile olan yakın ilişkilerine odaklanarak karşılaştırmalı bir bakış önermektedir. Çalışma, bu bağların yakınlığının potansiyel bir homoerotik alt metne işaret ettiğini, Carlo'nun açıkça eşcinsel olduğunu ve Achilles ile Patroclus arasındaki bağın da benzer imalar taşıdığını öne sürüyor. Nihayetinde araştırma, geleneksel olarak heteroseksüel bağlara odaklanmanın aksine, eşcinsel ilişkilerin edebiyatta önemli bir tema olarak varlığının altını çizmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Ayrıca, Patroklus ve Carlo'nun ortak deneyimlerini, özellikle de fedakârlıklarını ve toplumsal normlar nedeniyle kimliklerini gizleme zorunluluklarını kuir çalışmaları çerçevesinde inceleyecektir. Çalışmanın bir diğer odak noktası da, yukarıda bahsi geçen her iki karakterin kaderinde belirleyici olduğu için, alt metinde kuir görünen her iki ilişkide de sadakat temasını araştırmaktır.

References

  • De Bernieres, L. (1995). Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Vintage Books.
  • Deniz, S. (2015). The Concept of Autoimmunity in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and The English Patient [Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi]. Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi.
  • Farina, L. (2017). Clinical Encounters in Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Practice and Queer Theory, Punctum Books.
  • Graham, M. (2014). Anthropological Explorations in Queer Theory, Taylor-Frances Group.
  • Golban, T., Fidan, N. (2018). The Monomythic Journey of a New Heroine in The Hunger Games. Humanitas, 6 (12), 96-115.
  • Gonella, C. C. (2025). Warrior Women and Trans Warriors: Performing Masculinities in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature, Purdue University Press.
  • Halperin, D. (2008). The Normalization of Queer Theory, University of Michigan. Homer (1991). The Iliad, Penguin.
  • Jusdanis, G. (2021, June 5). Brokeback Mount Olympus: Being Gay in the Iliad. https://arcade.stanford.edu/blogs/brokeback-mount-olympus-being-gay-iliad.
  • Leavitt, J. (2010). Mytheme and motif: Lévi-Strauss and Wagner, intersections. Canadian Journal of Music. 30 (1), 95-116.
  • Levi-Strauss, C. (1963). Structural Anthropology, Basic Books.
  • Levi-Strauss, C. (1955). The structural study of myth, The Journal of American Folklore, 68, (270), Myth: A Symposium, 428-444.
  • Louden, B. (2006). The Iliad: Structure, Myth and Meaning. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Marcus, S. (2005). Queer Theory for Everyone: A Review Essay, Signs, 31(1), 191-218.
  • Penney, J. (2014). After Queer Theory: The Limits of Sexual Politics. Pluto Press.
  • Rosenberg, D. (1994). World Mythology, NTC Publishing Group.
  • Şeker, B. (2011). İnterseksüellik ve Cinsiyetin İnşaası, Cogito: Cinsel Yönelimler ve Queer Kuramı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Sayı:65.
  • Whittington, C. (2012). Queer, Studies in Iconography, 33, 157-168.
  • Kincal, F. (2024). Identity formation and resilience in the face of loss: an analysis of joan didion’s the year of magical thinking. Avrasya Sosyal ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 11(3), 346-363.
  • Kristeva, J., & Durudoğan, H. (2011). Gerçek özgürlük başlangıç yapmaktır. Cogito: Cinsel Yönelimler ve Queer Kuramı, 65. Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
  • Laguna-Marsical, G., Morales, M. S. (2003). The relationship between achilles and patroclus according to Chariton of Aphrodisias, The Classical Quarterly, 53(1), 292-326.

Seeing The Devotion: A Comparative Study Between Carlo in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and Patroclus in Iliad

Year 2025, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 48 - 56, 30.06.2025
https://doi.org/10.70870/joinesp.1687152

Abstract

This research proposes a comparative insight into the parallel character development of Patroclus, cousin to Achilles and at the same time a fellow soldier, in Homer's Iliad and Carlo, an Italian soldier in Franco’s army, in Louis de Bernieres' Captain Corelli's Mandolin, focusing on their close relationships with the respective heroes, Achilles and Corelli. The study proposes that the intimacy of these bonds suggests a potential homoerotic subtext, with Carlo explicitly being homosexual and the connection between Achilles and Patroclus implying similar undertones. Ultimately, the research aims to underscore the presence of same-sex relationships as a significant theme in literature, contrasting with the traditional focus on heterosexual bonds. Furthermore, it will explore the shared experiences of Patroclus and Carlo, notably their self-sacrificing ends and the necessity of concealing their identities due to social norms, all within the framework of queer studies. An additional focal point of the study is to investigate the theme of devotion in both seemingly queer relationships since it becomes a determiner in the fates of both aforementioned characters.

References

  • De Bernieres, L. (1995). Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Vintage Books.
  • Deniz, S. (2015). The Concept of Autoimmunity in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and The English Patient [Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi]. Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi.
  • Farina, L. (2017). Clinical Encounters in Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Practice and Queer Theory, Punctum Books.
  • Graham, M. (2014). Anthropological Explorations in Queer Theory, Taylor-Frances Group.
  • Golban, T., Fidan, N. (2018). The Monomythic Journey of a New Heroine in The Hunger Games. Humanitas, 6 (12), 96-115.
  • Gonella, C. C. (2025). Warrior Women and Trans Warriors: Performing Masculinities in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature, Purdue University Press.
  • Halperin, D. (2008). The Normalization of Queer Theory, University of Michigan. Homer (1991). The Iliad, Penguin.
  • Jusdanis, G. (2021, June 5). Brokeback Mount Olympus: Being Gay in the Iliad. https://arcade.stanford.edu/blogs/brokeback-mount-olympus-being-gay-iliad.
  • Leavitt, J. (2010). Mytheme and motif: Lévi-Strauss and Wagner, intersections. Canadian Journal of Music. 30 (1), 95-116.
  • Levi-Strauss, C. (1963). Structural Anthropology, Basic Books.
  • Levi-Strauss, C. (1955). The structural study of myth, The Journal of American Folklore, 68, (270), Myth: A Symposium, 428-444.
  • Louden, B. (2006). The Iliad: Structure, Myth and Meaning. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Marcus, S. (2005). Queer Theory for Everyone: A Review Essay, Signs, 31(1), 191-218.
  • Penney, J. (2014). After Queer Theory: The Limits of Sexual Politics. Pluto Press.
  • Rosenberg, D. (1994). World Mythology, NTC Publishing Group.
  • Şeker, B. (2011). İnterseksüellik ve Cinsiyetin İnşaası, Cogito: Cinsel Yönelimler ve Queer Kuramı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Sayı:65.
  • Whittington, C. (2012). Queer, Studies in Iconography, 33, 157-168.
  • Kincal, F. (2024). Identity formation and resilience in the face of loss: an analysis of joan didion’s the year of magical thinking. Avrasya Sosyal ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 11(3), 346-363.
  • Kristeva, J., & Durudoğan, H. (2011). Gerçek özgürlük başlangıç yapmaktır. Cogito: Cinsel Yönelimler ve Queer Kuramı, 65. Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
  • Laguna-Marsical, G., Morales, M. S. (2003). The relationship between achilles and patroclus according to Chariton of Aphrodisias, The Classical Quarterly, 53(1), 292-326.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Language Studies (Other)
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Suzan Deniz

Ünal Deniz 0000-0002-1753-9729

Early Pub Date June 29, 2025
Publication Date June 30, 2025
Submission Date April 29, 2025
Acceptance Date June 24, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 3 Issue: 1

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APA Deniz, S., & Deniz, Ü. (2025). Seeing The Devotion: A Comparative Study Between Carlo in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and Patroclus in Iliad. International Journal of English for Specific Purposes, 3(1), 48-56. https://doi.org/10.70870/joinesp.1687152