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MEDIUM OF ACTUALIZING THE REALITY: THE MEMORY POLICE
Abstract
Since the beginning of mankind, people are born into big stories, which are believed to be grand narratives. These master narratives are legitimated by the authoritarian powers and confine people in a so-called reality which only support the dominant group’s maintanence. While grand narratives are widely accepted and therefore become the reality, others are supressed and silenced. Through Yoko Ogawa’s The Memory Police, this paper aims at analyzing the impact of the dominant narratives on the lives of the inhabitants of a dystopian society whose memories are erased systematically. Through enforced forgetfulness, the island inhabitants are molded in accordance with the demands of the authoritarian force. Though the minority of the society is by chance lucky enough to preserve their memories, their alternative narratives cannot find an audience since they do not allign with the dominant narrative which is constructed, supported and normalized by the ones holding the power.
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0000-0003-2119-6471
Türkiye
Erken Görünüm Tarihi
30 Aralık 2024
Yayımlanma Tarihi
31 Aralık 2024
Gönderilme Tarihi
10 Kasım 2023
Kabul Tarihi
10 Ağustos 2024
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 1970 Cilt: 14 Sayı: 2