Margaret Atwood'un Cat's Eye ve The Handmaid's Tale başlıklı eserlerinde travma temsili ve kimlik inşası

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Department of English Language and Literature
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Founded in 1997, the Department of English Language and Literature is one of the first Departments of Atılım University. Through the graduate and doctorate degree programs in addition to the undergraduate program, the Department raises students and academicians. At the Department of English Language and Literature, we aim to graduate students who have studied and learned the English language and literature at an advanced level and developed the skill to produce ideas; as well as the ability to do analyses and academic research on literature. In addition to granting our students with the opportunity to develop their backgrounds in general culture, the education that we offer contributes to their interest and knowledge in contemporary and current issues. Accredited for 5 years from February 24th 2019 by FEDEK, our undergraduate program grants our students the opportunity to join Double-Major or Minor programs in Translation and Interpretation, and International Relations. Another option for the students of our Department is the Erasmus Exchange Program.

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Bu tezin amacı, travmanın temsilinin ve travmanın Margaret Atwood'un Cat's Eye ve The Handmaid's Tale başlıklı eserlerindeki kadın karhamanların kimlik oluşumuna etkisini analiz etmektir. Bu romanlar, travmanın temsili, kimlik oluşumu ve bu kavramları çalışmak için kullanılan yöntemler bakımından pek çok benzer ve farklı özelliklere sahiptir. Teori bölümünde, psikanalizin kısa bir tanıtımı yer almaktadır. Bu bölümde, travma teorisinin detaylı analizi, travma ile yüzleşmek, ve travmanın anlatıdaki temsili gibi travma ile ilgili konulara açıklık getirilmektedir.Kimlik oluşumu ve kadın kimliği de bu bölümde tartışılmaktadır. Analitik bölümler, Cat's Eye ve The Handmaid's Tale kahramanlarının travmatik deneyimleri ve nedenleri, travmaları ile başa çıkabilmek için travmaları ile yüzleşmelerini ve tecrübeleri nedeniyle yaşadıkları kimlik krizlerini tartışmaktadır. Sonuç, kadın kahramanların her ikisinde de travmatik nevroz yaratan sosyal ve politik faktörleri ortaya koymaktadır. Romanlardaki travma temsili ve yüzleşme yöntemleri arasındaki benzerlik ve farklılıkların yanı sıra, kahramanların kimlik inşası da bu bölümde sunulmaktadır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Travma, kimlik, Kadın, Offred, Elaine, Atwood
The aim of this thesis is to analyse the representation of trauma and its effects on the identity formation of the female protagonists in Cat's Eye and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. These novels have many similar and different characteristics in terms of representation of trauma, identity formation and the methods which are used to work through them. In the theory chapter, a brief introduction of psychoanalysis is presented. A detailed analysis of trauma theory, witnessing trauma, working through trauma and representation of trauma in narratives related to trauma are explained in this chapter as well. Formation of identity and female identity are also discussed in this chapter. The analytical chapters discuss Cat's Eye and The Handmaid's Tale in terms of the protagonists' traumatic experiences and its reasons, witnessing their traumas in order to work through them and their suffering of an identity crisis concerning their experiences. The conclusion proves that the social and political factors cause traumatic neurosis in both of the female protagonists. The similarities and differences between the representation of trauma and witnessing it in the novels and the identity formation of the protagonists are presented in this chapter as well. Keywords: Trauma, identity, Female, Elaine, Offred, Atwood.

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İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı, Atwood, Margaret, English Linguistics and Literature, Roman, Atwood, Margaret, Travma, Novel, Trauma, İngiliz edebiyatı, English literature

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