CARYL CHURCHILL’İN OWNERS ADLI OYUNUNDA CİNSİYET ROLLERİNİN İHLAL EDİLMESİ

Bu çalışma, Caryl Churchill’in Owners adlı oyununu cinsiyet rollerindeki karmaşa ve kapitalist endişeler terimlerini sosyalist feminizm eleştirisi yoluyla tartışır. Oyun, annelik, sosyal kontrol, sahiplik ve maddi kaygılar üzerine kuruludur. Marion’nun aşırı sahip olma ve güç isteği, hırs ve şiddeti getirerek onun feminen kimliğini alt üst etme yoluyla cinsiyet rollerini sorgular. Erkek karakterler, Marion’nun tersine itaatkardır. Batı kültürünün tersine Budist ve Taoizm felsefesi Alec karakterinin kendi eril rollerini aşması yoluyla ifade edilir. Marion karakterinin tasviri geleneksel ataerkil normlarını çökertir, gene de kadınlar açısından toplu bir ilerleme sağlanamaz. Marion, bir kadın olarak sınırlarını aştığında ve diğer kadını baskıladığında bireysel bir başarı elde eder. Bu noktada oyunu sosyalist feminist bir gözle eleştirmek Churchill’in Marion gibi egoist tiplemelerin ortaya çıkarmasında kadınların sosyal durumlarına hiçbir gelişme sağlamayacak olduğunu vurgulamak açısından anlamlı olur.

TRANSGRESSING GENDER ROLES IN CARYL CHURCHILL’S PLAY OWNERS

This study discusses Caryl Churchill’s play Owners in terms of confusion of gender roles and capitalistic concerns through a socialist feminist criticism. The play is based on motherhood, social control, possession and material concerns. Marion’s wish for an excessive possession and power brings greed and violence through subverting her feminine identity to quest gender roles. Male characters are submissive in contrast to Marion. Buddhist and Taoist philosophy in contrast to Western culture is expressed through the character Alec’s passivity by exceeding his masculine roles. The depiction of the character Marion subverts the conventional patriarchal norms, still bringing no improvement for women in collectives. Marion achieves an individualistic material success when she exceeds her boundaries as a female and represses another woman. At this point analysing the play through the socialist feminist lens becomes meaningful in Churchill’s depicting the egoistical figures like Marion that brings no improvement in women’s social position.

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