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Behind The Mask: Carnivalesque Rebellion in The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers

Yıl 2026, Sayı: 28 , 30 - 46 , 10.03.2026
https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1820154
https://izlik.org/JA54AG33KE

Öz

Aphra Behn’s The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers, published in 1677, emerges as a richly layered Restoration comedy that both entertains and critiques the social structure of its time. This study explores the role of the carnivalesque in Behn’s The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers, examining how the festive setting of Carnival enables acts of rebellion against social norms in Restoration England. Focusing on Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of the carnivalesque, the article investigates how the play’s use of mask, disguise, and role reversal disrupt traditional hierarchies of class, gender, and authority. During Carnival in Naples, a time defined by disorder, disguise, and liberation, characters defy the expectations of a rigidly stratified society: noblewomen pursue sexual agency, courtesans express moral insight, and exiled cavaliers embrace excess in their behaviour and masquerade to undermine political limitations. Although Carnival’s disorder is eventually restored with a return to established order, The Rover reveals how performance can momentarily unmask or subvert the limitations of Restoration ideology. Through the symbolic and literal use of the masks, Behn creates a world in which societal roles are suspended, revealing the constructed nature of identity and authority. The paper argues that the play stages a form of carnivalesque rebellion where moments of inversion and disguise expose the instability of Restoration society’s moral and social codes.

Kaynakça

  • Bakhtin, Mikhail (1984). Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics. University of Minnesota Press.
  • Behn, Aphra (2000). The Rover; or, the Banish’d Cavaliers. The University of Oregon.
  • Burke, Helen (2004). “The Cavalier Myth in The Rover”. The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn. Ed. Hughes Derek, Janet Todd. Cambridge University Press.
  • Butler, Judith (1999). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Routledge.
  • Carlson, Susan (1995). “Cannibalizing and Carnivalizing: Reviving Aphra Behn’s “The Rover”. Theatre Journal, 47(4): 517-539.
  • Coperías Aguilar, María José (2005). “Aphra Behn’s (Non)Canonicity as a Restoration Playwright”. Quaderns de Filologia. Estudis Literaris, X: 231-246.
  • Diamond, Elin (1989). “Gestus and Signature in Aphra Behn’s The Rover”. ELH, 56: 533-534.
  • Foucault, Michel (1977/1995). Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Trans. A. Sheridan. Second Vintage Books Edition.
  • Goreau, Angeline (1980). Reconstructing Aphra. A Social Biography of Aphra Behn. Oxford University Press.
  • Lachmann, Renate (1989). “Bakhtin and Carnival: Culture as Counter-Culture”. Cultural Critique, 11: 115-152.
  • Markley, Robert (2004). “Behn and the Unstable Traditions of Social Comedy”. The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn. Eds. Hughes Derek, Janet Todd. Cambridge University Press.
  • Morson, Gary Saul and Caryl Emerson (1990). Mikhail Bakhtin: Creation of a Prosaics. Stanford University Press. Nikulin, Dimitri (1998). “Mikhail Bakhtin: A Theory of Dialogue”. Constellations, 5(3): 381-402.
  • O’Donnell, Mary Ann (2004). “Aphra Behn: The Documentary Record”. The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn. Eds. Hughes Derek, Janet Todd. Cambridge University Press.
  • Pacheco, Anita (1998). “Rape and the Female Subject in Aphra Behn’s “The Rover”. EHL, 65(2): 323-345. Tillotson, John (1700). Several Discourses of Repentence. London: Chiswell. Online. Web. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A62638.0001.001?vi-ew=toc (20.04.2025).
  • URL-1: “Mississauga: Theatre Erindale’s Theme for its 2023/14 Season is “Uppity Women”. Stage Door News. (14.06.2013). https://www.stage-door.com/Theatre/News/Entries/2013/6/14_Toronto. (13.06.2025).
  • URL-2: “Action and Farce Meet Romance and Melodrama in the Restoration”. (13.03.2014). https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/english-drama/ theatre-erindale/uppity-women. (17.06.2025).
  • Woolf, Virginia (1929). A Room of One’s Own. Harcourt Brace.

Maskenin Ardındaki: The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers’de Karnavalesk Başkaldırı

Yıl 2026, Sayı: 28 , 30 - 46 , 10.03.2026
https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1820154
https://izlik.org/JA54AG33KE

Öz

Aphra Behn’in 1677’de yayımlanan The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers adlı eseri, hem eğlendiren hem de zamanının sosyal yapısını eleştiren zengin katmanlara sahip bir Restorasyon komedisi olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Bu makale, Behn’in The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers adlı eserinde karnavalesk öğelerin rolünü inceleyerek, Restorasyon Dönemi İngiltere’sinde karnavalın şenlikli ortamının sosyal normlara karşı başkaldırıyı nasıl mümkün kıldığını ele almaktadır. Mikhail Bakhtin’in karnavalesk teorisine odaklanan bu makale, oyunda maske kullanımı, gizlenme ve rol değişiminin geleneksel sınıf, cinsiyet ve otorite hiyerarşilerini nasıl bozduğunu araştırmaktadır. Kargaşa, kılık değiştirme ve özgür olmakla tanımlanan Napoli’deki karnaval sırasında, karakterler katı bir şekilde tabakalaşmış toplumun beklentilerine karşı gelmektedirler: soylu kadınlar cinsel özgürlük aramakta, fahişeler ahlak anlayışlarını ifade etmekte ve sürgüne gönderilmiş kraliyet yanlıları siyasi sınırlamaları aşmak için davranışlarında aşırılığı ve kılık değiştirmeyi benimsemektedirler. Karnavalın düzeni bozması, sonunda yerleşik düzene geri dönülmesiyle yeniden sağlanmasına rağmen, The Rover, performansın Restorasyon ideolojisinin sınırlamalarını nasıl anlık olarak ortaya çıkarabileceğini veya altüst edebileceğini ortaya koymaktadır. Maskelerin sembolik ve gerçek anlamlı kullanımıyla Behn, toplumsal rollerin askıya alındığı bir dünya yaratarak kimlik ve otoritenin yapay doğasını ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Makale, oyunun bir tür karnavalesk isyan sahnelediğini ve ters yüz etme ve kılık değiştirme anlarının Restorasyon toplumunun ahlaki ve sosyal kurallarının istikrarsızlığını ortaya çıkardığını savunmaktadır.

Kaynakça

  • Bakhtin, Mikhail (1984). Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics. University of Minnesota Press.
  • Behn, Aphra (2000). The Rover; or, the Banish’d Cavaliers. The University of Oregon.
  • Burke, Helen (2004). “The Cavalier Myth in The Rover”. The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn. Ed. Hughes Derek, Janet Todd. Cambridge University Press.
  • Butler, Judith (1999). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Routledge.
  • Carlson, Susan (1995). “Cannibalizing and Carnivalizing: Reviving Aphra Behn’s “The Rover”. Theatre Journal, 47(4): 517-539.
  • Coperías Aguilar, María José (2005). “Aphra Behn’s (Non)Canonicity as a Restoration Playwright”. Quaderns de Filologia. Estudis Literaris, X: 231-246.
  • Diamond, Elin (1989). “Gestus and Signature in Aphra Behn’s The Rover”. ELH, 56: 533-534.
  • Foucault, Michel (1977/1995). Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Trans. A. Sheridan. Second Vintage Books Edition.
  • Goreau, Angeline (1980). Reconstructing Aphra. A Social Biography of Aphra Behn. Oxford University Press.
  • Lachmann, Renate (1989). “Bakhtin and Carnival: Culture as Counter-Culture”. Cultural Critique, 11: 115-152.
  • Markley, Robert (2004). “Behn and the Unstable Traditions of Social Comedy”. The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn. Eds. Hughes Derek, Janet Todd. Cambridge University Press.
  • Morson, Gary Saul and Caryl Emerson (1990). Mikhail Bakhtin: Creation of a Prosaics. Stanford University Press. Nikulin, Dimitri (1998). “Mikhail Bakhtin: A Theory of Dialogue”. Constellations, 5(3): 381-402.
  • O’Donnell, Mary Ann (2004). “Aphra Behn: The Documentary Record”. The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn. Eds. Hughes Derek, Janet Todd. Cambridge University Press.
  • Pacheco, Anita (1998). “Rape and the Female Subject in Aphra Behn’s “The Rover”. EHL, 65(2): 323-345. Tillotson, John (1700). Several Discourses of Repentence. London: Chiswell. Online. Web. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A62638.0001.001?vi-ew=toc (20.04.2025).
  • URL-1: “Mississauga: Theatre Erindale’s Theme for its 2023/14 Season is “Uppity Women”. Stage Door News. (14.06.2013). https://www.stage-door.com/Theatre/News/Entries/2013/6/14_Toronto. (13.06.2025).
  • URL-2: “Action and Farce Meet Romance and Melodrama in the Restoration”. (13.03.2014). https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/english-drama/ theatre-erindale/uppity-women. (17.06.2025).
  • Woolf, Virginia (1929). A Room of One’s Own. Harcourt Brace.
Toplam 17 adet kaynakça vardır.

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Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili, Edebiyatı ve Kültürü
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Sevilay Yavuz Çeşmeci 0000-0001-7965-3992

Gönderilme Tarihi 8 Kasım 2025
Kabul Tarihi 23 Ocak 2026
Yayımlanma Tarihi 10 Mart 2026
DOI https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1820154
IZ https://izlik.org/JA54AG33KE
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2026 Sayı: 28

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APA Yavuz Çeşmeci, S. (2026). Behind The Mask: Carnivalesque Rebellion in The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, 28, 30-46. https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1820154
AMA 1.Yavuz Çeşmeci S. Behind The Mask: Carnivalesque Rebellion in The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers. KAD. 2026;(28):30-46. doi:10.46250/kulturder.1820154
Chicago Yavuz Çeşmeci, Sevilay. 2026. “Behind The Mask: Carnivalesque Rebellion in The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers”. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 28: 30-46. https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1820154.
EndNote Yavuz Çeşmeci S (01 Mart 2026) Behind The Mask: Carnivalesque Rebellion in The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 28 30–46.
IEEE [1]S. Yavuz Çeşmeci, “Behind The Mask: Carnivalesque Rebellion in The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers”, KAD, sy 28, ss. 30–46, Mar. 2026, doi: 10.46250/kulturder.1820154.
ISNAD Yavuz Çeşmeci, Sevilay. “Behind The Mask: Carnivalesque Rebellion in The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers”. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi. 28 (01 Mart 2026): 30-46. https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1820154.
JAMA 1.Yavuz Çeşmeci S. Behind The Mask: Carnivalesque Rebellion in The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers. KAD. 2026;:30–46.
MLA Yavuz Çeşmeci, Sevilay. “Behind The Mask: Carnivalesque Rebellion in The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers”. Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 28, Mart 2026, ss. 30-46, doi:10.46250/kulturder.1820154.
Vancouver 1.Sevilay Yavuz Çeşmeci. Behind The Mask: Carnivalesque Rebellion in The Rover; or The Banish’d Cavaliers. KAD. 01 Mart 2026;(28):30-46. doi:10.46250/kulturder.1820154
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