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Masculinization of Tragedy in Joseph Addison’s Cato and George Lillo’s The London Merchant
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During the 18th century, the development of gender and sexuality in the modern Western world was under tremendous impact of visual and literary culture. Considering this, by examining Addison’s Cato. A Tragedy. By Mr. Addison. Without the Love Scenes (1764) (Latin version) and Lillo’s The London Merchant (1731), this article analyzes the masculine features of the characters of 18th-century tragedies in England and investigates the reasons behind the dismissal and belittlement of love scenes and feminine qualities in those tragedies. In comedies, women and their qualities were openly ridiculed, while in tragedies, masculine values and patriarchal rules were overtly protected. Depicting societal norms and ideals, Cato and The London Merchant portray the evolving notions of masculinity.
Despite increasing female influence in political and social culture, love, often associated with feminine qualities, was belittled in domestic and public domains. In doing so, playwrights either entirely ignored the idea of using female characters in their plays, thus creating contextual errors of portraying husbands without wives or sons without mothers, or depicted women as the sources of passion that could potentially destroy society, men in particular. Therefore, the concept of love was neglected, undervalued, or dismissed, with playwrights rather offering patriotic or capitalist virtues to substitute the idea of love so that their plays would be deemed as appropriate for public appreciation. They also did not include any signs of sentiment, which was considered the reason behind a considerable decline in tragedies.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Sanat ve Edebiyat
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Yayımlanma Tarihi
18 Aralık 2018
Gönderilme Tarihi
21 Ağustos 2018
Kabul Tarihi
25 Ekim 2018
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2018 Cilt: 28 Sayı: 2
APA
Gül, S. (2018). Masculinization of Tragedy in Joseph Addison’s Cato and George Lillo’s The London Merchant. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, 28(2), 233-252. https://izlik.org/JA33JR92GX
AMA
1.Gül S. Masculinization of Tragedy in Joseph Addison’s Cato and George Lillo’s The London Merchant. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies. 2018;28(2):233-252. https://izlik.org/JA33JR92GX
Chicago
Gül, Sinan. 2018. “Masculinization of Tragedy in Joseph Addison’s Cato and George Lillo’s The London Merchant”. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 28 (2): 233-52. https://izlik.org/JA33JR92GX.
EndNote
Gül S (01 Aralık 2018) Masculinization of Tragedy in Joseph Addison’s Cato and George Lillo’s The London Merchant. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 28 2 233–252.
IEEE
[1]S. Gül, “Masculinization of Tragedy in Joseph Addison’s Cato and George Lillo’s The London Merchant”, Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, c. 28, sy 2, ss. 233–252, Ara. 2018, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA33JR92GX
ISNAD
Gül, Sinan. “Masculinization of Tragedy in Joseph Addison’s Cato and George Lillo’s The London Merchant”. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 28/2 (01 Aralık 2018): 233-252. https://izlik.org/JA33JR92GX.
JAMA
1.Gül S. Masculinization of Tragedy in Joseph Addison’s Cato and George Lillo’s The London Merchant. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies. 2018;28:233–252.
MLA
Gül, Sinan. “Masculinization of Tragedy in Joseph Addison’s Cato and George Lillo’s The London Merchant”. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, c. 28, sy 2, Aralık 2018, ss. 233-52, https://izlik.org/JA33JR92GX.
Vancouver
1.Sinan Gül. Masculinization of Tragedy in Joseph Addison’s Cato and George Lillo’s The London Merchant. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies [Internet]. 01 Aralık 2018;28(2):233-52. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA33JR92GX