The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel

Köseman, Zennure

The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel

Zennure KÖSEMAN (İnönü Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Batı Dilleri ve Edebiyatı Bölümü, İngiliz Dili ve Literaturu Anabilim Dalı, Malatya, Türkiye)

Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

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Yıl: 2010 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 328 - 342 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel

Öz:

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 “urban-villager” will be evaluated in American literary context in respect to William Dean Howells’ The Rise of Silas Lapham, Stephen Crane’s Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, and Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy in American literature.

Anahtar Kelime:

Kent hayatında yeni bir kimlik arayışı: Amerikan romanında kentli-köylülerin durumu

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Bu makale, modern dönemde kırsal yaşamdan kent yaşamına göç eden Amerikalıların “kentli-köylüler” 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’ın The Rise of Silas Lapham, Stephen Crane’nin Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Upton Sinclair’in The Jungle, ve Theodore Dreiser’ın An American Tragedy adlı romanları ele alınacaktır.

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APA	Köseman Z (2010). The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel. , 328 - 342.
Chicago	Köseman Zennure The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel. (2010): 328 - 342.
MLA	Köseman Zennure The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel. , 2010, ss.328 - 342.
AMA	Köseman Z The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel. . 2010; 328 - 342.
Vancouver	Köseman Z The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel. . 2010; 328 - 342.
IEEE	Köseman Z "The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel." , ss.328 - 342, 2010.
ISNAD	Köseman, Zennure. "The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel". (2010), 328-342.

APA	Köseman Z (2010). The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 19(2), 328 - 342.
Chicago	Köseman Zennure The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 19, no.2 (2010): 328 - 342.
MLA	Köseman Zennure The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol.19, no.2, 2010, ss.328 - 342.
AMA	Köseman Z The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2010; 19(2): 328 - 342.
Vancouver	Köseman Z The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2010; 19(2): 328 - 342.
IEEE	Köseman Z "The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel." Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 19, ss.328 - 342, 2010.
ISNAD	Köseman, Zennure. "The quest for a new indentity in urban life: The case of urban-villagers in the American novel". Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 19/2 (2010), 328-342.