THE BIZARRE CHILD PARENT RELA TIONSHIP IN WA TCH AND WARD BY HENRY JAMES

Henry James 1900 yıllarda yaşamış Amerikan Edebiyatının önde gelen temsilcilerinden biridir. Yazarın ilkroman yazma girişimi olan Watch and Ward istediği başarıyı yakalayamamış hem kendisi tarafından hem deeleştirmenlerce ilk eseri olarak addedilmemiştir. Kendisinden para isteyen fakat umduğunu bulamayıncaintihar eden St. Louisli bir adamın kızını evlat edinmesiyle olaylar gelişmeye başlar. Nora'nın tüm eğitimve öğretimi nasıl ideal bir eş olacağıyla ilgilidir. Bu bağlamda bazı eleştirmenler bu ilişkiyi ahlaksızlık veedepsizlik olarak değerlendirmiştir. İşte bu çalışmada çocuk vasi ilişkisi üzerinde durulacaktır.

HENRY JAMES IN WATCH AND WARD ADLI ROMANINDA GARİP ÇOCUK-VASİ İLİŞKİSİ

Henry James, who lived in 1900s, is one of the distinctive authors in American Literature. Watch and Wardthe author s first attempt to write novel, remains unsuccessful and tribulation for James and the novel isnot regarded as his first novel by both the author himself and the critics. The novel starts with adopting aSt. Louisian twelve-year-old girl Nora Lambert whose father suicides because of not taking money he asksfrom Roger. All Nora's training and education is related to how to be a good wife. In this context, somecritics suppose that their connection with each other is immoral and far from ethics. Here, in this study, therelationship between child and parent will be discussed.

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