George Eliot`s representation of morality and marriage in The Mill on the Floss

Abstract

Son zamanlarda, feminist bir yazar olarak George Eliot cok dikkat cekmisolmasina ragmen, eserlerinde bu yonuyle ilgili 90k detayh cahsma bulunmamaktadir.Elestirmenler genellikle Victoria doneminin sonlanna dogru Ingiliz toplumunda kadmhaklanru ve durumunu Eliot'un nasil isledigi hakkmda dagimk elestirel gorusler ilerisurmuslerdir, Bu elestirel gorusler genelde tarihsel ve sosyolojik iceriklidir.Bu cahsma ayru zamanda, bu konular baska herhangi bir toplumdagorulebilecek bireylerin hayatlanyla yakmdan alakah oldugu icin, Victoria donemitopiumunda kadmiann durumian acismdan toplumun tarihsel ve sosyolojik ozellikleriuzerinde yogunlasmaktadir. Bununla beraber, diger cahsmalarla karsrlastmldigmda, bucahsma The Mill on the Floss adli eserde Maggie Tulliver'm hayatnn yansitarak farkhbir acrdanskadm meselesini ele almaktadir. Bizim cahsmanuzi, Victoria donemine ait''( - ,•ataerkil toplunda Maggie'nin kadin olarak kisiliginin nasil rol oynadigryla ilgilenmesi`onu diger acilardan farkli kilmaktadrr

Recently, there has been much attention to George Eliot as a feminist writer,yet there are not many detailed studies concerning this aspect in her works. Criticsgenerally gave scattered critical views about how Eliot represented the right andposition of women in the late Victorian English society. These critical views aregenerally historical and sociological.This study also focuses on historical and sociological aspects of society interms of positions of women in the Victorian society because these aspects are closelylinked to individual lives in any society. However, this study, when compared withother studies, examines the issues of women in a different way in 1 he Mill on theFloss through the representation of Maggie Tulliver' s life. The difference is that thecurrent stt,idy deals with how culture and ideology play important roles in constructingMaggie's :female gender identity in the Victorian patriarchal society.