Research Article

MEN AVOIDING LOVE IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S VICTORY AND YUSUF ATILGAN’S AN IDLE MAN

Volume: 20 Number: 36 January 31, 2019
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MEN AVOIDING LOVE IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S VICTORY AND YUSUF ATILGAN’S AN IDLE MAN

Abstract

As profoundly self-conscious and reflective men, Axel Heyst in Joseph Conrad’s Victory and C. in Yusuf Atılgan’s Idle Man are immobilized and incapacitated by their excessive reflective faculty and suffer from disappointment in their romantic relationships due to their avoidant attachment styles. Lacking a caring mother figure who could provide them with loving compassion, they are brought up by emotionally unavailable fathers who are clearly not attuned to the needs of their sons. So while growing up their attachment needs are clearly not met by their primary caregiver who neglects and occasionally abuses them instead. Growing up to become “avoidant” adults, they experience problems with intimacy, invest little in social and romantic relationships and are unable or unwilling to share thoughts and feelings with others.

In what follows, I will examine comparatively the psychological dynamics underlying Heyst’s and C.’s avoidant attachment styles and explore how their gender performances are fraught with anxieties and insecurities. Ultimately, I argue that the traumatic deprivations of Heyst’s and C.’ childhoods significantly hamper their ability to form strong and lasting emotional bonds, making it impossible for them to find satisfaction in romantic relationships.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 31, 2019

Submission Date

October 10, 2018

Acceptance Date

December 5, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 20 Number: 36

APA
Tüzün, H. Ö. (2019). MEN AVOIDING LOVE IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S VICTORY AND YUSUF ATILGAN’S AN IDLE MAN. Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 20(36), 287-305. https://doi.org/10.21550/sosbilder.469073
AMA
1.Tüzün HÖ. MEN AVOIDING LOVE IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S VICTORY AND YUSUF ATILGAN’S AN IDLE MAN. Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2019;20(36):287-305. doi:10.21550/sosbilder.469073
Chicago
Tüzün, Hatice Övgü. 2019. “MEN AVOIDING LOVE IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S VICTORY AND YUSUF ATILGAN’S AN IDLE MAN”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 20 (36): 287-305. https://doi.org/10.21550/sosbilder.469073.
EndNote
Tüzün HÖ (January 1, 2019) MEN AVOIDING LOVE IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S VICTORY AND YUSUF ATILGAN’S AN IDLE MAN. Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 20 36 287–305.
IEEE
[1]H. Ö. Tüzün, “MEN AVOIDING LOVE IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S VICTORY AND YUSUF ATILGAN’S AN IDLE MAN”, Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 20, no. 36, pp. 287–305, Jan. 2019, doi: 10.21550/sosbilder.469073.
ISNAD
Tüzün, Hatice Övgü. “MEN AVOIDING LOVE IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S VICTORY AND YUSUF ATILGAN’S AN IDLE MAN”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 20/36 (January 1, 2019): 287-305. https://doi.org/10.21550/sosbilder.469073.
JAMA
1.Tüzün HÖ. MEN AVOIDING LOVE IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S VICTORY AND YUSUF ATILGAN’S AN IDLE MAN. Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2019;20:287–305.
MLA
Tüzün, Hatice Övgü. “MEN AVOIDING LOVE IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S VICTORY AND YUSUF ATILGAN’S AN IDLE MAN”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 20, no. 36, Jan. 2019, pp. 287-05, doi:10.21550/sosbilder.469073.
Vancouver
1.Hatice Övgü Tüzün. MEN AVOIDING LOVE IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S VICTORY AND YUSUF ATILGAN’S AN IDLE MAN. Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2019 Jan. 1;20(36):287-305. doi:10.21550/sosbilder.469073