Uncoupling Language and Religion : : An Exploration into the Margins of Turkish Literature / / Laurent Mignon.

This book is an invitation to rethink our understanding of Turkish literature as a tale of two “others.” The first part of the book examines the contributions of non-Muslim authors, the “others” of modern Turkey, to the development of Turkish literature during the late Ottoman and early republican p...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Ottoman and Turkish Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (252 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • A Note on Conventions
  • Introduction: In the Footsteps of Baha Tevfik
  • PART ONE Rethinking Literature in Turkish
  • 1. The Revolution of the Letters
  • 2. The Roses of the Anatolian Garden
  • 3. The “Refuse and Ruins” of Literary History
  • 4. Beyond Atala: Vartan Pasha, Zafer Hanım, and the Romantic Rebellion
  • 5. “La lengua ke se avla aki”: Jewish Literature in the “Language Spoken Here”
  • PART TWO Challenging Orientalism
  • 6. Samuel Hirsch, Namık Kemal, and Orientalism
  • 7. Ali Kemal’s Forgotten Adventure in the Desert
  • 8. Nâzım Hikmet and the Demystification of the East
  • Conclusion: To Do or Not To Do God: On Transgression, Literature, and Religion
  • Bibliography
  • Index