Ibn Ḥazm of al-Andalus and Cáo Xuěqín of China: Love and Gender in Collapsing Social Structures

Abdulsait Aykut; Zıxıng Wu

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Ibn Ḥazm of al-Andalus and Cáo Xuěqín of China: Love and Gender in Collapsing Social Structures

Authors:

Abdulsait Aykut | Zıxıng Wu

Publisher:

Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University

Main Topics:

Asya Dilleri | Edebiyatları ve Kültürleri

Journal:

Dünya Dilleri, Edebiyatları ve Çeviri Çalışmaları Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.189-208

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001308896

pISSN:

2717-9877

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Abstract:

 In this paper, we discuss the opinions of Ibn Ḥazm and Cáo Xuěqín on love, sex and gender. The Ring of the Dove and Dream of the Red Chamber were written when their authors respective societies experienced multifaceted crises. Ibn Ḥazm and Cáo Xuěqín were both of noble birth, but the decline of their societies forced them to leave their ranks and look at society in a new light. We discussed their views on the topics of reason and love, ideal and real love, and the nature of love. We observed that Ibn Ḥazm concluded his opinion on love with an ideal but imaginary vision, on the other hand, Cáo Xuěqín came to a more complex and protest conclusion for love in his novel. Finally, we try to demonstrate how and why Ibn Ḥazm and Cáo Xuěqín take steps to critique the patriarchal structure of their collapsing feudal societies, reconceptualize love, and make an early case for gender equality.

 In this paper, we discuss the opinions of Ibn Ḥazm and Cáo Xuěqín on love, sex and gender. The Ring of the Dove and Dream of the Red Chamber were written when their authors respective societies experienced multifaceted crises. Ibn Ḥazm and Cáo Xuěqín were both of noble birth, but the decline of their societies forced them to leave their ranks and look at society in a new light. We discussed their views on the topics of reason and love, ideal and real love, and the nature of love. We observed that Ibn Ḥazm concluded his opinion on love with an ideal but imaginary vision, on the other hand, Cáo Xuěqín came to a more complex and protest conclusion for love in his novel. Finally, we try to demonstrate how and why Ibn Ḥazm and Cáo Xuěqín take steps to critique the patriarchal structure of their collapsing feudal societies, reconceptualize love, and make an early case for gender equality.

 In this paper, we discuss the opinions of Ibn Ḥazm and Cáo Xuěqín on love, sex and gender. The Ring of the Dove and Dream of the Red Chamber were written when their authors respective societies experienced multifaceted crises. Ibn Ḥazm and Cáo Xuěqín were both of noble birth, but the decline of their societies forced them to leave their ranks and look at society in a new light. We discussed their views on the topics of reason and love, ideal and real love, and the nature of love. We observed that Ibn Ḥazm concluded his opinion on love with an ideal but imaginary vision, on the other hand, Cáo Xuěqín came to a more complex and protest conclusion for love in his novel. Finally, we try to demonstrate how and why Ibn Ḥazm and Cáo Xuěqín take steps to critique the patriarchal structure of their collapsing feudal societies, reconceptualize love, and make an early case for gender equality.

 Bu makalede İbn Hazm ve Cáo Xuěqínin aşk ve toplumsal cinsiyet hakkındaki görüşlerini tartışmaktayız. Güvercin Gerdanlığı ve Kızıl Odanın Rüyası, her iki yazarın çok yönlü toplumsal krizler yaşadığı bir dönemde yazılmıştır. Hem İbn Hazm, hem de Cáo Xuěqín asil bir aileden geliyordu; ancak mensup oldukları sosyal sınıfın gerilemesi onları bulundukları pozisyondan kopardı; böylece yaşadıkları topluma karşı yeni bir bakış geliştirdiler. Burada ayrıca akıl ve aşk, ideal ve gerçek aşk, aşkın mahiyeti gibi konularla ilgili görüşlerini de tartıştık. İbn Hazmın aşk hakkındaki görüşlerini ideal fakat hayali bir vizyonla sonuçlandırdığını, buna karşılık Cáo Xuěqínin aşk konusunda daha karmaşık ve protestocu bir sonuca vardığını gözlemledik. Son olarak, İbn Hazm ve Cáo Xuěqínin çökmekte olan feodal toplumların ataerkil yapısını eleştirme, aşkı yeniden kavramsallaştırma ve belki de toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği konusunda erken bir örnek olma bağlamında ne tür adımlar attıklarını göstermeye çalıştık.

Article Details

Ibn Ḥazm of al-Andalus and Cáo Xuěqín of China: Love and Gender in Collapsing Social Structures

Authors:

Abdulsait Aykut | Zıxıng Wu

Publisher:

Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University

Main Topics:

Asya Dilleri | Edebiyatları ve Kültürleri

Journal:

Dünya Dilleri, Edebiyatları ve Çeviri Çalışmaları Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.189-208

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001308896

pISSN:

2717-9877

Ibn Hazm

Cáo Xuěqín

The Ring of the Dove

Dream of the Red Chamber

isolation and equality in loveIbn Ḥazm

Cáo Xuěqín

Güvercin Gerdanlığı

Kızıl Odanın Rüyası

aşkta yalnızlık ve eşitlik

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Abdulsait Aykut | Zıxıng Wu

Publisher: Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University

Main Topics: Asya Dilleri | Edebiyatları ve Kültürleri

Journal: Dünya Dilleri, Edebiyatları ve Çeviri Çalışmaları Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.189-208

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2023

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001308896

pISSN: 2717-9877

Issues

Authors:

Abdulsait Aykut | Zıxıng Wu

Publisher:

Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University

Main Topics:

Asya Dilleri | Edebiyatları ve Kültürleri

Journal:

Dünya Dilleri, Edebiyatları ve Çeviri Çalışmaları Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 2, pp.189-208

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001308896

pISSN:

2717-9877