Kent Hayatında Yeni bir Kimlik Arayışı: Amerikan Romanında Kentli-Köylülerin Durumu

Bu makale modern dönemde kırsal yaşamdan kent yaşamına göç eden Amerikalıların 8220;kentli köylüler 8221; olarak adlandırıldığını ve kentli köylü zihniyetini temsil ederek yeni bir kimlik kazandıklarını göstermeyi amaçlamaktadır Amerikan düşüncesinde modern insan ikilemi kendisini erken dönemlerden başlayarak kırsal yaşama bir özlem ve kent yaşamına ihtiyaç olarak göstermiştir Kentli Köylü kavramını inceleyebilmek için Amerikan romanlarından William Dean Howells 8217;ın The Rise of Silas Lapham Stephen Crane 8217;nin Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Upton Sinclair 8217;in The Jungle ve Theodore Dreiser 8217;ın An American Tragedy adlı romanları ele alınacaktır

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Modernleşme Kentleşme Sosyal Değişiklik Anomie Amerikan Edebiyatı

The Quest For A New Indentity In Urban Life: The Case Of Urban villagers In The American Novel

This article aims to expose that under the ethics of modernity Americans had a transmission through attributing a new identity of becoming urban villagers which signifies a divided state of mind between the rural and the urban lifestyles The dilemma of the modern man seems to manifest itself in the American mind from the beginning in the shape of a desire and or nostalgia for the rural yet a need for the urban The concept of 8220;urban villager 8221; will be evaluated in American literary context in respect to William Dean Howells 8217; The Rise of Silas Lapham Stephen Crane 8217;s Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Upton Sinclair 8217;s The Jungle and Theodore Dreiser 8217;s An American Tragedy in American literature Key Words: Modernity Modern Man Urbanization Social Change Anomie American Literature

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