The Feminist Mother Figure in the Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾

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dc.contributor.authorÇelik, Seda Coşar
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-25T20:13:53Z
dc.date.available2024-09-25T20:13:53Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentAbant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractSue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ (1982) is the first book of an eight-books set. The complete set is in the form of a diary and each book presents the title character Adrian Mole’s life and changing perspectives. This article focusses on the first book of the set. Even though the diary entries contain Adrian’s thoughts and reflections on various issues such as literature, friendship, love, sex, marriage, parenting and motherhood, his frustration about his mother is worthy of more attention. Adrian’s mother Pauline Mole can be considered as a perfectly fitting example of a feminist mother, who wants to be economically self-sufficient, reads influential feminist books of the second-wave feminism, joins feminist gatherings and meetings, and gradually transforms her life. However, Adrian compares her mother to the maternal ideal that is a selfless, altruistic and an unconditionally devoted figure. The contradiction between the maternal ideal he has internalized as the patriarchal norm and the way his mother behaves disappoints and frustrates him. The aim of this article is to discuss patriarchal notions of motherhood and the maternal ideal from a feminist point of view and Pauline’s representation as a feminist mother in the diary.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.33207/trkede.974387
dc.identifier.endpage75en_US
dc.identifier.issn1309-7660
dc.identifier.issn2717-7785
dc.identifier.issue23en_US
dc.identifier.startpage65en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid506680en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.33207/trkede.974387
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/506680
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/14847
dc.identifier.volume12en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTrakya Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmzYK_20240925en_US
dc.subjectMaternal idealen_US
dc.subjectdiaryen_US
dc.subjectSue Townsenden_US
dc.subjectpatriarchyen_US
dc.subjectAdrian Moleen_US
dc.titleThe Feminist Mother Figure in the Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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