Layal Al SAHLİ, Zeynep TUNA ULTA, Müge SEVER

Analysing the Relationship between Spatial Representations and Gender in Charlotte Gilman’s Novel, Herland

This paper aims to explore the connections between architecture, interior spaces, urban environment, and social issues through the medium of literary fiction. In particular, it analyzes the spatial representations through cues and interpretations as well as their impact on social inequalities, specifically gender discrimination, which is the governing theme that shapes the plot in Charlotte P. Gilman’s utopian fiction Herland. Space within literature can be seen as an essential part of storytelling because it allows the reader to fully comprehend the surroundings that the author hopes to portray. To address the questions and issues mentioned, an indepth study of the novel, the author, the author’s time, and related publications were employed to further understand the relationship between space, gender, and literature. The conducted analysis revealed this relationship by the elimination of gender roles and the alteration of conventional spaces; thus, depicting a more utopian country, as a form of literary criticism to her dystopian era.

Charlotte Gilman’ın Herland Romanında Mekansal Temsiller ve Cinsiyet Arasındaki İlişkinin Analizi

Bu makalenin amacı, edebi kurgu aracılığıyla mimarlık, iç mekanlar, kentsel çevre ve sosyal konular arasındaki bağlantıları araştırmaktır. İpuçları ve yorumlar yoluyla mekansal temsilleri ve özellikle toplumsal cinsiyet eşitsizliği ve hatta esas olarak Charlotte P. Gilman’ın ütopyacı kurgusu Herland’i şekillendiren cinsiyet ayrımcılığı gibi temalar üzerindeki etkilerini analiz etmektir. Edebiyat içindeki mekân, hikâye anlatımının önemli bir parçası olarak görülebilir; çünkü okuyucunun yazarın literatür boyunca tam anlamıyla bütüncül olarak betimlemeyi umduğu çevreyi tam olarak kavramasını sağlar. Bahsedilen soruları ve sorunları ele almak ve mekân, cinsiyet ve edebiyat arasındaki ilişkiyi daha iyi anlamak için roman, yazar, yazarın yaşadığı dönem ve ilgili yayınlar derinlemesine incelenmiştir. Yapılan analiz, toplumsal cinsiyet rollerinin ortadan kaldırılması ve geleneksel alanların değiştirilmesi ile bu ilişkiyi ortaya çıkarmıştır; böylece distopya dönemine bir edebi eleştiri biçimi olarak daha ütopik bir ülkeyi betimlemektedir.

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