The representation of feminist dystopia in Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale and Katharine Burdekin's Swastika Night

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2015

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Department of English Language and Literature
(1997)
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, Margaret Atwood'un The Handmaid's Tale ve Katharine Burdekin'in Swastika Night başlıklı feminist distopyalarında, kadın kimliğinin yapılandırılmasını ve yansıtılmasını incelemektir. Tez konusu bu romanlar aracılığı ile teokratik devletlerin erkek egemen toplum yapısında kadın kimliğinin arka plana atıldığı ve hatta silindiği öne sürülmüştür. Kuram bölümünde, eleştirmenlerin görüşlerinden yola çıkılarak, ütopya ve distopya kavramları tanımlanmıştır. Bunların yanı sıra, iki feminist eleştirmen, Luce Irigaray ve Helene Cixous'nun ilgili çalışmaları analiz bölümündeki roman incelemelerine ışık tutması amacıyla ele alınmıştır. Analiz bölümünde ise, The Handmaid's Tale ve Swastika Night romanlarında teokratik ve baskıcı toplum düzeni ve bu düzende kadının yeri incelenmiştir. Sonuç olarak, Burdekin'in ve Atwood'un kaleme aldığı distopyalarda, kadınların birey olarak değer görmediği, sadece üreme amaçlı kullanılan objeler olduğu kanıtlanmaktadır. Anahtar Sözcükler: distopya, totalitarizm, teokrasi, kadının indirgenmesi
The aim of this thesis is to explore the construction and reflection of female identity in the feminist dystopias entitled The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwoodand Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin. Through these novels, which constitute the subject of the thesis, it has been asserted that woman's identity is pushed aside and even erased in the patriarchal social structure of theocratic states. In the theory chapter, the concepts of utopia and dystopia have been defined through the views of critiques. In addition, related studies of two feminist critiques, Luce Irigaray and Helene Cixous, have been studied in order to shed light on the novel analyses in the following analytical chapters. As for the analytical chapters, the social order and women's position have been analysed in The Handmaid's Tale and Swastika Night. In conclusion, in the dystopias, written by Burdekin and Atwood, it is has been proved that women are not assessed as individuals; they are rather considered to be objects used for reproduction. Key Words: dystopia, totalitarianism, theocracy, reduction of women, female predicament

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Batı Dilleri ve Edebiyatı, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı, Atwood, Margaret, Burdekin, Katharine, Cinsel kimlik, Western Linguistics and Literature, English Linguistics and Literature, Distopya, Atwood, Margaret, Edebiyat, Burdekin, Katharine, Gender identity, Feminizm, Dystopia, Literature, Kadınlar, Feminism, Teokrasi, Women, Theocracy, İngiliz edebiyatı, English literature

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