| dc.description.abstract | Louis de Berniéres is one of the important novelists of our era whose works have been praised and liked by the readers. However, his novels, which are embedded with history, myths, authentic as well as simulated characters, have started to be analysed in the academic world only recently. This study has been dedicated to the analysis of the body and beauty in Birds Without Wings, one of the possible perspectives of the novel, since it is a multi-layered work which deserves to be pondered upon. The body and beauty have been prominent concepts in our era. Although they have been reflected in various forms of art, their analysis in novels is particularly new. As a postmodern novel, Birds Without Wings does not only reflect the body and beauty notions of our century, but also it resurrects or reverses earlier theories on the body and beauty. Through deconstruction and reconstruction, Louis de Berniéres presents his reader an unprecedented reflection of the body and beauty in Birds Without Wings. For instance, one is likely to encounter Pythagorean beauty as well as Biblical beauty notions in addition to many others. Although the novel is set in the early 20th century, de Berniéres reflects contemporary discourse on the body in the novel. Jean Baudrillard’s notions on the body and his general theories, which can be applied to the body, can be said to be deconstructed by de Berniéres throughout the novel. | en_US |
