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Bu çalışmada yakın dönem içinde ön plana çıkan siyahi yazar Colson Whitehead’in 2016 yılında yayımlanmış ve oldukça ses getirmiş olan Yeraltı Demiryolu adlı romanı incelenmektedir. Yeni bir kitap olmasına rağmen, ele alınan konunun bir kölelik anlatısı ve siyahi Amerikalıların karanlık Güney’den özgürlüğe kaçış mücadelelerini içermesi ve geniş bir okuyucu kitlesi bulması sosyal bilimler araştırmaları bağlamında önemli bir durumu karşımıza çıkarmaktadır. Neredeyse 170 yıl önce yasal olarak kaldırılmış olan köleciliğin karanlık ve korkunç yüzünün, siyahların özgürlük mücadelesinin Amerikan toplumunun içinde bulunduğu gündemde karşılık bulması, ülkedeki siyasi atmosfer ile ilişkili olduğunu söylemek mümkündür. Romanın adı olan Yeraltı Demiryolu, siyahi tarihçi William Still’in 1872 yılında aynı isimle yayınladığı ve kaçak kölelerin hikâyelerinin yer verildiği kitaptan alınmıştır. Roman geleneksel kölelik anlatılarında yer alan vahşet ve insanlık dışı uygulamaları içermesinin yanı sıra, köleliğin Amerikan toplumunda tarihsel ve sistemsel açıdan nasıl bir kurumsal yapıya dönüştüğünü ekonomik, siyasi ve sosyal bağlamda ortaya koymaktadır. Tarih, kültür ve edebiyatın kesişmesinin yanı sıra Amerikan toplumsal tarihinin önemli olay ve olgularına ötekilerin yani siyahların bakış açısını da içermesi romanı farklı kılmaktadır. Bu bağlamda eser edebi ve kültürel bir anlatı olarak yeni kuşaklar için tarihin dışında yeni bir okuma fırsatı sunmaktadır. Bununla birlikte romanın geleneksel kölelik anlatılarından farklı olarak sahip olduğu metinlerarası ilişkiler, fantastik kurgular ve anakronik yazın biçimi ile bu alanda yeni bir tür oluşturduğunu söylemek mümkündür. Çalışmamızda ilk olarak kısaca Amerikan siyasi atmosferine değinilerek romanın popülerliğinin ülke gündemiyle ilişkisi sunulmaktadır. Daha sonra romanın çözümlemesi yapılarak kölelik sisteminin tarihte yerini meşrulaştıran Amerikan söylem ve ideolojilerinin edebi metin aracılığıyla nasıl ters yüz edildiği başkarakter Cora’nın yolculuğu üzerinden ortaya konulmaktadır
This study aims at analyzing outstanding contemporary novelist Colson Whitehead's recently published influential novel Underground Railroad. Although it is published in 2016, its being a slave narrative covering the struggle of the African Americans to escape from deep South to freedom and its achievement a large audience points out a significant issue in the context of social sciences research. The struggle of the blacks for freedom along with this dark and terrifying face of slavery, which was legally abolished about 170 years ago, is still on the agenda of the American society and it is possible to say that this is related to the political climate in the country. The name of the novel, Underground Railway, was taken from a book under the same title which includes stories of fugitive slaves and was published in 1872 by the black historian William Still. The novel not only portrays violent and inhuman practices of slavery, as can be found in traditional slave narratives, but also reveals the economic, political and social context of how slavery has become an organizational structure in the American Society. What makes the novel distinctive is its intersection of history, culture and literature as well as including the point of view of the others, namely the blacks, to the important themes and issues of the Social History of America. In this context, as a literary and cultural narrative, the work offers a new type of reading other than history to the new generations. In addition, it is possible to say that with its intertextuality, fantasy-fictions and anachronism, the novel forms a new genre in this field unlike traditional slavery narratives. In our study, by mentioning the political of climate of America, first, the relationship of the popularity of the novel with the agenda of the country is presented. Later on, the novel is analyzed and how American discourse and ideologies that legitimized the place of slavery in history are reversed by a literary text is presented through the journey of the main character Cora.
This study aims at analyzing outstanding contemporary novelist Colson Whitehead’s recently published influential novel Underground Railroad. Although it is published in 2016, its being a slave narrative covering the struggle of the African Americans to escape from deep South to freedom and its reaching a large audience points out a significant issue in the context of social sciences research. The struggle of the blacks for freedom along with this dark and terrifying face of slavery, which was legally abolished about 170 years ago, is still on the agenda of the American society and it is possible to say that this is related to the political climate in the country. The name of the novel, Underground Railway, was taken from a book under the same title which includes stories of fugitive slaves and was published in 1872 by the black historian William Still. The novel not only portrays violent and inhumane practices of slavery, as can be found in traditional slave narratives, but also reveals the economic, political and social context of how slavery has become an organizational structure in the American Society. What makes the novel distinctive is its intersection of history, culture and literature as well as including the point of view of the others, namely the blacks, to the important themes and issues of the Social History of America. In this context, as a literary and cultural narrative, the work offers a new reading type other than history to the new generations. In addition, it is possible to say that with its intertextuality, fantasy-fictions and anachronism, the novel forms a new genre in this field unlike traditional slavery narratives. In our study, by mentioning the political of climate of America, firstly, the relation of the popularity of the novel with the agenda of the country is presented. Later on, the novel is analyzed and how American discourse and ideologies that legitimized the place of slavery in history are reversed by a literary text is presented through the journey of the main character Cora.
Alan : Eğitim Bilimleri; Filoloji
Dergi Türü : Uluslararası
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