Özet:

Roman is a social phenomenon in itself from the point of view of literary sociology. It has many elements to reflect the social structure in terms of its themes and romantic characters. As a writer with his realistic novels in contemporary Turkish literature, the novels of Sabahattin Ali, which deal with social issues related to society, contain a number of important data about the society, the individuals, human relations, the social gender establishment and the paternal culture of the time in which he was written. The analysis from these data also shows that the novel could create a memory of the society in which it was written. In this study, in the work of Sabahattin Ali's Devil in Us, the character of the novel Macide will be focused on the analysis of the representation of women on the basis of social sex. It is believed that the study of a woman’s representation level in the novel’s main characters will contribute to the assessment of the woman’s situation in society.

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Özet:

Novel is a social phenomenon in itself in terms of the sociology of literature. Especially realist novel among novel genres has many characteristics which reflect the social structure in terms of subjects and novel characters. Sabahattin Ali, a writer who attained an important place with his realist novels in contemporary Turkish literature, wrote many novels about social issues. His novels contain a lot of important data about the society, individuals, human relations, gender and patriarchal culture of the period when they were written. Analyzes based on these data also shows that the novel can create a memory of the society in which it is written. In this study, we will analyze the female representation in terms of gender through a focus on Macide, the female protagonist of Sabahattin Ali’s “İçimizdeki Şeytan”. Analyzing the level of representation of a woman within the main characters is thought to contribute to our assessment of the status of women in society.