Özet:

Love Soysal is one of the names in contemporary Turkish literature in the period after the 1960s that addressed the problem of women. Soysal, who has chosen to be the voice of the woman who is silent and neglected in an atherical society as a way for her in the literary level, tells the story of the life of an unusual woman in her work, Tante Rosa, which is the subject of work, who gives the struggle to exist in a closed society living in a town where traditions and habits form. Tante Rosa, who goes between the female instincts and the expectations of society, but ultimately hears his inner voice, is alone, facing the holy of the society in which she lives and its institutions. In an atmosphere in which an atherical understanding continues to go, Tante Rosa is acting alone as a female essence, in essence involves the meaning of establishing a female individual identity. But Tante Rosa’s struggle with society, whether or not, when it builds her own individuality, brings the fact that she has paid a heavy price. The opposite attitude of the other genes who cannot tolerate the conflict with the society formed by a man-dominated mentality and the social institutions which are the carriers of this mentality, ultimately gives him a personality. In world literature, the works that have appeared since the beginning of the novel have been the subject of discussion in literary circles since how the woman was dealt with. However, among the literary scientists, especially from a feminist perspective, this issue has become a topic of debate. In both Western examples and in the examples of Turkish literature, it is often seen that the woman who determines her actions according to a life philosophy demanded by the male dominant/atherical mentality is acceptable/reasonable women, and the opposite is that the women who go into a conflict with this mentality are isolated, punished, and even demonized. The novel's protagonist, Tante Rosa, is also experiencing the same processes. In this study, Tante Rosa’s individual preferences were sought to be revealed in the context of the feminist criticism of how and why Tante Rosa was isolated from life at the expense of living and how Tante Rosa reacted and completed her existence as a female individual.

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Özet:

Sevgi Soysal is one of the authors in contemporary Turkish literature who thoroughly examines the issue of women in the post-1960 period. Soysal chose to be the voice of female subject that is silenced and ignored in a patriarchal society as a way for herself in the literary plane and she tells the life story of Tanta Rosa, an extraordinary woman struggling to exist in a closed society shaped by tradition and habits, in her work, which is the subject of the study. Tante Rosa, going back and forth between her feminine instincts and the expectations of the society,eventually listens to her inner voice and confronts the society, its institutions and sacred values. In an environment where a patriarchal understanding persists, actions of Tante Rosa by herself as a female subject essentially means establishing anindividual female identity. However, inevitable conflict of Tante Rosa with the society while establishing her own individuality implies that she pays a heavy price in the end. In the final analysis, she gains a new personality in her struggle against the opposite stance of other women, who cannot afford to conflict with the society shaped by a male-dominated mentality, and the social institutions that are the defenders of this mentality. How women are examined in the literature works that have been created since the beginning of the novel genre has been a subject of discussion in literary circles for a long time. Furthermore, this issue has become a dominant topic of discussion, especially among those who approach literature from a feminist perspective. It is observed in both the examples of Western and Turkish literature that women who determine their actions according to a world view demanded by male-dominant/patriarchal mentality are generally considered as reasonable/acceptable women while the women who have a conflict with this mentality are isolated, punished, and moreover demonized. Tante Rosa, the protagonist of the novel that is the subject of the study, experiences the same processes. This study will try to reveal how and why Tante Rosa is isolated from life by the society to live in line with her individual preferences and how she reacts against this isolation and how she completes her existence as an individual woman in the context of feminist criticism.