The Voice of a Pragmatic Moralist: Slavery, Marriage, and Doppelgängers in P. Fahriye’s Turn-of-the-century Novella Dilfikâr (The Brokenhearted)

Abstract

Dilfikâr (1317 [1901]) is an Ottoman novella by P. Fahriye serialized anonymously in one of the most popular women's magazines of the time, Hanımlara Mahsus Gazete and subsequently published in book form. This article offers the first English translation of a novella that was banned by the Hamidian censors; and discusses how the defining qualities and controversial nature of Dilfikâr as a pro-female-slavery text propagate questions about the book's place in the romance canon, and its place within the women's writing of the time.

Keywords

• Ottoman literature
• Turkish literature
• nineteenth century
• serial novel
• female slavery
• women
• censorship

Pragmatik Bir Ahlakçının Sesi: P. Fahriye'nin Yüzyıl Başı Romanı Dilfikâr'da Kölelik, Evlilik ve Kötü İkiz (Doppelgängers)

Abstract

Dilfikâr (1317 [1901]) P. Fahriye’nin yazmış olduğu, dönemin en popüler kadın dergilerinden olan Hanımlara Mahsus Gazete’de isimsiz olarak tefrika edilen ve daha sonra kitap olarak yayımlanan bir Osmanlı kısa-romanıdır. Bu makale, Hamidiye sansür kurulu tarafından yasaklanan bu kısa romanın ilk İngilizce çevirisi sunuyor. Bunun yanında yazı, kadın köleliği yanlısı bir metin olarak Dilfikâr’ın tanımlayıcı nitelikleri ve tartışmalı doğasının kitabın aşk romanları kanonundaki yeri ve dönemin kadın edebiyatı içindeki konumu hakkında nasıl soru işaretleri ürettiğini tartışıyor.

Keywords

• Osmanlı edebiyatı
• Türk edebiyatı
• 19. yüzyıl
• tefrika
• kadın köleliği
• kadın dergileri
• sansür

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