%0 Journal Article
%T The novel of Alexandra Kollontay named Vasilisa Malygina in the context of feminist literary criticism
%A Yasemin G¨¹rsoy
%J -
%D 2019
%X In Russia, XXth century starts with revolution and among people who built the revolution, despite not much mentioned, there are women as well. Among these women, Aleksandra Kollontay, has met the idea of socialism in her twenties. Her encounter with Lenin in Paris, her contribution to the revolution in 1917, her ambition and revolution passion made her participate in the administration. Kollontay, who was the first woman minister in the Soviet government, was one of the important notables of Marxist feminism. She was the defender of women right and she made a huge effect for women to get rid of marriage bond and male dominance and constitute an equality between genders. In this regards, as well as publishing various proceedings, she wrote novels and stories. In these works, she aimed to reach every part of the society by means of employing a plain and simple style. The idea of feminism, which aims women to have equal rights and freedoms with men, is divided into various branches with the influence of different ideas and ideologies. One of these, Marxist feminism differs from other feminist ideas by associating the liberation of women with the collapse of the capitalist order. Another contribution of feminist thought is in the field of literature. With the emergence of feminist literary criticism, the subject of women in literary works is dealt with as both author and reader-oriented and new fields of research are created in the field of literature. In this article, at first, the emergence of feminism and the formation of Marxist feminism are mentioned. The theory of feminist criticism, arising from this thought, is discussed and the general characteristics are explained. Kollontay¡¯s novel Vasilisa Malygina, in which she wrote dreams for equality of women and men from the beginning of the revolution and new points of view for love and marriage bond, is examined according to feminist criticism theory
%K Aleksandra Kollontay
%K feminizm
%K Marksist feminizm
%K feminist edebiyat ele£¿tirisi
%K Vasilisa Mal£¿gina
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/rumelide/issue/46260/580696