A social ecological reading of H. G. Wells’s the sleeper awakes

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dc.contributor.author Altaç, İsmail Serdar
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-03T13:30:44Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-03T13:30:44Z
dc.date.issued 2022-07-31
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11787/7479
dc.description.abstract H. G. Wells, one of the pioneering utopian and dystopian authors of the late Victorian Age, delineates a political conjuncture into which London and the rest of the world may evolve two centuries later. The novel depicts a future in which the working class is socially oppressed in a new order where a world government that holds the reign of power globally and capitalism has gained an ultimate victory historically. Moreover, in this dystopic representation, the social life in the countryside has ended and the whole population is concentrated in the city. This study aims to demonstrate that, in The Sleeper Awakes, the mechanism of domination does not only have a formative power in the social sphere but also is extended towards nature. Furthermore, it is manifested that the domination over these two spheres is far from being independent of each other; on the contrary, they are mutually supportive processes. In this context, this paper uses social ecology, led by Murray Bookchin, as the theoretical framework in reading the novel. Departing from this theory, the reasons for the alienation of second nature from first nature, and the political and social outcomes of this alienation in the work have been demonstrated. Correspondingly, the implications of the centralization of both the population and political power with respect to human-nature relationships have been delved into. In addition to these, nature is shown to be objectified within a hierarchical web of relations in a system that cements the social hierarchies. Thus, this study puts forward that The Sleeper Awakes, a text that foregrounds the ideological and political discussions, may also address the ecological preoccupations. tr_TR
dc.language.iso eng tr_TR
dc.relation.isversionof 10.21547/jss.1068630 tr_TR
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess tr_TR
dc.subject H. G. Wells tr_TR
dc.subject Dystopia tr_TR
dc.subject Ecocriticism tr_TR
dc.subject The sleeper awakes tr_TR
dc.subject Social ecology tr_TR
dc.title A social ecological reading of H. G. Wells’s the sleeper awakes tr_TR
dc.type article tr_TR
dc.relation.journal Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences tr_TR
dc.contributor.department Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi/yabancı diller yüksekokulu/mütercim ve tercümanlık bölümü/ingilizce mütercim ve tercümanlık anabilim dalı tr_TR
dc.contributor.authorID 163360 tr_TR
dc.identifier.volume 21 tr_TR
dc.identifier.issue 3 tr_TR
dc.identifier.startpage 1367 tr_TR
dc.identifier.endpage 1377 tr_TR


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