Coming of age in the East and the West : A comparative study in private peaceful by Michael Morpurgo and when mountains weep by Gharbi Mustafa / Niwar Ameen Obaid; Supervisor: Nazife Aydınoğlu

Yazar: Katkıda bulunan(lar):Dil: İngilizce 2015Tanım: IX, 90 pages ; 30.5 cm CDİçerik türü:
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1 Aim of the Study
1 Significance of the Study
2 Methodology
3 Research Questions
3 Scientific Novelty of the Study
3 Limitation of the study
CHPATER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
5 Bildungsroman
5 Historical Dimesions
7 Controversy
12 Terminology
13 Definitions
17 Structure and Characteristics
21 Ethnic Bildungsroman
22 Coming-of-Age or Bildungsroman
25 Bildungsroman and Psychoanalysis
26 Coming of Age in a Psychoanalytic Perspective
CHAPTER THREE
PRIVATE PEACEFUL
29 General Informaton
29 The Book
29 Author's Biography
30 Plot Summary
31 Major Themes
32 Analysis
32 Childhood Memories: ''Remembrances are Real''
33 Education
35 Relationship with Family
37 Self-discovery: Personal Identity
43 Rites of Passage
43 Love and Sexuality
46 Traumatic Experiences
CHAPTER FOUR
WHEN MOUNTAINS WEEP
50 General Information
50 The Book
50 Author's Biography
51 Plot Summary
52 Major Themes
53 Analysis
53 Cildhood Memories: '' My Stolen Childhood''
54 Education
57 Relationship with Family
60 Self-discovery: Ethnic Identity
64 Rites of Passage
65 Love and Sexuality
67 Traumaitic Experiences
CHAPTER FIVE
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
71 A General Overview
71 Overall Structure
79 Eastern and Western Coming of Age
84 WORKS CITED
Özet: ' ABSTRACT Coming-of-age narratives have always been of great interest for literary critics, writers and readres of literature across the world. The depiction of coming of age, the passage from childhood to adulthood, in the Eastern and the Western literature has distinctive features due to different factors. Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful embodies the coming of age of the European young generation in the First World War, and in its utmost essence, the story demonstrates the pathetic descriptions of the protagonist amid the horrors of the war. Gharbi Mustafa's When Mountains Weep, similarly, exemplifies the coming of age of the Kurdish young people at the time of the former dictatorial regime in 1970s and 1980s with pitiful scenes and memories of the misery, trauma and loss of the protagonist. This thesis aims to examine the coming of age in the two novels, Private Peaceful by the British writer Michael Morpurgo and When Mountains Weep by the Kurdish writer Gharbi Mustafa, following the Bildungsroman model developed by literary critics along with psychoanalytic interpretations based on well-known theories concerning adolescence and identity. The study emphasizes the themes of childhood, education, relationship to the family, self-discovery (identity), rites of passage, love and sexuality, and traumatic experiences. As a result, both novels, to a certain extent, follow the traditional Bildungsroman structure and deviate in some aspects, which remodel the narrations superbly and produce exceptional plot structures. Moreover, the protagonists of both novels undergo similar adversities in different contexts and for different reasons. The psychological breakdown of each protagonist provokes disarrays in the course of accomplishing self-sufficiency. Each protagonist is a figure of a distinctive community, yet they both experience, to a certain extent, the same identity crisis, educational difficulties, family relationships, rites of passage, tragedy of love, and traumatic events. Nevertheless, each of them has different attitudes, views, stances towards coming of age challenges because of their different living environment and cultural background. Key words: Literature, novel, coming-of-age narrative, Bildungsroman.'
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' ABSTRACT Coming-of-age narratives have always been of great interest for literary critics, writers and readres of literature across the world. The depiction of coming of age, the passage from childhood to adulthood, in the Eastern and the Western literature has distinctive features due to different factors. Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful embodies the coming of age of the European young generation in the First World War, and in its utmost essence, the story demonstrates the pathetic descriptions of the protagonist amid the horrors of the war. Gharbi Mustafa's When Mountains Weep, similarly, exemplifies the coming of age of the Kurdish young people at the time of the former dictatorial regime in 1970s and 1980s with pitiful scenes and memories of the misery, trauma and loss of the protagonist. This thesis aims to examine the coming of age in the two novels, Private Peaceful by the British writer Michael Morpurgo and When Mountains Weep by the Kurdish writer Gharbi Mustafa, following the Bildungsroman model developed by literary critics along with psychoanalytic interpretations based on well-known theories concerning adolescence and identity. The study emphasizes the themes of childhood, education, relationship to the family, self-discovery (identity), rites of passage, love and sexuality, and traumatic experiences. As a result, both novels, to a certain extent, follow the traditional Bildungsroman structure and deviate in some aspects, which remodel the narrations superbly and produce exceptional plot structures. Moreover, the protagonists of both novels undergo similar adversities in different contexts and for different reasons. The psychological breakdown of each protagonist provokes disarrays in the course of accomplishing self-sufficiency. Each protagonist is a figure of a distinctive community, yet they both experience, to a certain extent, the same identity crisis, educational difficulties, family relationships, rites of passage, tragedy of love, and traumatic events. Nevertheless, each of them has different attitudes, views, stances towards coming of age challenges because of their different living environment and cultural background. Key words: Literature, novel, coming-of-age narrative, Bildungsroman.'

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1 Aim of the Study

1 Significance of the Study

2 Methodology

3 Research Questions

3 Scientific Novelty of the Study

3 Limitation of the study

CHPATER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

5 Bildungsroman

5 Historical Dimesions

7 Controversy

12 Terminology

13 Definitions

17 Structure and Characteristics

21 Ethnic Bildungsroman

22 Coming-of-Age or Bildungsroman

25 Bildungsroman and Psychoanalysis

26 Coming of Age in a Psychoanalytic Perspective

CHAPTER THREE

PRIVATE PEACEFUL

29 General Informaton

29 The Book

29 Author's Biography

30 Plot Summary

31 Major Themes

32 Analysis

32 Childhood Memories: ''Remembrances are Real''

33 Education

35 Relationship with Family

37 Self-discovery: Personal Identity

43 Rites of Passage

43 Love and Sexuality

46 Traumatic Experiences

CHAPTER FOUR

WHEN MOUNTAINS WEEP

50 General Information

50 The Book

50 Author's Biography

51 Plot Summary

52 Major Themes

53 Analysis

53 Cildhood Memories: '' My Stolen Childhood''

54 Education

57 Relationship with Family

60 Self-discovery: Ethnic Identity

64 Rites of Passage

65 Love and Sexuality

67 Traumaitic Experiences

CHAPTER FIVE

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS

71 A General Overview

71 Overall Structure

79 Eastern and Western Coming of Age

84 WORKS CITED

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