A Re-reading of Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days with Postcolonial Lenses.
In Around the World in Eighty Days (1870), Phileas Fogg, and his assistant, Passepartout circumnavigate the world on a wager with Detective Fix pursuing him to arrest. Fogg's experiences, adventures and observations during the round-the-world voyage with almost every transportation means available e...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Faculty of Letters / Edebiyat Fakultesi Dergisi Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 276 - 286 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=194717223&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 194717223 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13015737 5EP1 jtl: Journal of Faculty of Letters / Edebiyat Fakultesi Dergisi issn: 13015737 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: haz2026 vid: 43 iid: 1 pid: 42238 pub: Hacettepe University Faculty of Letters artinfo: ui: 194717223 10.32600/huefd.1716805 ppf: 276 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2MB tig: atl: A Re-reading of Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days with Postcolonial Lenses. aug: au: TÖNGÜR, A. Nejat SÖZER, Ayşe Nur affil: Assoc.Prof., Maltepe University, Faculty of Education Res.Asst., Maltepe University, Faculty of Education su: Postcolonial analysis Eurocentrism British colonies Victorian Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901 Voyages around the world French fiction Cultural identity Imperialism Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 sug: subj: Postcolonial analysis Eurocentrism British colonies Victorian Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901 Voyages around the world French fiction Cultural identity Imperialism Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 keyword: Around the World in Eighty Days English Gentleman Jules Verne postcolonial Victorian Age İngiliz beyefendisi sömürge dönemi sonrası Seksen Günde Dünya Gezisi Viktorya dönemi ab: In Around the World in Eighty Days (1870), Phileas Fogg, and his assistant, Passepartout circumnavigate the world on a wager with Detective Fix pursuing him to arrest. Fogg's experiences, adventures and observations during the round-the-world voyage with almost every transportation means available exhibits a wide repertoire of people, cultures, religions, flora, fauna, and geographies in the world in the 1870s. However, when the novel is read through postcolonial lenses, the outlook of a Victorian gentleman and the net the British Empire threw on the colonies are easily discernible. The aim of this paper is to show that Verne's protagonist, Fogg, possesses all the qualities of an ideal Englishman in the Victorian Age like punctuality, precision in detail, planning as well as indifference, reserve, restraint, resolution in the wake of setbacks, in his relationships with other people and in the accomplishment of his aims. This study also attempts to display that a postcolonial analysis of Verne's work reveals that Fogg's and his companions' confrontations with the non-white, non-European people reflect the supremacist, hegemonic, condescending and colonialist mindset as Verne's Eurocentric characters are drawn to possess 'superior' morality and culture, physical strength, intellectual capacity, resourcefulness, and chivalric behaviour. Seksen Günde Dünya Gezisi (1870) adlı romanda Phileas Fogg ve yardımcısı Passepartout bir bahis nedeniyle dünyanın etrafında tur atarken Detektif Fix de tutuklamak amacıyla peşlerinden gelmektedir. Fogg'un bulunabilen her türlü ulaşım aracıyla dünya çevresindeki yolculuğu esnasındaki deneyimleri, maceraları ve gözlemleri geniş bir halklar, kültürler, dinler, bitki örtüleri, hayvanlar ve coğrafyalar repertuvarı sergiler. Ancak, roman sömürge dönemi sonrası lenslerle okunduğunda, Viktorya dönemi bir İngiliz beyefendisinin bakış açısı ve İngiliz İmparatorluğunun sömürgeler üzerine attığı ağ kolayca ayırt edilebilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Verne'nin roman kahramanı Fogg'un Viktorya Dönemindeki bir İngiliz beyefendisinin zorluklar karşısında, başkalarıyla ilişkilerinde ve amaçlarını başarmada kayıtsızlık, mesafelilik, itidal, kararlılık kadar dakiklik, detayda hassasiyet, planlama gibi tüm niteliklere sahip olarak betimlendiğini göstermektir. Bu çalışma aynı zamanda Verne'nin eserinin sömürge dönemi sonrası analizinin, Verne'nin Avrupa merkezli karakterleri üstün ahlak ve kültüre, fiziksel kuvvete, zihni kapasiteye, beceriye ve şövalye davranışlarına sahip olarak çizildikleri için beyaz ve Avrupalı olmayanlarla karşılaşmalarının onların üstüncü, baskın, hor gören ve sömürgeci zihin yapılarını yansıttığını ortaya koymaya çalışmaktadır. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Literary Criticism src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Faculty of Letters / Edebiyat Fakultesi Dergisi is the property of Hacettepe University Faculty of Letters and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Faculty of Letters / Edebiyat Fakultesi Dergisi holder: Hacettepe University Faculty of Letters dt: @attributes: year: 2026 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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