A Comparatıve Approach to Vıolence in Famıly and School in René Goscınnys “Le Petite Nicolas”And Rıfat Ilgaz’s “Bacaksız” Cover Image

René Goscinny’nin “Küçük Pıtırcık” Serisi İle Rıfat Ilgaz’ın “Bacaksız” Serisinde Ailede ve Okulda Çocuğa Uygulanan Şiddete Karşılaştırmalı Bir Yaklaşım
A Comparatıve Approach to Vıolence in Famıly and School in René Goscınnys “Le Petite Nicolas”And Rıfat Ilgaz’s “Bacaksız”

Author(s): Medine Sivri, Zeynep Çiftçi
Subject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Turkish Literature, Studies in violence and power, Family and social welfare, Sociology of Education
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: René Goscinny; Rıfat Ilgaz; “LE PETITE NICOLAS”; “Bacaksız”; violence;

Summary/Abstract: In this study, French writer René Goscinny’s Pıtırcık (Küçük Pıtırcık, Pıtırcık’ın Bisikleti, Pıtırcık Futbolcu, Pıtırcık Tatilde, Pıtırcık Kampta, Pıtırcık Satranç Oynuyor, Pıtırcık Pazara Gidiyor, Pıtırcık’a Bir Öpücük) and Turkish writer Rıfat Ilgaz’s Bacaksız (Bacaksız Kamyon Sürücüsü, Bacaksız Sigara Kaçakçısı, Bacaksız Okulda, Bacaksız Paralı Atlet, Bacaksız Tatil Köyünde) are analyzed in terms of violence in family and school through the main characters. The negative effects of domestic violence and violence in school on the physical and psychological development of children are tried to be compared according to eclectic method. Both writers’ approach towards domestic violence and violence in school are examined. The importance of the subject is pointed in context of child and youth literature. The main aim of analyzing these two writers is that they gave parallel products with common sensibility in spite of living in different geographies and different cultures. They mention the fact of violence which more or less exists in the world. Especially they narrate how violence affects children both physically and psychologically. They discuss domestic violence drawing attention to the fact that children are one of the most influenced groups. Through the heroes’ childish dreams they point out how violence is oppressing like a nightmare. The aim of this study is to exhibit the differences and similarities of literary works, whose writers lived in different cultures but wrote on similar subjects, in terms of violence in family and school.

  • Issue Year: 18/2012
  • Issue No: 69
  • Page Range: 109-130
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Turkish