THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HETEROPATRIARCHAL REALMS OF HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY: A QUEER HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF ALAN HOLLINGHURST’S THE SPARSHOLT AFFAIR

Yasemin Baysal; Aylin Atilla-mat

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THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HETEROPATRIARCHAL REALMS OF HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY: A QUEER HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF ALAN HOLLINGHURST’S THE SPARSHOLT AFFAIR

Yazarlar:

Yasemin Baysal | Aylin Atilla-mat

Yayıncı:

Bingol University

Ana Başlıklar:

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Dergi:

Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi Issue 29, pp.329-340

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001345696

pISSN:

1309-6672

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Özet:

 In the last decades, a renewed scrutiny and interest in the outsiders histories and identities attract attention in the literary and academic milieu, especially contemporary historical fiction. Within this frame, Alan Hollinghurst has been a notable figure for the configuration and depiction of homosexuality for not only historicization but also fictionalization. He has also been a prolific historical novelist from 1988 to explore multiple sexualities by uncovering their marginal status through various historical periods as opposed to the heteropatriarchal realms of history and historiography. In The Sparsholt Affair 2018, Hollinghurst presents an alternative flow of history from the period of the Second World War to the present day from the perspective of sexual minorities. This study aims to shed light on the transformation of the attitudes to homosexuality and its evolution through the various historical events and decades via the descriptions of diverse queer identities. Furthermore, it focuses on the interrogation of the representations of marginal histories and identities by exploring the rediscoveries of underrepresented voices in a harmony with the indispensable desire to retrieve an imaginary past and visible identities.

 In the last decades, a renewed scrutiny and interest in the outsiders histories and identities attract attention in the literary and academic milieu, especially contemporary historical fiction. Within this frame, Alan Hollinghurst has been a notable figure for the configuration and depiction of homosexuality for not only historicization but also fictionalization. He has also been a prolific historical novelist from 1988 to explore multiple sexualities by uncovering their marginal status through various historical periods as opposed to the heteropatriarchal realms of history and historiography. In The Sparsholt Affair 2018, Hollinghurst presents an alternative flow of history from the period of the Second World War to the present day from the perspective of sexual minorities. This study aims to shed light on the transformation of the attitudes to homosexuality and its evolution through the various historical events and decades via the descriptions of diverse queer identities. Furthermore, it focuses on the interrogation of the representations of marginal histories and identities by exploring the rediscoveries of underrepresented voices in a harmony with the indispensable desire to retrieve an imaginary past and visible identities.

 In the last decades, a renewed scrutiny and interest in the outsiders histories and identities attract attention in the literary and academic milieu, especially contemporary historical fiction. Within this frame, Alan Hollinghurst has been a notable figure for the configuration and depiction of homosexuality for not only historicization but also fictionalization. He has also been a prolific historical novelist from 1988 to explore multiple sexualities by uncovering their marginal status through various historical periods as opposed to the heteropatriarchal realms of history and historiography. In The Sparsholt Affair 2018, Hollinghurst presents an alternative flow of history from the period of the Second World War to the present day from the perspective of sexual minorities. This study aims to shed light on the transformation of the attitudes to homosexuality and its evolution through the various historical events and decades via the descriptions of diverse queer identities. Furthermore, it focuses on the interrogation of the representations of marginal histories and identities by exploring the rediscoveries of underrepresented voices in a harmony with the indispensable desire to retrieve an imaginary past and visible identities.

 Son yıllarda, dışlanmış bireylerin tarihlerine ve kimliklerine yönelik hem akademik camiada hem de edebiyat dünyasında ilgi artmaktadır. Bu bağlamda çağdaş İngiliz romanlarındaki artış -özellikle de çağdaş tarihsel kurgudaki artış- dikkat çekicidir. Bu çerçevede Alan Hollinghurst, kuir kimliği hem kurgusal hem de tarihsel açıdan tasvir etmesi sebebiyle çağdaş İngiliz tarihsel yazınında dikkat çeken yazarlardan biridir. Buna ek olarak 1988den günümüze, tarih ve tarihyazımı heteropatriarkal alanlarına karşıt olarak, eşcinsel kimliğe çeşitli tarihsel dönemlerdeki marjinal durumlarını betimleyerek tarihsel bir boyut kazandıran üretken bir romancıdır. Hollinghurst, Sakıncalı Yakınlık 2018 romanında cinsel azınlıkların perspektifinden İkinci Dünya Savaşı döneminden günümüze alternatif bir tarih akışı sunmaktadır. Bu çalışma, eşcinselliğe yönelik tutumların çeşitli tarihsel olaylar ve farklı tarihsel dönemler çerçevesinde geçirdiği dönüşümüne, farklı kuir kimliklerin tanımları üzerinden ışık tutmayı amaçlamaktadır. Ayrıca, bu çalışma, hayali bir geçmişi ve görünür kimlikleri geri kazanma yönündeki vazgeçilmez arzuyla uyum içinde, yeterince temsil edilmeyen seslerin yeniden keşfedilmelerini araştırarak, marjinal tarih ve kimliklerin temsillerinin sorgulanmasına odaklanmaktadır.

Makale detayları

THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HETEROPATRIARCHAL REALMS OF HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY: A QUEER HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF ALAN HOLLINGHURST’S THE SPARSHOLT AFFAIR

Yazarlar:

Yasemin Baysal | Aylin Atilla-mat

Yayıncı:

Bingol University

Ana Başlıklar:

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Dergi:

Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi Issue 29, pp.329-340

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001345696

pISSN:

1309-6672

Alan Hollinhurst

queer history

queer identity

postmemoryAlan Hollinhurst

kuir tarih

kuir kimlik

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Yazarlar: Yasemin Baysal | Aylin Atilla-mat

Yayıncı: Bingol University

Ana Başlıklar: İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Dergi: Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi Issue 29, pp.329-340

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001345696

pISSN: 1309-6672

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Yasemin Baysal | Aylin Atilla-mat

Yayıncı:

Bingol University

Ana Başlıklar:

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Dergi:

Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi Issue 29, pp.329-340

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001345696

pISSN:

1309-6672