Geoffrey Chaucer’ın Fabliyölarında Yiyecek ve Cinsellik Temsilleri

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 13 Sayı: 25, 13 - 22, 30.01.2023

Azime Pekşen Yakar

https://doi.org/10.33207/trkede.1112074

Öz

Bu makale, Değirmenci’nin Hikayesi (The Miller’s Tale), Kahya’nın Hikayesi (The Reeve’s Tale) ve Tüccar’ın Hikayesi (The Merchant’s Tale) başlıklı fabliyöların dünyevi evreninde, Chaucer’ın yiyeceği cinsel bir metafor olarak kullanımını incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Fabliyölar genellikle genç bir eş, onun yaşlı kocası ve genç ve iktidar sahibi bir adam etrafında dönen yasak ilişkiyi anlatır. Bu nedenle cinsel ilişki, bu hikayelerin dinamiklerinde önemli bir rol oynar. Bu makale, yiyeceklerin hem kadın karakterlerin cinsel kaçamaklarıyla olumlu bir şekilde ilişkili olduğunu, hem de cinsel güçlerini ifade ettiğini iddia etmekte ve aynı zamanda kocalarının genç eşlerini cinsel olarak tatmin etme konusundaki başarısız çabalarını ortaya koymaktadır. Dolayısıyla, yiyecek metaforları örtük olarak bu kocaların yaşlılıktan kaynaklanan iktidarsızlığını da yansıtır. Bu bağlamda, bu makale Değirmenci’nin Hikayesi (The Miller’s Tale), Kahya’nın Hikayesi (The Reeve’s Tale) ve Tüccar’ın Hikayesi (The Merchant’s Tale)’nde Chaucer’ın yiyecek kullanımının yıkıcı oluşunu incelemekte ve Chaucer’ın yiyecek metaforlarını kullanarak karı ve koca arasındaki cinsel faaliyetlere ilişkin cinsiyetçi güç mücadelesini nasıl altüst ettiğini araştırmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Hikayeleri, yiyecek, fabliyö, cinsellik

REPRESENTATIONS OF FOOD AND SEXUALITY IN GEOFFREY CHAUCER’S FABLIAUX

Öz

This paper aims to analyze Chaucer’s use of food as a sexual metaphor in the carnal universe of his fabliaux, namely, The Miller’s Tale, The Reeve’s Tale, and The Merchant’s Tale. Fabliaux usually narrate the adulterous relationship revolving around a young wife, her old husband, and a young virile man. Therefore, sex plays an essential part in the dynamics of these tales. This paper argues that food is both associated with female characters’ sexual escapades in a positive way denoting their sexual power and also reveals their husbands’ unsuccessful efforts to satisfy their young wives sexually. Thus, metaphors of food implicitly reflect the husbands’ impotence because of old age. In this regard, this paper engages with Chaucer’s subversive use of food in The Miller’s Tale, The Reeve’s Tale, and The Merchant’s Tale and investigates how Chaucer overturns the gendered power struggle between wife and husband with regard to their sexual activities by employing metaphors of food.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, food, fabliau, sexuality

Kaynakça

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