HOWARDS END: THROUGH THE LENSES OF BOURDIEUSIAN CAPITAL THEORY UNDER THE GUISE OF MODERNISM

E. M. Forster’s novel “Howards End” implicitly employs Pierre Bourdieu’s capital theory with its concepts such as economic, social, cultural and symbolic capital by endowing its characters with different culturally embedded habitus. The characters, each of which belong to upper, middle and lower classes, are the representatives of their hierarchically structured classes. While each of the characters are donated with certain levels of capital, they struggle to compete to be powerful in the Edwardian society where injustices occur in all spheres of life. Thus, this paper attempts to analyze Bourdieusian manners and perception of fe(males) with an emphasis on modernity.

Howards End: Modernizm Kisvesi Altında Bourdieu’nun Kapital Kuramı Bakış Açısıyla

E. M. Forster’ın “Howards End” adlı romanı dolaylı olarak Pierre Bourdieu’nun ekonomik, sosyal, kültürel ve sembolik kapital kavramlarını kullanmaktadır. Roman karakterlerini farklı kültürel alışkanlıklarla (habitus) donatarak aslında Bourdieu’nun kapital kuramını işlemektedir. Üst, orta ve alt sınıftan olan karakterlerin tümü hiyerarşik biçimde yapılandırılmış sınıfları temsil ederler. Bu karakterlerin her birine belirli seviyelerde kapital verilse de yaşamın her alanında haksızlıkların olduğu Edward dönemi toplumunda güçlü olmak için mücadele etmek zorunda kalırlar. Bu çalışma, romandaki modernizme vurgu yaparak kadın ve erkek karakterlerin Bourdevari tavır ve algılarını ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlamaktadır.

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