This thesis argues that rather than adopting one consistent standpoint, Austen’s novels are equally critical of extreme conservatism and radicalism. In each of the three novels, Northanger Abbey,...Show moreThis thesis argues that rather than adopting one consistent standpoint, Austen’s novels are equally critical of extreme conservatism and radicalism. In each of the three novels, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion, Austen positions herself politically, by complexly connecting themes of community, mobility, and rootlessness. Methodologically, the thesis offers close-readings of passages from the novels in relation to motifs belonging to these themes. It situates these readings in political and cultural contexts, connecting Austen’s exploration of these matters to the arguments put forward by her contemporaries. It also shows how Austen’s views changed towards the end of her writing career, and demonstrates that her political ideals adapted to historical changes and were not fixed either to a doctrinaire conservatism or radicalism.Show less
This thesis reveals the networks of Édouard Herriot, the leader of the Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party and the Mayor of Lyon, with the Young Turks and the Kemalists in the Ottoman...Show moreThis thesis reveals the networks of Édouard Herriot, the leader of the Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party and the Mayor of Lyon, with the Young Turks and the Kemalists in the Ottoman Empire and in the Republic of Turkey. The study displays Herriot's channels of communications and the influence of those relations starting from the 1908 Young Turk Revolution until the Atatürk's death in 1938. The thesis is divided into two parts in which it stand as before and after the Great War. In both parts, Herriot's role as an intermediary and the political go-between was contextualized. In the second part, the intellectual relations are exposed as well as his relations with the republican politicans, intellectuals, and the Kemalist elites. Therefore, the degree of influence generated from those relations are also discussed. The study is based on primary source material that were published in French, Ottoman Turkish (Turkish), and English.Show less
