Araştırma Makalesi
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Yıl 2025, Sayı: 4, 26 - 33, 26.09.2025
https://doi.org/10.62425/melius.1714112

Öz

Proje Numarası

Yok

Kaynakça

  • Baars, J. (2012). Aging and the art of living. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Blaikie, A. (1999). Ageing and popular culture. Cambridge University Press.
  • Butler, R. N. (1963). The life review: An interpretation of reminiscence in the aged. Psychiatry, 26(1), 65–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.1963.11023339
  • Calasanti, T. (2010). Gender relations and applied research on aging. The Gerontologist, 50(6), 720–734. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnq085
  • Gullette, M. M. (2004). Aged by culture. University of Chicago Press.
  • Kafer, A. (2013). Feminist, queer, crip. Indiana University Press.
  • Li, Y. (2010). Gold boy, emerald girl. Fourth Estate.
  • Liu, J. (2014). Ageing, migration and familial support in rural China. Geoforum, 51, 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.09.009
  • Overall, C. (2006). Old age and ageism, impairment and ableism. NWSA Journal, 18(1), 126–137. Phillipson, C. (2013). Ageing. Polity Press.
  • Randall, W. L. (2013). The importance of being ironic: Narrative openness and personal resilience in later life. The Gerontologist, 53(1), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gns066
  • Ricoeur, P. (1983). Time and narrative (Vol. 1). University of Chicago Press.
  • Shakespeare, T. (2006). Disability rights and wrongs. Routledge.
  • Sontag, S. (1972). The double standard of aging. Saturday Review, 55, 69–76.
  • Tóibín, C. (2010). The empty family. Viking.
  • United Nations. (2020). World population ageing 2020. UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
  • United Nations. (2023). World social report 2023: Leaving no one behind in an aging world. United Nations Publications.
  • World Health Organization. (2021). World report on disability and aging. World Health Organization.
  • Woodward, K. (2006). Performing age, performing gender. NWSA Journal, 18(1), 162–189.

Colm Tóibín’in The Empty Family ve Yiyun Li’nin Kindness eserlerinde Zamanın Zorbalığı: Yaşlanma Sorununun İncelenmesi

Yıl 2025, Sayı: 4, 26 - 33, 26.09.2025
https://doi.org/10.62425/melius.1714112

Öz

Bu makale, Colm Tóibín’in The Empty Family ve Yiyun Li’nin Kindness adlı eserlerinde yaşlanmanın temsilini inceleyerek romanların yaşlanmanın hem fiziksel hem de psikolojik sonuçlarını varoluşsal bir gerçeklik olarak ele alışını vurgulamaktadır. Romanların, başkahramanların yaşlanmaya dair görüşleri üzerine düşüncelerinin yakından okunmasıyla, yaşlanmanın yalnızca tıbbi ve biyolojik bir durum değil, bireysel geçmiş, toplumsal çerçeveler ve kültürel anlatıları içeren karmaşık bir etkileşim olduğu sonucuna varılmaktadır. Gerontolojik edebiyat eleştirisi ve Andrew Blaikie’nin sosyolojik çerçevesinden yararlanan çalışma, seçilen romanların yaşlanmayı yalnızca fiziksel sağlıkta bir düşüş olarak değil, aynı zamanda mevcut anlatıları ve anlamlandırma biçimlerini etkileyen daha geniş toplumsal ve tarihsel bağlamlar içinde de tasvir ettiğini savunmaktadır. Anlatıları daha geniş bir edebi yaşlanma geleneği çerçevesinde konumlandıran analiz, romanların yaşlılık ve ölümlülüğe dair kültürel algıları şekillendirmedeki rolünü vurgulamaktadır.

Proje Numarası

Yok

Kaynakça

  • Baars, J. (2012). Aging and the art of living. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Blaikie, A. (1999). Ageing and popular culture. Cambridge University Press.
  • Butler, R. N. (1963). The life review: An interpretation of reminiscence in the aged. Psychiatry, 26(1), 65–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.1963.11023339
  • Calasanti, T. (2010). Gender relations and applied research on aging. The Gerontologist, 50(6), 720–734. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnq085
  • Gullette, M. M. (2004). Aged by culture. University of Chicago Press.
  • Kafer, A. (2013). Feminist, queer, crip. Indiana University Press.
  • Li, Y. (2010). Gold boy, emerald girl. Fourth Estate.
  • Liu, J. (2014). Ageing, migration and familial support in rural China. Geoforum, 51, 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.09.009
  • Overall, C. (2006). Old age and ageism, impairment and ableism. NWSA Journal, 18(1), 126–137. Phillipson, C. (2013). Ageing. Polity Press.
  • Randall, W. L. (2013). The importance of being ironic: Narrative openness and personal resilience in later life. The Gerontologist, 53(1), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gns066
  • Ricoeur, P. (1983). Time and narrative (Vol. 1). University of Chicago Press.
  • Shakespeare, T. (2006). Disability rights and wrongs. Routledge.
  • Sontag, S. (1972). The double standard of aging. Saturday Review, 55, 69–76.
  • Tóibín, C. (2010). The empty family. Viking.
  • United Nations. (2020). World population ageing 2020. UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
  • United Nations. (2023). World social report 2023: Leaving no one behind in an aging world. United Nations Publications.
  • World Health Organization. (2021). World report on disability and aging. World Health Organization.
  • Woodward, K. (2006). Performing age, performing gender. NWSA Journal, 18(1), 162–189.

Colm Tóibín’s "The Empty Family" and Yiyun Li's "Kindness" The Tyranny of Time: A Study of the Problem of Aging

Yıl 2025, Sayı: 4, 26 - 33, 26.09.2025
https://doi.org/10.62425/melius.1714112

Öz

This paper examines the representation of ageing in Colm Tóibín's The Empty Family and Yiyun Li's Kindness, highlighting the novels’ exploration of both the physical and psychological consequences of ageing as an existential reality. Through a close reading of the novels’ reflections on the protagonists’ views on ageing, it is concluded that ageing is not simply a medical and biological condition but a complex interaction involving individual background, social frameworks, and cultural narratives. Drawing on gerontological literary criticism and Andrew Blaikie’s sociological framework, the paper argues that the selected novels portray ageing not only as a decline in physical health but also within broader social and historical contexts that influence available narratives and ways of assigning meaning. By framing the narratives within the broader literary tradition of ageing, the analysis highlights the novels’ role in shaping cultural perceptions of old age and mortality.

Etik Beyan

Etik kriterlere bağlı kaldığımı beyan ederim.

Destekleyen Kurum

Yok

Proje Numarası

Yok

Teşekkür

Yok

Kaynakça

  • Baars, J. (2012). Aging and the art of living. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Blaikie, A. (1999). Ageing and popular culture. Cambridge University Press.
  • Butler, R. N. (1963). The life review: An interpretation of reminiscence in the aged. Psychiatry, 26(1), 65–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.1963.11023339
  • Calasanti, T. (2010). Gender relations and applied research on aging. The Gerontologist, 50(6), 720–734. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnq085
  • Gullette, M. M. (2004). Aged by culture. University of Chicago Press.
  • Kafer, A. (2013). Feminist, queer, crip. Indiana University Press.
  • Li, Y. (2010). Gold boy, emerald girl. Fourth Estate.
  • Liu, J. (2014). Ageing, migration and familial support in rural China. Geoforum, 51, 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.09.009
  • Overall, C. (2006). Old age and ageism, impairment and ableism. NWSA Journal, 18(1), 126–137. Phillipson, C. (2013). Ageing. Polity Press.
  • Randall, W. L. (2013). The importance of being ironic: Narrative openness and personal resilience in later life. The Gerontologist, 53(1), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gns066
  • Ricoeur, P. (1983). Time and narrative (Vol. 1). University of Chicago Press.
  • Shakespeare, T. (2006). Disability rights and wrongs. Routledge.
  • Sontag, S. (1972). The double standard of aging. Saturday Review, 55, 69–76.
  • Tóibín, C. (2010). The empty family. Viking.
  • United Nations. (2020). World population ageing 2020. UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
  • United Nations. (2023). World social report 2023: Leaving no one behind in an aging world. United Nations Publications.
  • World Health Organization. (2021). World report on disability and aging. World Health Organization.
  • Woodward, K. (2006). Performing age, performing gender. NWSA Journal, 18(1), 162–189.
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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili, Edebiyatı ve Kültürü
Bölüm Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar

Mukadder Erkan 0000-0002-9110-4272

Proje Numarası Yok
Yayımlanma Tarihi 26 Eylül 2025
Gönderilme Tarihi 4 Haziran 2025
Kabul Tarihi 24 Eylül 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2025 Sayı: 4

Kaynak Göster

APA Erkan, M. (2025). Colm Tóibín’s "The Empty Family" and Yiyun Li’s "Kindness" The Tyranny of Time: A Study of the Problem of Aging. Melius: Journal of Narrative and Language Studies(4), 26-33. https://doi.org/10.62425/melius.1714112