Ibsen'in Denizden Gelen Kadın Oyununda Ekoterapi Yoluyla Ekolojik Bir Benlik Geliştirmek

Year 2024, Issue: 52, 73 - 90

Banu Akçeşme , Çağrı Şarlar

Abstract

Bu makale, Ibsen'in Denizden Gelen Kadın adlı eserindeki karakterler hakkında ekopsikolojik bir bakış açısı sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Oyunda toplum yönelimli ve doğa yönelimli olarak kategorize edilebilecek iki tür karakter vardır. Toplum yönelimli karakterler ekolojik açıdan cahil ve doğadan kopuşun zararlı etkilerine karşı kör iken, doğa yönelimli karakterler sosyo-kültürel, psikolojik ve doğal alanlar arasındaki kopuk bağlardan kaynaklanan hayal kırıklıkları ve tatminsizlikleriyle başa çıkmanın yollarını aramakta ve ekoterapi yoluyla kendileriyle, toplumla ve doğal çevreyle olan işlevsiz ilişkilerini iyileştirmeye çalışmaktadırlar. Ekoterapi; fiziksel olarak doğanın içinde bulunma ve doğayla bütünleşme yoluyla doğanın takdir edilmesini ve içsel değerinin kabul edilmesini sağlayan, yeşil egzersiz ve yeşil bakım gibi açık hava etkinliklerini kapsayan ve terapötik tedavi olarak tanımlanan bir terimdir. Dolayısıyla, Ibsen’in bu oyunu, birbiriyle ayrılmaz bir şekilde ilişkili olan duygusal, zihinsel ve doğal unsurları iyileştirme ve onarma hikayesi sunmaktadır. Bu makale, doğayla etkileşim yoluyla ortaya çıkan olumlu duyguların fiziksel, zihinsel, psikolojik ve davranışsal süreçleri güçlendirdiğini ve doğayla anlamlı ilişkiler kuran karakterlerin stresli, istenmeyen veya hoş olmayan deneyimler ve durumlarla daha etkili bir şekilde başa çıkabileceğini göstermeyi amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

Ekoterapi, Ekopsikoloji, Ekolojik Benlik, Ibsen, Denizden Gelen Kadın

Restoring Connections and Cultivating an Ecological Self through Ecotherapy in Ibsen`s The Lady From the Sea

Abstract

This article aims to provide ecopsychological insight into the characters in Ibsen`s play The Lady From the Sea. There are two types of characters in the play who can be categorized as society-oriented and nature-oriented. While the society-oriented characters are ecologically ignorant and oblivious to the detrimental effects of their disconnection from nature, the nature-oriented characters actively seek ways to address their frustration and dissatisfaction stemming from the broken ties between socio-cultural, psychological, and natural realms and they aim to improve their dysfunctional relationships with the self, community, and natural environment through ecotherapy. Ecotherapy is a term defined in terms of outdoor activities such as greencare, green exercise, and physical embeddedness and immersion that provide therapeutic treatment by fostering an appreciation for nature and acknowledging its intrinsic value. Thus, this play offers a story of healing and the restoration of emotional, mental, and natural landscapes, highlighting their inseparable interrelation. This article intends to argue that positive emotions that arise from engagement with nature augment physical, mental, psychological and behavioral processes and the characters who establish meaningful interaction with nature can deal more effectively with stressful, undesirable or unpleasant experiences and situations.

Keywords

Ecotherapy, Ecopsychology, Ecological Self, Ibsen, The Lady from the Sea.

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