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REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN IN THE WORKS OF LILIKA NAKOU IN MODERN GREEK LITERATURE

ÇAĞDAŞ YUNAN EDEBİYATINDA LİLİKA NAKOU’NUN ESERLERİNDE KADIN TEMSİLLERİ

Müzeyyen Hacıpaşaoğlu(ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DİL VE TARİH COĞRAFYA FAKÜLTESİ, ÇAĞDAŞ YUNAN DİLİ VE EDEBİYATI ABD)0000-0003-4980-1901
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271–291
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2026-03-29
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The study focuses on young and single women, working women, modern female identity, motherhood and mother-daughter relationships, female solidarity, prostitutes, as well as representations of virginity and sexuality, and also seeks to evaluate Nakou’s contribution to Modern Greek women’s writing.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Lilika Nakou, who is regarded within Modern Greek literature as belonging to the Generation of the Thirties and, at times, to the Postwar Generation, reflected the social and cultural transformations of her time through a critical lens by placing women’s experiences at the center of her literary production.
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Key Findings & Data:Entering the literary world in 1928, Nakou addressed women’s labor, education, family life, sexuality, and struggles for equality in the context of modernization in her novels and short stories, developing a critical narrative perspective that questioned the patriarchal structures shaping women’s positions in both the public and private spheres.
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Conclusion & Impact:The study focuses on young and single women, working women, modern female identity, motherhood and mother-daughter relationships, female solidarity, prostitutes, as well as representations of virginity and sexuality, and also seeks to evaluate Nakou’s contribution to Modern Greek women’s writing.
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⚙️Variables:Çağdaş Yunan Edebiyatı · Lilika Nakou · Otuz Kuşağı

Abstract

Lilika Nakou, who is regarded within Modern Greek literature as belonging to the Generation of the Thirties and, at times, to the Postwar Generation, reflected the social and cultural transformations of her time through a critical lens by placing women’s experiences at the center of her literary production. The modernist aesthetic orientation of the Generation of the Thirties, together with its narrative engagement with social reality, provided a framework that enabled women’s issues to gain visibility in Nakou’s works. The Greek feminist movement that took shape in the mid-nineteenth century, along with the political and social transformations of the twentieth century, rendered women writers increasingly visible in the literary field; however, this growing visibility was often met with distant and exclusionary attitudes within male-dominated literary circles. Entering the literary world in 1928, Nakou addressed women’s labor, education, family life, sexuality, and struggles for equality in the context of modernization in her novels and short stories, developing a critical narrative perspective that questioned the patriarchal structures shaping women’s positions in both the public and private spheres. This article aims to examine, within a thematic framework, the representations of women that stand out in Nakou’s works published between 1928 and 1980. Accordingly, recurring representations that define the social positioning of the female subject have been analyzed. The study focuses on young and single women, working women, modern female identity, motherhood and mother-daughter relationships, female solidarity, prostitutes, as well as representations of virginity and sexuality, and also seeks to evaluate Nakou’s contribution to Modern Greek women’s writing.

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Çağdaş Yunan edebiyatında Otuz Kuşağı ve kimi zaman Savaş Sonrası Kuşak içinde değerlendirilen Lilika Nakou, edebî kariyeri boyunca kadınlık deneyimlerini merkeze alarak yaşadığı dönemin toplumsal ve kültürel dönüşümlerini eleştirel bir bakışla yansıtmıştır. Otuz Kuşağı’nın modernist estetik yönelimi ile toplumsal gerçekliğe açılan anlatı anlayışı, Nakou’nun eserlerinde kadın sorunlarının görünürlük kazanmasına zemin hazırlamıştır. 19. yüzyılın ortalarından itibaren şekillenen Yunan feminist hareketi ile 20. yüzyılın siyasal ve toplumsal dönüşümleri, kadın yazarların edebî alandaki varlığını belirginleştirmiş ancak bu artan görünürlük, erkek egemen edebiyat çevrelerinde çoğu zaman mesafeli ve dışlayıcı yaklaşımlarla karşılanmıştır. Nakou, 1928’de yazın dünyasına adım atarak roman ve öykülerinde kadınların emek, eğitim, aile, cinsellik ve eşitlik arayışlarını modernleşme bağlamında ele almış, ataerkil düzenin kadınların kamusal ve özel alandaki konumunu belirleyen yapısını sorgulamıştır. Bu makale, Nakou’nun 1928-1980 yılları arasında yayımlanan eserlerinde öne çıkan kadın temsillerini tematik bir çerçevede incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu doğrultuda, kadın öznenin toplumsal konumunu belirleyen tekrar eden temsiller analiz edilmiş; genç ve bekâr kadınlar, çalışan kadınlar, modern kadın kimliği, annelik ve anne-kız ilişkileri, kadın dayanışması, fahişe kadınlar ile bekâret ve cinsellik gibi temalar çözümleme odağına alınarak yazarın çağdaş Yunan kadın yazınına katkısı değerlendirilmiştir.

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Hacıpaşaoğlu, M. (2026). REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN IN THE WORKS OF LILIKA NAKOU IN MODERN GREEK LITERATURE. Uluslararası Toplumsal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 10 Sayı: 1, 271–291. https://ajindex.com/articles/1606313

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