Erdag Göknar

Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy

The Politics of the Turkish Novel

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the literary politics of Orhan Pamuk¿s novels within the framework of contestations over ¿Turkishness,¿ Islam, and secularization. Moving beyond a traditional study of literature, this book turns to literature to ask larger questions about Turkish history, identity, collective memory, and cultural practice. It concludes with an interview with Orhan Pamuk.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780415505376
• ISBN-10: 0415505372
• Artikelnr.: 35056811

Autorenporträt

Erdağ Göknar is Assistant Professor of Turkish Studies at Duke University and the award-winning translator of Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red. He holds a Ph.D. in Near and Middle Eastern studies and has published various critical articles on Turkish literary culture. He is also the translator of A.H. Tanpınar's novel of Turkish modernity A Mind at Peace and co-editor of Mediterranean Passages: Readings from Dido to Derrida (North Carolina, 2008).　　　　　　

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Tropes of "Turkishness" from Islam to State 1. Literary Revisions
of the Secular Modern 2. The Untranslated Novels of a Nobel Laureate Part
II: The Archive of Ottoman Istanbul 3. A Voice from the Ottoman Archive 4.
Reimagining the Ottoman Legacy Part III: The Literary Politics of the
Secular-Sacred 5. Political Parody from Coups to Conspiracy 6. Novelizing
Secular Sufism Conclusion The Blasphemies of 'turning Turk'