The Duality of High and Low Culture in D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Öz

Lawrence, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928), reflects the post-war modern British society which condemns its individuals into a psychological trauma of ongoing conflicts between different classes and cultures. Advocating the exigency of a classless society, Lawrence shatters the hegemonic ideology of the highbrow culture which disdains working class culture as vulgar, coarse and commonplace. Reacting against the cultural displacement of working classes who are considered as masses, Lawrence indulges in revealing the authenticity and earnestness of the working class culture. Lawrence’s depiction of an uncorrupt ethical standing of the working class culture is the negation of the concept of culture, associated with high class manners and ways of life. The prevailing concern of this study, therefore, will be to analyze Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover from the perspective of cultural studies to unravel the clash of high and low cultures in relation to the hierarchical class structure of the post-war England.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Lady Chatterley's Lover
• D. H. Lawrence
• cultural studies
• high culture
• low culture

D. H. Lawrence’ın Lady Chatterley’in Sevgilisi Romanında Üst ve Alt Kültür İkilemi

Öz

Lady Chatterley’in Sevgilisi romanında D. H. Lawrence, Birinci Dünya savaşı sonrası İngiliz toplumunda bireylerin nasıl bir sınıfsal ve kültürel çatışma içinde kalarak psikolojik tramvalara itildiklerini göstermektedir. Kültürlerin üstün veya aşağı görünmediği sınıfsız bir toplum yaratma gerekliliğini savunan Lawrence, kitleler olarak görülen işçi sınıfının kültürel olarak yerinden edilmesine karşı çıkarak otantik ve samimi bir işçi sınıfı kültürü ortaya çıkarır. Lawrence’ın işçi sınıfının henüz bozulmamış etik değerlerini ortaya çıkarması kendi döneminin üst sınıf hayat tarzıyla özdeşleşen kültür kavramını silmektedir. Bu nedenle, bu çalışmanın amacı Lady Chatterley’in Sevgilisi romanını kültürel perspektiften okuyarak savaş sonrası İngiltere toplumunun hiyerarşik sınıf yapısıyla ilintili üst ve alt kültür çatışmasını ortaya çıkarmaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• D. H. Lawrence
• Lady Chatterley’in Sevgilisi
• kültür araştırmaları
• üst kültür
• alt kültür

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