Tales of Crossed Destinies: The Modern Turkish Novel in a Comparative Context - Couverture souple

Seyhan, Azade

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1603290311 ISBN 13 : 9781603290319

Editeur : Modern Language Association of America, 2008

Synopsis

Azade Seyhan's "Tales of Crossed Destinies: The Modern Turkish Novel in a Comparative Context," second in the MLA series World Literatures Reimagined, offers a much-needed guide to the vast, underexplored territory of modern Turkish literature.Seyhan situates the Turkish novel in relation to such influences as the poetic and oral traditions of Ottoman Islamic culture, the early Turkish Republic, and Western Romantic and Enlightenment thought. She demonstrates that the evolution of the Turkish novel is inseparable from that of the Turkish state.Readers will discover a wealth of Turkish authors, from those with international renown, such as Ahmet Hamdi Tanp?nar and the Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, to others less widely read. Among them are Re?sat Nuri Guntekin, whose "Autobiography of a Turkish Girl" prompted thousands of young Turkish women to seek teaching posts; Halide Edib Ad?var, who envisioned a harmonious coexistence of Islamic spirituality with Western ideals; Aziz Nesin, Turkey's master humorist, who instructs the reader in censor-resistant code; and Ya?sar Kemal and Adalet A?ao?lu and their blendings of myth, memory, and politics.Appendixes provide a chronology, a pronunciation guide to Turkish, and a list of modern Turkish novels in English translation, preparing readers to embark on further exploration."

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Modern Language Association of America
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1603290311
• ISBN 13: 9781603290319
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244