Feminist Mothers and Daughters in Top Girls and Yerma

Florentina Gümüş

Makale detayları

Feminist Mothers and Daughters in Top Girls and Yerma

Yazarlar:

Florentina Gümüş

Yayıncı:

Ataturk University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı Tiyatro

Dergi:

Theatre Academy Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.52-68

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001287080

pISSN:

2980-1656

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Özet:

 Through feminist theories of motherhood, this essay discusses the mother-daughter relationship, a dominant feature of two British plays, Top Girls 19821991 by Caryl Churchill and Yerma 2017 by Simon Stone, the latter being an adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorcas 19341968 play with the same title. The mothers on which this essay focuses present certain characteristics and express certain views that lead the readersaudience to identify them as feminists, though they do not declare themselves as such. What this essay argues is that the portrayal of these mothers, and particularly through the attitude of people around them, reproduces the traditional incompatibility between female empowerment and motherhood, between having a successful career and being a mother. The mother in the contemporary play Yerma can be regarded as belonging to the same generation with Marlene, the protagonist from Top Girls whose problematic relationship with her daughter is mirrored in Helens experience of motherhood, few decades later. Both mothers are empowered women, yet their empowerment does not come though motherhood and moreover, they do not pass it on to their daughters.

 Through feminist theories of motherhood, this essay discusses the mother-daughter relationship, a dominant feature of two British plays, Top Girls 19821991 by Caryl Churchill and Yerma 2017 by Simon Stone, the latter being an adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorcas 19341968 play with the same title. The mothers on which this essay focuses present certain characteristics and express certain views that lead the readersaudience to identify them as feminists, though they do not declare themselves as such. What this essay argues is that the portrayal of these mothers, and particularly through the attitude of people around them, reproduces the traditional incompatibility between female empowerment and motherhood, between having a successful career and being a mother. The mother in the contemporary play Yerma can be regarded as belonging to the same generation with Marlene, the protagonist from Top Girls whose problematic relationship with her daughter is mirrored in Helens experience of motherhood, few decades later. Both mothers are empowered women, yet their empowerment does not come though motherhood and moreover, they do not pass it on to their daughters.

 Through feminist theories of motherhood, this essay discusses the mother-daughter relationship, a dominant feature of two British plays, Top Girls 19821991 by Caryl Churchill and Yerma 2017 by Simon Stone, the latter being an adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorcas 19341968 play with the same title. The mothers on which this essay focuses present certain characteristics and express certain views that lead the readersaudience to identify them as feminists, though they do not declare themselves as such. What this essay argues is that the portrayal of these mothers, and particularly through the attitude of people around them, reproduces the traditional incompatibility between female empowerment and motherhood, between having a successful career and being a mother. The mother in the contemporary play Yerma can be regarded as belonging to the same generation with Marlene, the protagonist from Top Girls whose problematic relationship with her daughter is mirrored in Helens experience of motherhood, few decades later. Both mothers are empowered women, yet their empowerment does not come though motherhood and moreover, they do not pass it on to their daughters.

 Bu çalışma, Caryl Churchillin Top Girls 19821991 ve Simon Stoneun Yerma 2017 adlı oyunlarını feminist annelik kuramları aracılığıyla ele almaktadır. Bu iki oyunun baskın özelliği anne-kız ilişkisini işlemesidir. Yerma adlı oyun Federico Garcia Lorcanın 19341968 aynı adlı oyunundan uyarlanmıştır. Çalışmada incelenen anneler, açıkça feminist olduklarını ifade etmeseler de okurlarınizleyicilerin onları feminist olarak tanımlamalarına sebep olabilecek birtakım özellikler arz etmektedir. Annelerin ve özellikle de çevrelerindeki kişilerin tasvirinden hareketle bu makale, güçlü kadın ve başarılı bir kariyer ile annelik arasındaki geleneksel uyuşmazlığın yeniden üretildiğini iddia etmektedir. Çağdaş bir oyun olan Yermadaki anne Helen, Top Girlsün kahramanı Marlene ile aynı kuşağa ait olarak kabul edilebilir. Marlenein kızıyla sorunlu ilişkisi, birkaç on yıl sonra Helenin annelik deneyimine yansımıştır. Her iki anne de güçlü kadındır fakat güçlerinin kaynağı annelikleri değildir ve bu güç, kızlarına intikal etmez.

Makale detayları

Feminist Mothers and Daughters in Top Girls and Yerma

Yazarlar:

Florentina Gümüş

Yayıncı:

Ataturk University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı Tiyatro

Dergi:

Theatre Academy Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.52-68

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001287080

pISSN:

2980-1656

feminism

motherhood

British theatre

mother-daughter relationship

feminism

motherhood

British theatre

mother-daughter relationship

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Florentina Gümüş

Yayıncı: Ataturk University

Ana Başlıklar: Uygulamalı Tiyatro

Dergi: Theatre Academy Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.52-68

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001287080

pISSN: 2980-1656

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Florentina Gümüş

Yayıncı:

Ataturk University

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı Tiyatro

Dergi:

Theatre Academy Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.52-68

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001287080

pISSN:

2980-1656