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Yıl 2025, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 4, 1965 - 1974, 31.12.2025
https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1802814
https://izlik.org/JA66DK67CT

Öz

Kaynakça

  • Cunningham, V. (2020, July 13). The argument of “Afropessimism”. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-argument-of-afropessimism
  • C-SPAN. (2008, November 5). C-SPAN: President-Elect Barack Obama Victory Speech (Full Video) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfGx4G8tjo
  • Du Bois, W. E. B. (1903). The Souls of Black Folk. A.C. McClurg.
  • Hartman, S. V. (1997). Scenes of subjection: terror, slavery, and self-making in nineteenth-century America. Oxford University Press.
  • McAllister, J. W. (2018). The Obama Effect. Race, Gender & Class, 25(3/4), 68–74. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26802884
  • Mills, C. W. (1997). The Racial Contract. Cornell University Press.
  • NJ.com (2017, January 5). Martin Luther King Jr. ‘I have a dream’ speech [Video]. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR-PReWhMGM
  • Patterson, O. (1982). Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study. Harvard UP.
  • Poll, R. (2018). Can One “Get Out?” The Aesthetics of Afro-Pessimism. The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, 51(2), 69–102. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45151156
  • Reynolds, J., & Kiely, B. (2015). All American Boys. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
  • Sexton, J. (2011). The social life of social death: On Afropessimism and Black optimism. InTensions, 5, 1–47.
  • Stone, N. (2018). Dear Martin. Simon Schuster.
  • Thomas, A. (2017). The Hate U Give. Walker Books.
  • Weier, S. (2014). Consider Afro-Pessimism. Amerikastudien / American Studies, 59(3), 419–433. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44071852
  • Wilderson, F. B., III. (2010). Red, White & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms. Duke University Press.
  • Wilderson, F. B., III., Hartman, S., & Sexton, J. (2017). Afropessimism: An introduction. Racked & Dispatched
  • Wilderson, F. B., III. (2020). Afropessimism. Liveright.

THE LIMITS OF HOPE: AN AFROPESSIMIST READING OF NIC STONE’S DEAR MARTIN

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 4, 1965 - 1974, 31.12.2025
https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1802814
https://izlik.org/JA66DK67CT

Öz

This paper examines Nic Stone's Dear Martin (2017) through Afropessimism and argues that the novel diverges from young adult fiction on police brutality in the United States with its skepticism toward hope. While recent young adult narratives address racial violence as a catalyst for personal transformation and growth, they rarely question the structural limitations. This study demonstrates how Dear Martin stages anti-Blackness’ ontological and structural dimensions. Drawing on the Afropessimist thinkers such as Frank Wilderson III, Saidiya Hartman, and Jared Sexton, the study questions the possibility of redemption through terms such as social death and ontological exclusion. Rather than transforming personal trauma into moral growth and activism, the protagonist, Justyce McAllister, shows a resentment toward liberal ideals of equality and dialogue. The study contributes to the discourse around young adult fiction on police brutality and race by highlighting structural constraints instead of advocating liberal hope as a transformative force

Kaynakça

  • Cunningham, V. (2020, July 13). The argument of “Afropessimism”. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-argument-of-afropessimism
  • C-SPAN. (2008, November 5). C-SPAN: President-Elect Barack Obama Victory Speech (Full Video) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfGx4G8tjo
  • Du Bois, W. E. B. (1903). The Souls of Black Folk. A.C. McClurg.
  • Hartman, S. V. (1997). Scenes of subjection: terror, slavery, and self-making in nineteenth-century America. Oxford University Press.
  • McAllister, J. W. (2018). The Obama Effect. Race, Gender & Class, 25(3/4), 68–74. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26802884
  • Mills, C. W. (1997). The Racial Contract. Cornell University Press.
  • NJ.com (2017, January 5). Martin Luther King Jr. ‘I have a dream’ speech [Video]. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR-PReWhMGM
  • Patterson, O. (1982). Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study. Harvard UP.
  • Poll, R. (2018). Can One “Get Out?” The Aesthetics of Afro-Pessimism. The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, 51(2), 69–102. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45151156
  • Reynolds, J., & Kiely, B. (2015). All American Boys. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
  • Sexton, J. (2011). The social life of social death: On Afropessimism and Black optimism. InTensions, 5, 1–47.
  • Stone, N. (2018). Dear Martin. Simon Schuster.
  • Thomas, A. (2017). The Hate U Give. Walker Books.
  • Weier, S. (2014). Consider Afro-Pessimism. Amerikastudien / American Studies, 59(3), 419–433. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44071852
  • Wilderson, F. B., III. (2010). Red, White & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms. Duke University Press.
  • Wilderson, F. B., III., Hartman, S., & Sexton, J. (2017). Afropessimism: An introduction. Racked & Dispatched
  • Wilderson, F. B., III. (2020). Afropessimism. Liveright.

UMUDUN SINIRLARI: NIC STONE'UN SEVGİLİ MARTİN ADLI ESERİNE AFROPESİMİST BİR OKUMA

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 4, 1965 - 1974, 31.12.2025
https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1802814
https://izlik.org/JA66DK67CT

Öz

Bu makale, Nic Stone’un Dear Martin (2017) adlı eserini Afropesimizm bağlamında incelemekte ve romanın, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki polis şiddetini konu alan genç yetişkin edebiyatından umuda duyduğu kuşku açısından ayrıldığını ileri sürmektedir. Son dönemlerdeki genç yetişkin anlatıları, ırksal şiddeti genellikle bireysel dönüşüm ve manevi gelişim için bir katalizör olarak ele alırken, bu dönüşümün önündeki yapısal sınırlamaları nadiren sorgular. Bu çalışma, Dear Martin’in siyah karşıtlığını hem ontolojik hem de yapısal bir olgu olarak nasıl sahnelediğini ortaya koymaktadır. Frank Wilderson III, Saidiya Hartman ve Jared Sexton gibi Afropesimist düşünürlerden yararlanan çalışma, kurtuluş olasılığını “toplumsal ölüm” ve “ontolojik dışlanma” kavramları üzerinden sorgular. Romanın başkahramanı Justyce McAllister kişisel travmasını ahlaki bir olgunlaşma veya aktivizme dönüştürmek yerine, eşitlik ve diyalog gibi liberal ideallere karşı bir hoşnutsuzluk olarak yansıtır. Çalışma, genç yetişkin edebiyatında ırk ve polis şiddeti üzerine yürütülen tartışmalara, bireysel dönüşümden ziyade yapısal kısıtlamaları öne çıkararak ve umudu dönüştürücü bir güç olarak savunan liberal yaklaşımı sorgulayarak katkıda bulunmaktadır.

Kaynakça

  • Cunningham, V. (2020, July 13). The argument of “Afropessimism”. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-argument-of-afropessimism
  • C-SPAN. (2008, November 5). C-SPAN: President-Elect Barack Obama Victory Speech (Full Video) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfGx4G8tjo
  • Du Bois, W. E. B. (1903). The Souls of Black Folk. A.C. McClurg.
  • Hartman, S. V. (1997). Scenes of subjection: terror, slavery, and self-making in nineteenth-century America. Oxford University Press.
  • McAllister, J. W. (2018). The Obama Effect. Race, Gender & Class, 25(3/4), 68–74. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26802884
  • Mills, C. W. (1997). The Racial Contract. Cornell University Press.
  • NJ.com (2017, January 5). Martin Luther King Jr. ‘I have a dream’ speech [Video]. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR-PReWhMGM
  • Patterson, O. (1982). Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study. Harvard UP.
  • Poll, R. (2018). Can One “Get Out?” The Aesthetics of Afro-Pessimism. The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, 51(2), 69–102. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45151156
  • Reynolds, J., & Kiely, B. (2015). All American Boys. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
  • Sexton, J. (2011). The social life of social death: On Afropessimism and Black optimism. InTensions, 5, 1–47.
  • Stone, N. (2018). Dear Martin. Simon Schuster.
  • Thomas, A. (2017). The Hate U Give. Walker Books.
  • Weier, S. (2014). Consider Afro-Pessimism. Amerikastudien / American Studies, 59(3), 419–433. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44071852
  • Wilderson, F. B., III. (2010). Red, White & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms. Duke University Press.
  • Wilderson, F. B., III., Hartman, S., & Sexton, J. (2017). Afropessimism: An introduction. Racked & Dispatched
  • Wilderson, F. B., III. (2020). Afropessimism. Liveright.
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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular Kuzey Amerika Dilleri, Edebiyatları ve Kültürleri
Bölüm Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar

Ahmet Koç 0000-0002-0125-6652

Gönderilme Tarihi 14 Ekim 2025
Kabul Tarihi 29 Aralık 2025
Yayımlanma Tarihi 31 Aralık 2025
DOI https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1802814
IZ https://izlik.org/JA66DK67CT
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2025 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 4

Kaynak Göster

APA Koç, A. (2025). THE LIMITS OF HOPE: AN AFROPESSIMIST READING OF NIC STONE’S DEAR MARTIN. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, 8(4), 1965-1974. https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1802814

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