EVALUATION OF CALIXTHE BEYALA'S NOVEL L'HOMME QUI M'OFFRAIT LE CIEL WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF FEMININE LITERARY THEORY

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EVALUATION OF CALIXTHE BEYALA'S NOVEL L'HOMME QUI M'OFFRAIT LE CIEL WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF FEMININE LITERARY THEORY

Authors:

Cansu Avcı

Publisher:

Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University

Main Topics:

Fransız Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Journal:

Dünya Dilleri, Edebiyatları ve Çeviri Çalışmaları Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.15-37

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001295417

pISSN:

2717-9877

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 In the feminism movement, which covers the period from the 19th century to the present and aims to eliminate all kinds of inequalities against women, women enter the struggle for rights in various fields. Demands for women to have equal rights with men in the political field, equal opportunities in education and equal pay for the same jobs are the main reasons that led to the beginning of the feminism movement. Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva, who are important post-modern feminist theorists of the 21st century, emphasize the sexist role of literature in a different way from other feminism movements and argue that women can be free only by writing. French theorists underline that women must write their bodies in order to create their own written and verbal universes and they try to make womens voice heard by focusing on specific womens themes such as motherhood, female body, hope, belonging, anxiety and loneliness in their works. Calixthe Beyala, one of the great names in contemporary French literature, also made a name for herself both for her productivity and for making womens voices heard in her works. The author, who has more than fifteen important works, including essays, and has been awarded four international literary awards, deals with womens problems such as love, search for identity, belonging and migration in her novels. In this study, it is intended to be analyzed womens power and struggle for survival, the contrasts between women living in different social and economic conditions, the themes of female body, love and self-denial in Beyalas novel Lhomme qui moffrait le ciel in the context of feminine literary theory.

 In the feminism movement, which covers the period from the 19th century to the present and aims to eliminate all kinds of inequalities against women, women enter the struggle for rights in various fields. Demands for women to have equal rights with men in the political field, equal opportunities in education and equal pay for the same jobs are the main reasons that led to the beginning of the feminism movement. Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva, who are important post-modern feminist theorists of the 21st century, emphasize the sexist role of literature in a different way from other feminism movements and argue that women can be free only by writing. French theorists underline that women must write their bodies in order to create their own written and verbal universes and they try to make womens voice heard by focusing on specific womens themes such as motherhood, female body, hope, belonging, anxiety and loneliness in their works. Calixthe Beyala, one of the great names in contemporary French literature, also made a name for herself both for her productivity and for making womens voices heard in her works. The author, who has more than fifteen important works, including essays, and has been awarded four international literary awards, deals with womens problems such as love, search for identity, belonging and migration in her novels. In this study, it is intended to be analyzed womens power and struggle for survival, the contrasts between women living in different social and economic conditions, the themes of female body, love and self-denial in Beyalas novel Lhomme qui moffrait le ciel in the context of feminine literary theory.

 In the feminism movement, which covers the period from the 19th century to the present and aims to eliminate all kinds of inequalities against women, women enter the struggle for rights in various fields. Demands for women to have equal rights with men in the political field, equal opportunities in education and equal pay for the same jobs are the main reasons that led to the beginning of the feminism movement. Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva, who are important post-modern feminist theorists of the 21st century, emphasize the sexist role of literature in a different way from other feminism movements and argue that women can be free only by writing. French theorists underline that women must write their bodies in order to create their own written and verbal universes and they try to make womens voice heard by focusing on specific womens themes such as motherhood, female body, hope, belonging, anxiety and loneliness in their works. Calixthe Beyala, one of the great names in contemporary French literature, also made a name for herself both for her productivity and for making womens voices heard in her works. The author, who has more than fifteen important works, including essays, and has been awarded four international literary awards, deals with womens problems such as love, search for identity, belonging and migration in her novels. In this study, it is intended to be analyzed womens power and struggle for survival, the contrasts between women living in different social and economic conditions, the themes of female body, love and self-denial in Beyalas novel Lhomme qui moffrait le ciel in the context of feminine literary theory.

 19. yüzyıldan günümüze kadar olan zamanı kapsayan ve kadına yönelik her türlü eşitsizliklerin ortadan kaldırılmasını amaçlayan feminizm hareketinde kadınlar çeşitli alanlarda hak arama mücadelesine girerler. Kadınların erkeklerle siyasi alanda eşit haklara sahip olma, eğitimde fırsat eşitliği ve aynı işlerde eşit ücret alma gibi talepler feminizm hareketinin başlamasına sebep olan nedenlerden başlıcalarıdır. 21. yüzyılın önemli post feminist teorisyenlerinden olan Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray ve Julia Kristeva ise diğer feminizm akımlarından farklı bir yöntemle edebiyatın cinsiyetçi rolü üzerine vurgu yaparak kadınların sadece yazarak özgür olabileceklerini savlarlar. Fransız kuramcılar, kadınların kendi yazılı ve sözlü evrenlerini yaratabilmeleri için bedenlerini yazıya dökmeleri gerektiğinin altını çizeler ve eserlerinde annelik, kadın vücudu, umut, aidiyet, endişe ve yalnızlık gibi kadına özgü temaları önceleyerek kadının sesini duyurmaya çalışırlar. Çağdaş Fransız edebiyatının önde gelen isimlerinden olan Calixthe Beyala da gerek üretkenliği gerek eserlerinde kadın sesini duyurması açısından adından söz ettirir. Bugüne kadar denemeler de dahil olmak üzere on beşten fazla önemli eseri olan ve dört uluslararası edebiyat ödülüne layık görülen yazar, romanlarında kadınların aşk, kimlik arayışı, aidiyet ve göç gibi sorunlarını işler. Bu çalışmada Beyalanın Lhomme qui moffrait le ciel adlı romanındaki kadının gücü ve ayakta kalma mücadelesi, farklı sosyal ve ekonomik koşullarda yaşayan kadınların farklılığı, kadın bedeni, aşk ve kendini reddetme temalarının dişil yazın écriture féminine kuramı bağlamında analiz edilmesi amaçlanmıştır.

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EVALUATION OF CALIXTHE BEYALA'S NOVEL L'HOMME QUI M'OFFRAIT LE CIEL WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF FEMININE LITERARY THEORY

Authors:

Cansu Avcı

Publisher:

Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University

Main Topics:

Fransız Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Journal:

Dünya Dilleri, Edebiyatları ve Çeviri Çalışmaları Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.15-37

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001295417

pISSN:

2717-9877

Post-feminism

feminine literature

women's literature

women's discourse

Calixthe BeyalaPost-feminizm

dişil yazın

kadın edebiyatı

kadın söylemi

Calixthe Beyala.

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Authors: Cansu Avcı

Publisher: Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University

Main Topics: Fransız Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Journal: Dünya Dilleri, Edebiyatları ve Çeviri Çalışmaları Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.15-37

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2023

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001295417

pISSN: 2717-9877

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Authors:

Cansu Avcı

Publisher:

Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University

Main Topics:

Fransız Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Journal:

Dünya Dilleri, Edebiyatları ve Çeviri Çalışmaları Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.15-37

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001295417

pISSN:

2717-9877