Caryl Churchill’in Fen Adlı Oyununda Kadınların Uyguladığı Şiddet Türleri

Year 2024, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 53 - 72, 16.03.2024

Ajda Baştan

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10829716

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, güçlü feminist söylemi ve siyasi görüşleriyle tanınan İngiliz oyun yazarı Caryl Churchill’in Fen adlı oyunundaki kadınların uyguladığı şiddet türleri incelenmiştir. 1983 yılında sahnelenen ve olanaksız aşk teması üzerine kurulu olan Fen oyunu, kadın çiftçilerin günlük yaşamlarındaki ekonomik, sosyal ve toplumsal zorluklara odaklanmaktadır. Churchill’in bu eseri, sorunlu aile dinamikleri, annelik, feminizm, evlilik, aldatma ve üvey annelik gibi temaları ele alır. Ayrıca, yazar şiddet olgusuna olan yaklaşımını ve bu konudaki düşüncelerini de ilgili oyunda yansıtır. Bu kapsamda, karmaşık bir dil ve postmodern anlatım teknikleri kullanılan oyunda farklı yaş gruplarındaki kadın karakterlerin şiddet uyguladıkları gözlemlenir. Özellikle, şiddet ortamında büyüyen kız çocuklarının da şiddet eğiliminde bulundukları oyunda göze çarpar. Böylece Churchill, eserinde şiddeti yalnızca bireysel bir sorun olarak ele almakla kalmaz, aynı zamanda toplumsal bir sorun olarak da gösterir. Oyundaki karakterler fiziksel, ekonomik, duygusal ve genelde intihar olarak bilinen kendine yönelik şiddet türlerini uygularlar. Bu bağlamda, Churchill’in Fen oyunu gerçek yaşamın içinde bulunan şiddetin çeşitliliğini ele alan güçlü bir eser olarak öne çıkar.

Keywords

Caryl Churchill, Fen, Kadınlar, Şiddet Türleri, Tarım İşçileri

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The Types of Violence Committed by Women in Caryl Churchill’s Fen

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This study analyses the types of violence perpetrated by women in Fen by Caryl Churchill, a British playwright known for her strong feminist discourse and political views. Staged in 1983 and based on the theme of impossible love, Fen focuses on the economic, social and common difficulties in the daily lives of women farmers. Churchill’s play deals with themes such as problematic family dynamics, motherhood, feminism, marriage, infidelity and stepmotherhood. In addition, the author reflects her approach to the phenomenon of violence and her thoughts on this issue in the play. In this context, the play uses a complex language and postmodern narrative techniques where female characters of different age groups commit violence. Moreover, it is noticeable in the play that girls who grow up in an environment of violence are also prone to enact violence. Thus, Churchill not only deals with violence as an individual problem, but also displays it as a social one. The characters in the play carry out physical, economic, emotional and self-directed violence, commonly known as suicide. In this regard, Churchill’s play Fen stands out as a powerful work that deals with the diversity of violence found in real life.

Keywords

Caryl Churchill, Fen, Women, Violence Types, Farm Workers

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