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On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading

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On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading

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Written in 1974, the American writer Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed revolves around the central character Shevek’s self-appointed mission to improve the relationship between two planets, Anarres and Urras, by breaking down the walls that are separating these ideological enemies. The novel, in that sense, can be read as one man’s search for an ideal state, rather than a description of a utopian/anti-utopian state. Literary scholars generally focus on various aspects of The Dispossessed in terms of its anarchist politics, ecological politics, and revolutionary politics. This article; however, aims to approach the novel from a Lacanian perspective by addressing the protagonist’s psyche and his relation to the socio-symbolic orders in the novel. By focusing on the characterization of the relations between the subject and the other in an anarchist (as well as a capitalist culture) in The Dispossessed, this article aims to analyze how the novel provides a path towards an ideal state.

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Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Murat Kabak
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

7 Haziran 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

26 Ağustos 2020

Kabul Tarihi

9 Kasım 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Sayı: 45

Kaynak Göster

APA
Kabak, M. (2021). On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 45, 177-190. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.943996
AMA
1.Kabak M. On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading. SEFAD. 2021;(45):177-190. doi:10.21497/sefad.943996
Chicago
Kabak, Murat. 2021. “On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, sy 45: 177-90. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.943996.
EndNote
Kabak M (01 Haziran 2021) On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 45 177–190.
IEEE
[1]M. Kabak, “On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading”, SEFAD, sy 45, ss. 177–190, Haz. 2021, doi: 10.21497/sefad.943996.
ISNAD
Kabak, Murat. “On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 45 (01 Haziran 2021): 177-190. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.943996.
JAMA
1.Kabak M. On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading. SEFAD. 2021;:177–190.
MLA
Kabak, Murat. “On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, sy 45, Haziran 2021, ss. 177-90, doi:10.21497/sefad.943996.
Vancouver
1.Murat Kabak. On the Utopian Possibility in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed: A Lacanian Reading. SEFAD. 01 Haziran 2021;(45):177-90. doi:10.21497/sefad.943996