MEDIUM OF ACTUALIZING THE REALITY: THE MEMORY POLICE

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MEDIUM OF ACTUALIZING THE REALITY: THE MEMORY POLICE

Yazarlar:

Sinem Türkel

Yayıncı:

Duzce University

Ana Başlıklar:

Edebi Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Dergi:

Düzce Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.290-297

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001333167

pISSN:

2146-5975

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Özet:

 Since the beginning of mankind, people are born into big stories, which are believed to be grand narratives. These master narratives are legitimated by the authoritarian powers and confine people in a so-called reality which only support the dominant groups maintanence. While grand narratives are widely accepted and therefore become the reality, others are supressed and silenced. Through Yoko Ogawas The Memory Police, this paper aims at analyzing the impact of the dominant narratives on the lives of the inhabitants of a dystopian society whose memories are erased systematically. Through enforced forgetfulness, the island inhabitants are molded in accordance with the demands of the authoritarian force. Though the minority of the society is by chance lucky enough to preserve their memories, their alternative narratives cannot find an audience since they do not allign with the dominant narrative which is constructed, supported and normalized by the ones holding the power.

 Since the beginning of mankind, people are born into big stories, which are believed to be grand narratives. These master narratives are legitimated by the authoritarian powers and confine people in a so-called reality which only support the dominant groups maintanence. While grand narratives are widely accepted and therefore become the reality, others are supressed and silenced. Through Yoko Ogawas The Memory Police, this paper aims at analyzing the impact of the dominant narratives on the lives of the inhabitants of a dystopian society whose memories are erased systematically. Through enforced forgetfulness, the island inhabitants are molded in accordance with the demands of the authoritarian force. Though the minority of the society is by chance lucky enough to preserve their memories, their alternative narratives cannot find an audience since they do not allign with the dominant narrative which is constructed, supported and normalized by the ones holding the power.

 Since the beginning of mankind, people are born into big stories, which are believed to be grand narratives. These master narratives are legitimated by the authoritarian powers and confine people in a so-called reality which only support the dominant groups maintanence. While grand narratives are widely accepted and therefore become the reality, others are supressed and silenced. Through Yoko Ogawas The Memory Police, this paper aims at analyzing the impact of the dominant narratives on the lives of the inhabitants of a dystopian society whose memories are erased systematically. Through enforced forgetfulness, the island inhabitants are molded in accordance with the demands of the authoritarian force. Though the minority of the society is by chance lucky enough to preserve their memories, their alternative narratives cannot find an audience since they do not allign with the dominant narrative which is constructed, supported and normalized by the ones holding the power.

 Tarihinin başlangıcından itibaren, insanlar büyük anlatı diye inandıkları hikayelerin içine doğmuşlardır. Bu büyük hikayeler otoriteyi ellerinde bulunduran güçler tarafından meşrulaştırılmış ve insanları sadece toplumda baskın olan grubun varlığını korumasını destekleyen sözde gerçeklik içerisine hapsetmiştir. Bu büyük hikayeler yaygın bir şekilde kabul edilerek, gerçek diye kabul edilirken, diğer hikayeler baskılanmış ve susturulmuştur. Bu araştırma, Yoko Ogawanın Hafıza Polisi adlı romanındaki büyük anlatının distopik bir gelecekte geçen ve hafızaları sistematik bir şekilde silinen toplum bireylerinin üzerindeki etkisini analiz etmektedir. Hafıza Polisinin zorla dayattığı hafıza silme tekniği ile, ada sakinleri gücü elinde tutan otoritenin istekleri doğrultusunda şekillenmiştir. Toplumun azınlık bir kesimi hafızalarını korumaya ve unutmamayı şans eseri başarabilir olsa bile, onların inandığı gerçeklik baskın olan ve genel kabul gören gerçeklik ile uyuşmadığından dolayı sessiz kalmaya mahkum olur.

Makale detayları

MEDIUM OF ACTUALIZING THE REALITY: THE MEMORY POLICE

Yazarlar:

Sinem Türkel

Yayıncı:

Duzce University

Ana Başlıklar:

Edebi Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Dergi:

Düzce Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.290-297

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001333167

pISSN:

2146-5975

Grand narratives

Memory

Trauma

Collective identity

Constructed realityBüyük anlatı

Hafıza

Tramva

Kolektif kimlik

İnşa edilmiş gerçeklik

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Sinem Türkel

Yayıncı: Duzce University

Ana Başlıklar: Edebi Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Dergi: Düzce Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.290-297

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001333167

pISSN: 2146-5975

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Sinem Türkel

Yayıncı:

Duzce University

Ana Başlıklar:

Edebi Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Dergi:

Düzce Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.290-297

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001333167

pISSN:

2146-5975