Abstract
Pied and Prodigious romanında D. M. Andrews, romanının Jane Austen’ın Pride and Prejudice kitabının bir parodisi olduğunu açıkça vurgular ve hatta böyle bir roman yazdığı için yazardan özür dilemektedir. Yazar bazen Jane Austen’ın cümlelerindeki birkaç kelimeyi aynı sözdizimini koruyarak değiştirir, ama dolayısıyla anlamı değiştirir. Ayrıca İngiliz tarihindeki Naiplik döneminin değerlerini hicvetmek için alaca paltolar ve uzun şapkalar gibi sembolik öğeler ekleyerek abartılı özellikleri alaya alınan sıradan karakterler aracılığıyla hem dönemle alay eder hem de anlatımına komedi unsurları katar. Andrews, Austen’ın karakterlerinin temel özelliklerini abartarak Elizabeth’, olağanüstü yeteneklere sahip bir dâhi olan Lizzy’ye ve Mr Darcy’yi moda anlayışıyla kibri daha da artan Mr Dicey’ye dönüştürmek gibi mizahi bir yaklaşım benimser. Parodi edebi türü, değeri ve özgünlüğüne ilişkin şüpheler nedeniyle tarihsel olarak göz ardı edilmiş olsa da parodi son zamanlarda orijinal eserlere yeni bakış açıları sunabilen benzersiz bir tür olarak kabul edilmeye başlanmıştır.
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References
- Andrews, D. M. (2012). Pied and prodigious. Kobo E-Book.
- Austen, J. (1894). Pride and prejudice. George Allen.
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Abstract
In Pied and Prodigious, D. M. Andrews explicitly highlights that his novel is a parody of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and even apologizes to her for crafting such a novel. The author occasionally changes a few words in Jane Austen’s sentences while retaining the same syntax, thereby changing the meaning. He further adds symbolic elements, like pied coats and tall hats, to satirize the values of the Regency era in British history, thus both mocking the era and adding comedic elements into his narrative through stock characters, whose exaggerated characteristics are ridiculed. By exaggerating the basic characteristics of Austen’s characters, such as turning Elizabeth into Lizzy, a prodigy with extraordinary abilities and Mr Darcy into Mr Dicey, whose arrogance is magnified with his sense of fashion, Andrews takes a humorous approach. Although the literary genre of parody was historically disregarded due to doubts related to its value and originality, parody has recently been recognized as a unique genre that can offer fresh insights into the original works.
References
- Andrews, D. M. (2012). Pied and prodigious. Kobo E-Book.
- Austen, J. (1894). Pride and prejudice. George Allen.
- Cresswell, J. (2021). Oxford dictionary of word origins. OUP Oxford. https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=3HA3EAAAQBAJ Diepeveen, L. (2020). Parody and pastiche. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.013.1106
- Eckert, K. (2017). Pride and pastiche: Humor and intertextual parody in bridget jones's diary. The Journal of English Language and Literature, 63, 263-279. https://doi.org/10.15794/jell.2017.63.2.005 Hassan, I. (1986). Pluralism in Postmodern Perspective. Critical Inquiry, 12(3), 503–520. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1343539
- History.com Editors. (February 9, 2010). King george iii dies. Retrieved 26 December 2022 from https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-george-iii-dies
- Hoesterey, I. (2001). Pastiche: Cultural memory in art, film, literature. Indiana University Press. https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=hiAsrtQWqDkC
Details
| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | World Languages, Literature and Culture (Other) |
| Journal Section | EDEBİYAT / ARAŞTIRMA MAKALELERİ |
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| Publication Date | December 30, 2023 |
| Submission Date | September 12, 2023 |
| Acceptance Date | November 25, 2023 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2023 Volume: 8 Issue: 3 |
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