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Doris Lessing'in "The De Wets Come to Kloof Grange" Adlı ÖyküsündeAlternatif Mekanların Yapılandırılması

Configuration of Alternative Spaces in Doris Lessing's "The De Wets Come to Kloof Grange"

Özge GÜVENÇ
Pages
43–66
Publication Date
2022-10-18
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Within the framework of recent theories of Thirdspace / Third Space by Edward Soja and Homi Bhabha, which are then related to Rosi Braidotti's theory on nomadism, this study aims to show how hybridisation can only happen on the material level of space and how space, including the house, the garden and natural environment, can be configured and transformed from restrictive conceptualisation with boundaries to alternative ones where the female characters can escape to.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Doris Lessing's story "The De Wets Come to Kloof Grange" from her collection This Was the Old Chief's Country recounts the story of white settlers, Major and Mrs Gale, whose routinized farm life in Rhodesia acquires a new dimension with the arrival of an Afrikaner couple, Mr and Mrs De Wet, to assist the Gales.
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Key Findings & Data:Doris Lessing's story "The De Wets Come to Kloof Grange" from her collection This Was the Old Chief's Country recounts the story of white settlers, Major and Mrs Gale, whose routinized farm life in Rhodesia acquires a new dimension with the arrival of an Afrikaner couple, Mr and Mrs De Wet, to assist the Gales.
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Conclusion & Impact:Within the framework of recent theories of Thirdspace / Third Space by Edward Soja and Homi Bhabha, which are then related to Rosi Braidotti's theory on nomadism, this study aims to show how hybridisation can only happen on the material level of space and how space, including the house, the garden and natural environment, can be configured and transformed from restrictive conceptualisation with boundaries to alternative ones where the female characters can escape to.
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Abstract

Doris Lessing's story "The De Wets Come to Kloof Grange" from her collection This Was the Old Chief's Country recounts the story of white settlers, Major and Mrs Gale, whose routinized farm life in Rhodesia acquires a new dimension with the arrival of an Afrikaner couple, Mr and Mrs De Wet, to assist the Gales. Within the framework of recent theories of Thirdspace / Third Space by Edward Soja and Homi Bhabha, which are then related to Rosi Braidotti's theory on nomadism, this study aims to show how hybridisation can only happen on the material level of space and how space, including the house, the garden and natural environment, can be configured and transformed from restrictive conceptualisation with boundaries to alternative ones where the female characters can escape to.

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Doris Lessing'in This Was the Old Chief's Country başlıklı kısa öykü kitabından alınan "The De Wets Come to Kloof Grange" adlı öykü, binbaşı Gale ve eşinin Rodezya'daki tek düze çiftlik hayatlarının beyaz Afrikalı yeni yardımcıları De Wet'lerin gelmesiyle nasıl değiştiğini anlatmaktadır. Bu çalışma iki kültür arasındaki hibritleşmenin yalnızca fiziksel mekan boyutunda gerçekleşebildiğini ve kadın karakterlerin ev, bahçe ve doğal çevre gibi alanları nasıl sınırları olan kısıtlayıcı mekan anlayışından alternatif mekanlara dönüştürdüklerini, Edward Soja ve Homi Bhabha'nın Thirdspace / Third Space ve Rosi Braidotti'nin gezgin kuramları kapsamında incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır.

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GÜVENÇ, Ö. (2022). Doris Lessing'in "The De Wets Come to Kloof Grange" Adlı ÖyküsündeAlternatif Mekanların Yapılandırılması. Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 18 - Sayı: 2, 43–66. https://ajindex.com/articles/506038

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