A Comparative Analysis of Intersectional Feminist Identities in Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom and Cloud Nine

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The portrayal of women in patriarchal communities and their resistance against the tyranny of males are one of the most evident themes of literary texts. Feminist writers and scholars object to the conventional premise that women are inferior, silenced, or marginalized figures, and they aim to alter the mindsets of traditionalists’ by implementing and analyzing the sense of the rebellious spirit of female characters through their works. The advocates of intersectional feminist theory hold a notion that the oppression, from which women suffer, is the result of intersected social factors combined with the gender identity of women. In other words, gender cannot be the sole reason for tyranny but women’s social status, race, poverty, sexuality, ability, or disability are some of the crucial issues that accompany and reinforce the oppression they experience. In this regard, the purpose of this article is to scrutinize Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom and Cloud Nine by analyzing the female characters’ miserable conditions and their struggles to find their real identities since the female characters suffer from patriarchal dogmas and norms in each play.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Caryl Churchill
• tyranny
• intersectional feminism
• Vinegar Tom
• Cloud Nine.

Proje Numarası

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Caryl Churchill'in Vinegar Tom ve Cloud Nine Adlı Oyunlarındaki Birbiriyle İlişkili Feminist Karakterlerin Mukayeseli Bir Analizi

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Ataerkil toplumlarda kadınların toplumsal konumları ve onların erkek zulmüne karşı direnişleri edebi metinlerin her zaman en önemli konularından biri olmuştur. Feminist yazarlar ve bilim insanları, kadınların aşağılık, susturulmuş veya ötekileştirilmiş bireyler olduğu yönündeki geleneksel düşünceye şiddetle karşı çıkmaktadırlar ve kadın karakterlerin isyankâr ruh hallerini yazdıkları eserler vasıtasıyla açıkça gösterip analiz ederek kalıplaşmış egemen zihniyeti bir şekilde değiştirmeyi amaç edinmişlerdir. Bu kapsamda feminist teorinin savunucuları, kadınların maruz kaldığı kabul edilemez baskının, kadınların cinsiyet kimliğiyle kesişen sosyal faktörlerin bir sonucu olduğu gerçeğini düşünmektedirler. Başka bir deyişle, yaşadıkları her türlü zulmün tek nedeni sadece onların cinsiyetleri değildir. Kadının sosyal statüsü, ırkı, maddi durumu, cinselliği ve genel yeterlilikleri gibi önemli konular da yaşadıkları baskıya sebep olan ve onu pekiştiren diğer etkenler arasında yer almaktadır. Bu bağlamda makalenin amacı, Caryl Churchill'ın Vinegar Tom ve Cloud Nine adlı eserlerini mukayese ederek, kadın karakterlerin ataerkil yaptırımlar ile birlikte toplumsal normlardan kaynaklanan mağduriyetlerini her bir oyunda analiz etmek ve gerçek kimliklerini bulma çabalarını ortaya koymaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Caryl Churchill
• zalimlik
• feminism
• Vinegar Tom

Destekleyen Kurum

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Proje Numarası

Yok

Etik Beyan

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