THE HOME AS EMBLEM OF WOMEN ENSNAREMENT IN ALFRED LORD TENNYSON’S MARIANA AND THE LADY OF SHALOTT

Year 2023, Issue: 58, 245 - 254, 08.09.2023

Muhammed Metin Çameli

https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1245883

Abstract

The representation of home has remained in the forefront of studies from different periods in Western literature. When Victorian literature is considered, the poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson stands out as it provides a fertile ground for the exploration of meanings home takes on to a serious extent. Two of his well-known poems, Mariana and The Lady of Shalott, can be regarded as illustrative of Victorian attitude toward women ensnarement through the symbol of home. More specifically, what makes the study of these poems somewhat special is that they enable contemporary readers to think critically about the ways in which home bears witness to traumatization of women by patriarchal restrictions. Therefore, this article will mainly show that home symbol in the selected poems is an essential component of a realistic representation of the status of women of the poet’s time thereby positing patriarchy as an unfair configuration of Victorian society.

Keywords

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Mariana, The Lady of Shalott, Home, Victorian Poetry

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON’IN MARIANA VE SHALOTT LEYDİSİ ŞİİRLERİNDE EV SEMBOLÜNÜN KAPANA KISILMIŞ KADINI TEMSİLİ

Abstract

Ev sembolünün temsili, Batı edebiyatının farklı dönemlerinde çalışmaların merkezinde yer almıştır. Viktorya çağı edebiyatı düşünüldüğünde, bu konuya ilişkin olarak Alfred Lord Tennyson şiirleri dikkat çekmektedir çünkü ev sembolünün üstlendiği anlamların keşfi açısından şiirleri önemli ölçüde üretken bir zemin hazırlamaktadır. Tennyson’ın Mariana ve Shalott Leydisi başlıklı iki iyi bilinen şiiri ev sembolü üzerinden kapana kısılmış kadın konusuna Viktoryen dönem insanının yaklaşımını tasvir edici nitelik taşımaktadır. Daha belirli bir biçimde ifade etmek gerekirse, bu şiirlerin çalışılmasını özel kılan nokta çağdaş okuyuculara, ataerkil kısıtlamalar nedeniyle travmaya uğramış kadınların durumuna şahitlik eden yaşadıkları evler hakkında eleştirel düşünme imkânı sağlamasıdır. Dolayısıyla bu çalışma, temel olarak, seçilen şiirlerdeki ev sembolünün şairin yaşadığı dönemdeki kadınların toplumdaki yerinin gerçekçi bir biçimde sunulması durumunun önemli bir parçası olduğunu ataerkillik kavramının aynı zamanda Viktorya çağının adil olmayan bir düzenlemesi şeklinde ön plana çıktığını da vurgulayarak göstermeyi amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Mariana, Shalott Leydisi, Ev, Viktorya Şiiri

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