The Problem of Social Corruption and Alienation in Honoré De Balzac’s Novel Beautiful Impera

Sevra Fırıncıoğulları

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The Problem of Social Corruption and Alienation in Honoré De Balzac’s Novel Beautiful Impera

Authors:

Sevra Fırıncıoğulları

Publisher:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Main Topics:

Edebiyat Sosyolojisi

Journal:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 12, pp.113-122

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

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2001353532

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2687-6175

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 The aim of this study is to analyse Honoré de Balzacs The Beautiful Impera in the context of social corruption and alienation. Balzac chose the decay within the noble class as the subject of his works. In the period he lived in, the dissolution of values in society and hypocritical relations are revealed by the corruption that manifests itself especially in the noble class. Balzac, who chose people from all walks of life in France of his time as the nineteenth-century characters for his novels, criticised the noble class most intensely in his novels. It is possible to state that Balzac, who criticises the decay in this class claiming to be the highest class of the society, draws attention to the contradiction in the lives of the clergymen in the noble class who try to set an example to the society in his Beautiful Impera. Impera the Beautiful is a prostitute who is admired by most of the respected clergymen in the France of the period. What Philipp, a simple priest who tries to establish a relationship with Impera, witnesses as he tries to get closer to her reveals the decay within the noble class. This study, written in the field of sociology of literature, aims to analyse a social reality through a literary work. In this context, the analysis of the realities of corruption and alienation that produce social injustice has been put forward through a literary work. In this study, carried out through literary sociology, symbolic reading and analysis allowed by the method of semiotics have been used.

 The aim of this study is to analyse Honoré de Balzacs The Beautiful Impera in the context of social corruption and alienation. Balzac chose the decay within the noble class as the subject of his works. In the period he lived in, the dissolution of values in society and hypocritical relations are revealed by the corruption that manifests itself especially in the noble class. Balzac, who chose people from all walks of life in France of his time as the nineteenth-century characters for his novels, criticised the noble class most intensely in his novels. It is possible to state that Balzac, who criticises the decay in this class claiming to be the highest class of the society, draws attention to the contradiction in the lives of the clergymen in the noble class who try to set an example to the society in his Beautiful Impera. Impera the Beautiful is a prostitute who is admired by most of the respected clergymen in the France of the period. What Philipp, a simple priest who tries to establish a relationship with Impera, witnesses as he tries to get closer to her reveals the decay within the noble class. This study, written in the field of sociology of literature, aims to analyse a social reality through a literary work. In this context, the analysis of the realities of corruption and alienation that produce social injustice has been put forward through a literary work. In this study, carried out through literary sociology, symbolic reading and analysis allowed by the method of semiotics have been used.

 The aim of this study is to analyse Honoré de Balzacs The Beautiful Impera in the context of social corruption and alienation. Balzac chose the decay within the noble class as the subject of his works. In the period he lived in, the dissolution of values in society and hypocritical relations are revealed by the corruption that manifests itself especially in the noble class. Balzac, who chose people from all walks of life in France of his time as the nineteenth-century characters for his novels, criticised the noble class most intensely in his novels. It is possible to state that Balzac, who criticises the decay in this class claiming to be the highest class of the society, draws attention to the contradiction in the lives of the clergymen in the noble class who try to set an example to the society in his Beautiful Impera. Impera the Beautiful is a prostitute who is admired by most of the respected clergymen in the France of the period. What Philipp, a simple priest who tries to establish a relationship with Impera, witnesses as he tries to get closer to her reveals the decay within the noble class. This study, written in the field of sociology of literature, aims to analyse a social reality through a literary work. In this context, the analysis of the realities of corruption and alienation that produce social injustice has been put forward through a literary work. In this study, carried out through literary sociology, symbolic reading and analysis allowed by the method of semiotics have been used.

 Bu çalışmanın amacı Honore de Balzacın Güzel İmpera eserini toplumsal yozlaşma, yabancılaşma bağlamında analiz etmektir. Balzac içinde bulunduğu dönemde özellikle soylu sınıf içindeki çürümeyi eserlerine konu olarak seçmiştir. Onun yaşadığı dönemde toplumdaki değerlerin çözülmesi, ikiyüzlü ilişkiler özellikle soylu sınıf içinde kendini gösteren yozlaşma ile ortaya çıkar. Dönemin Fransası 19. yüzyıl içinde halkın her kesiminden kişiyi romanlarına karakter olarak seçen Balzacın romanlarında en yoğun şekilde eleştiriye tabi tuttuğu sınıf soylu sınıftır. Halkın en üst kesimi olduğu iddiasındaki bu sınıf içinde beliren çürümenin eleştirisini yapan Balzacın Güzel İmpera eserinde soylu sınıf içinde topluma örnek olmaya çalışan din adamlarının yaşamlarındaki çelişkiye dikkat çektiğini belirtmek mümkündür. Güzel İmpera dönemin Fransası içinde saygın din adamlarının çoğunun hayranlık duyduğu yaşamına girdiği bir fahişedir. İmpera ile ilişki kurmaya çalışan basit bir rahip olan Philippin ona yaklaşmaya çalıştıkça tanık oldukları, soylu sınıf içindeki çürümeyi gözler önüne serer. Edebiyat sosyolojisi alanında kaleme alınan bu çalışmada edebî eser üzerinden bir sosyal gerçekliğin analizi amaçlamıştır. Bu bağlamda toplumsal adaletsizliği üreten yozlaşma ve yabancılaşma gerçekliklerinin analizi bir edebî eser üzerinden ortaya konmuştur. Edebiyat sosyolojisi üzerinden gerçekleştirilmiş olan bu çalışmada göstergebilimin yönteminin izin verdiği simgesel okuma ve analizden yararlanılmıştır.

Article Details

The Problem of Social Corruption and Alienation in Honoré De Balzac’s Novel Beautiful Impera

Authors:

Sevra Fırıncıoğulları

Publisher:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Main Topics:

Edebiyat Sosyolojisi

Journal:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 12, pp.113-122

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001353532

pISSN:

2687-6175

Balzac

corruption

alienation

morality

sociology of literature.Balzac

yozlaşma

yabancılaşma

ahlak

edebiyat sosyolojisi.

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Authors: Sevra Fırıncıoğulları

Publisher: Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Main Topics: Edebiyat Sosyolojisi

Journal: Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 12, pp.113-122

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2025

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001353532

pISSN: 2687-6175

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Authors:

Sevra Fırıncıoğulları

Publisher:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Main Topics:

Edebiyat Sosyolojisi

Journal:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Issue 12, pp.113-122

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001353532

pISSN:

2687-6175