Jane Austen‘ın Mansfield Parkı’nda Sınıf Engellerine Meydan Okuma

Abstract

İlk bakışta Jane Austen geleneksel romanlarıyla tanınmış bir yazar olarak düşünülebilir. Buna karşın Austen’ın derinlemesine okunması romanlarında toplumsal düzensizliklere karşı yükselen gizli bir eleştirel ses bulunduğunu ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Bu makalede Mansfield Parkı isimli roman yazarın sonradan inşa edilmiş bir kavram olarak sınıfı postmodern araçları hatırlatan sıradışı teknikler vasıtasıyla nasıl sorguladığını göstermek için analiz edilmiştir. Romanda öteki karakterler olarak betimlenen Fanny Price ve James Rushworth’un işlevine odaklanıldıktan sonra Austen tarafından kullanılan metinlerarası atıfların yapay sınf farklarının ortaya çıkarılmasındaki rolü incelenmiştir. Yazarın çağının sınıf merkezli toplumsal sistemine üstü kapalı bir şekilde meydan okuduğu sonucuna varılmıştır.

Keywords

• Jane Austen
• Mansfield Parkı
• sınıf
• postmodernizm

Challenging Class Barriers in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park

Abstract

Jane Austen can be regarded as an author renowned for her conventional novels at first glance. Nevertheless, reading Austen in a profound way reveals that there lies a hidden critical voice against the irregularities of society. In this article, the novel, Mansfield Park, is analysed to demonstrate how the author interrogates class as a constructed notion by employing unusual techniques which are reminiscent of postmodernist devices. After the function of ex-centric characters, Fanny Price and James Rushworth, is focused on, the role of the intertextual references employed by Austen in unearthing artificial class distinctions is examined. It is concluded that the author implicitly challenges the class-oriented social system of her age.

Keywords

• Jane Austen
• Mansfield Park
• class
• postmodernism

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