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An outlook on postmodernist elements in Jules Verne’s Doctor Ox’s Experiment

Aybike Keleş(KASTAMONU ÜNİVERSİTESİ, BOZKURT MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU)0000-0001-8130-9752
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191–204
Publication Date
2024-04-01
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The objective of this study is to analyze Jules Verne's literary piece titled Doctor Ox's Experiment via a postmodern lens, employing the key components of postmodernism.

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Objective & Hypothesis:As a countermovement to modernism, postmodernism embraces multiple perspectives and presents a theory in which there is no singular truth.
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Key Findings & Data:The reader is entangled in a sequence of events that generate profound meaning through the use of a variety of linguistic tricks and strategies, including intertextuality, irony, and pastiche.
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Conclusion & Impact:The objective of this study is to analyze Jules Verne's literary piece titled Doctor Ox's Experiment via a postmodern lens, employing the key components of postmodernism.
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⚙️Variables:Geleneksel · Kurgu · Postmodernizm

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As a countermovement to modernism, postmodernism embraces multiple perspectives and presents a theory in which there is no singular truth. The postmodern novel also challenges the fundamental concepts of reality and truth, demonstrating how the human construction of reality allows for the creation of an unlimited number of alternate realities. The tradition of closed-ended narration buried between lines in texts has been broken, paving the space for numerous linguistic uses in literary writings. The reader is entangled in a sequence of events that generate profound meaning through the use of a variety of linguistic tricks and strategies, including intertextuality, irony, and pastiche. The reader gets sucked into a vortex throughout the novel with intertwining flashbacks and parallel stories. Within this framework, Doctor Ox’s Experiment by Jules Verne is an important work that challenges and redefines conventional literary texts. In the book, Verne's use of irony in portraying the stereotypes of the people of Quiendone, his incorporation of fictional elements to enhance the plausibility of the events in that town, and his establishment of intertextual connections, all demonstrate characteristics commonly associated with postmodernism. The objective of this study is to analyze Jules Verne's literary piece titled Doctor Ox's Experiment via a postmodern lens, employing the key components of postmodernism.

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Modernisme karşı bir tepki hareketi olan postmodernism, tek bir doğrunun olmadığı, alternatif bakış açıları benimseyen bir kavram olarak karşımıza çıkar. Postmodern romanı da öncül gerçekliğe ve doğrulara saldırır ve anlatılanların gerçekliğinin insan tarafından kurgulandığını ve sınırsız sayıda alternatif gerçeklikler kurulabileceğini gösterir. Artık metinlerde satır aralarına gizlenen kapalı uçlu anlatım geleneği kırılır ve bu da edebiyat metinlerinde sayısız dil kullanımlarının önünü açar. Çeşitli dil oyunları ve metinlerarasılık, ironi, pastiş gibi tekniklerle okur birbirinden bağımsız ,uçsuz bucaksız anlam üreten olaylar zincirine dahil edilir. İç içe geçen geri dönüşlerle ve paralel anlatılan hikayelerle okur hikaye boyunca bir girdabın içine sürüklenir. Bu bağlamdaJules Verne’nin Doktor Ox’un Deneyi adlı eseri geleneksel edebi metinleri sorgulamada ve yeniden tanımlamada önemli bir çalışmadır. Kitapta Verne’nin Quiendone halkının stereotiplerini ironik bir şekilde tasvir etmesi, kasabada gerçekleşen olayların inandırıcılığını arttırmak için kurgusal unsurları dahil etmesi ve metinler arası bağlantılar kurması, hepsi postmodernizmle sıkça ilişkilendirilen özellikleri sergilemektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı postmodernismin öğelerini kullanarak Jules Verne’nin Doktor Ox’un Deneyi adlı eserini postmodern bir incelemeye tabi tutmaktır.

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Keleş, A. (2024). An outlook on postmodernist elements in Jules Verne’s Doctor Ox’s Experiment. Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler ve Eğitim Dergisi, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 10, 191–204. https://ajindex.com/articles/1571495

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