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dönemine Gehoagi (Aydınlanma Dönemi 1894-1910) denir. Bu dönem Kore kadınları için
bir dönüm noktası idi. Konfüçyanizm inancı ve ataerkil yapısı nedeniyle Kore kadınlarının
hakları kısıtlı idi. Bu reform ile birlikte başta eğitim olmak üzere birçok haklara sahip oldular.
Türkiye’de ise, Kadınlara yönelik eğitim kurumlarının açılışı, kadınların çalışma
yaşamına girmeye başlamaları ve kadınlara ait yayınların ortaya çıkışı Tanzimat sonrası dö-
neme rastlamaktadır. Modernleşmeyle birlikte gerek toplumsal gerekse de feminist dönü-
şümü sağlayacak kadın tipi ortaya çıkmaya başlamıştır.
Bir toplumun modernliğini kadınların sosyal statülerinden anlamak mümkündür.
Dolayısıyla bu çalışmada her iki ülkenin batılılaşma dönemindeki kadınların durumuna
dönemin yazarlarından Lee Kwang Soo’nun “Merhametsiz Yaşam” ve Fatma Aliye Hanımın
“Muhadarat” adlı eserinde kadının eğitimi ve evliği konusuna değinerek açıklamaya çalışa-
cağım.
A STUDY IN THE CHANGING SOCIAL STATUS OF WOMEN IN
TURKEY AND IN KOREA IN THE PERIOD OF ENLIGHTENMENT
The Works of Fatma Aliye Hanım’s “Mahadarat” and Lee Kwang Soo
(이광수)’s Moojeong (무정)
ABSTRACT
If we look at the history of countries, their process of modernization and wester-
nization are similar to each other, but Korea differs from them in. I will try to explain this
difference, by taking its age into consideration, in the content of this study.
The studies of westernization of Korea are based on the years in which Choson
Dynasty (1392-1910) has reigned in 19th century. Korea, as parallel with being modern and
westernized, has encountered some changes such as politica, economic, social and cultural.
The transmission of the new ideas of the West to Korea is formed with the Gabo Revolution
which comes from Japan, the Gabo Revolution had a great effect on political policy in East
Asia. The period of westernization is called Gehoagi age (Enlightment period 1894-1910).
This period was a turning point for Korea’s women. Due to the Confucianism belief and its
patriarchal system, Korean women’s right were restricted. With this reform they achieved
many rights, especially education rights.
In Turkey, the opening of educational institutions for women, the right to work and
the emergence of women-owned publication emerged after the Tanzimat (Reform) period.
With modernization, both social and feminist transformation of women began to emerge.
To understand a society’s modernity it is possible to look at the social status of
women. Therefore, in this study I will try to explain the situation of women in both countries
during the period of westernization using the writers of the period Fatma Aliye Hanım’s
“Mahadarat” and Lee Kwang Soo (
이광수
)’s Moojeong (무정), referring to the issue of
women's education and of marriage.
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IDENTITIES ENTRAPPED IN SYMBOLS:
IDENTITY REPRESENTATIONS IN CINEMA
Ezgi Toraman
The individual accepts and learns everything he/she sees in his living envi-
ronment as “knowledge”. Starting from childhood, every learnt knowledge is an
element which is effective in the process of developing and pursuing identity of an
individual. Accepting of an individual the gained knowledge as it was learnt in
childhood, causes the accepted knowledge to have permanent effects, even if they
think differently in time. These effects constitute behaviors, which people are
sometimes aware of and accept or try to alter and sometimes have in their lives
without being aware of it.
Behaviors are reactions shown in order to reflect the identity to the outside.
Behaviors are identity information giving information on the individual’s identity
and thoughts, sometimes with the individual being unaware. The individual transfers
all his/her values, conscious and subconscious, to the outside through his/her
behaviors.
Not getting an info receipt from an ATM machine, paying bills over the
internet in order to avoid wasting paper, using e-mails instead of letters, being a
member to relief organization may be messages, which the individual use in order to
reflect that he/she has an environment friendly identity. These messages may be
transferred consciously or unconsciously through behaviors. Transfers are reflected
outside sometimes because they are wanted to be seen and sometimes because the
individual wants it internally. Therefore, the important issue is the way the other
party interprets the messages. Messages are indicators which help attaining
information on the individual’s identity. Behaviors which constitute the messages
are the reflections of the individual’s identity.
The individual presents what he/she is and what he/she is not to others through
the product he/she consumes, the clothes he/she wears, his/her hair color, the way
he/she spends his/her time, the movie series he/she follows. In theory, this is called
as “symbolic self completion”. Symbolic self completion is indicators that give
information on the things an individual owns or desires to own. Through these
indicators, the individual can satisfy many needs such as stating his/her status or
social class, expressing him/herself to others and reflecting his/her identity (Odabaşı,
Y., 1999: 58). These data are presented sometimes intentionally, because they are
intended to be presented and sometimes unintentionally, because it is only desired to
be that way.
The individual uses many ways of transmission while forming a bridge bet-
ween what he/she is and what he/she desires to be. These transmissions are trans-
ferred through objects that meet our life experiences and thoughts such as dressing,
social life, occupation, education and likings. The way of valuation of the messages
is realized through the reading of the objects. What will be taken into account by the
recipient during the transfers are the symbolic meanings of the objects in the