The emergence and the end of an endemic genre in Turkish literature: the case of the village novel in a comparative context

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Irmak, Erkan (2023) The emergence and the end of an endemic genre in Turkish literature: the case of the village novel in a comparative context. In: Havlioğlu, Didem and Uysal, Zeynep, (eds.) Routledge Handbook on Turkish Literature. Routledge, London, pp. 298-308. ISBN 9780429279270

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Abstract

The emergence of the Turkish novel is a popular subject field among literary critics in Turkey, and there is a prolific and ongoing discussion on the ontological and epistemological nature of the birth of the first novels. Berna Moran, one of the prominent critics of the Turkish novel, also uses a similar method and tries to frame the village novels with five basic content characteristics. “Pastoral novels,” on the other hand, are directly related to the concept of the “pastoral,” which has a much broader historical background and a very strict definition. The purpose of these texts is to symbolically describe, interpret, or discuss certain religious, moral, and philosophical teachings or knowledge. The “rural/rustic novel” appears, however, to most approximate the vague definition that comes to mind when the village novel is mentioned. The most distinctive feature shared by these two terms, which can be used interchangeably, is that the expression “rural/rustic” is sometimes also used for town-sized settlements.
Item Type: Book Section / Chapter
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania (Turkish) > PL201-271 Turkish (Osmanic or Ottoman) --Literature
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0851-(884) Comparative literature
Divisions: Foundations Development
Depositing User: Erkan Irmak
Date Deposited: 04 Oct 2023 12:08
Last Modified: 04 Oct 2023 12:08
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/48174

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