Global Perspectives on Orhan Pamuk

Existentialism and Politics
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-29568-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 337 g

Reihe: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World

Explores existential and political themes in Orhan Pamuk's work and investigates the apparent contradictions in an arena where Islam and democracy are often seen as opposing and irreconcilable terms. Existential themes delve into literary nuances in Pamuk that discuss love, happiness, suffering, memory and death.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buyze, D.

Afridi, M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Foreword Pamuk and No End; S.L.Gilman Introduction; M.M.Afridi D.M.Buyze PART I: PAMUK BETWEEN WORLDS Modern Postcolonial Intersections: Hamid, Mahfouz, and Pamuk; M.M.Afridi Tensions in the Nation: Pamuk & Svevo; D.M.Buyze PART II: PAMUK'S TEXTUAL DIVERSITY Mirroring Istanbul; H.Gurses Problematizing East-West Essentialisms: Discourse, Authorhood, and Identity Crisis in Orhan Pamuk's Beyaz Kale (The White Castle); M.Pittman Framing My Name Is Red: Reading a Masterpiece; E.Almas On the Road or between the Pages: Seeking Life's Answers; F.Hassencahl PART III: PAMUK'S SNOW The Imagined Exile: Orhan Pamuk in His Novel Snow; H.Y?lmaz Silence, Secularism, and Fundamentalism in Snow; E.Santesso The Spell of the West in Orhan Pamuk's Snow and Amitav Ghosh's In an Antique Land; T.Cartelli PART IV: PAMUK & TRANSLATION/UNTRANSLATION Orhan Pamuk's Kara Kitap [The Black Book]: a Double Life in English; S.Türkkan Occulted Texts: Pamuk's Untranslated Novels; E.Göknar Contributor Biographies

Über Autor(innen)

David M. Buyze is currently associated with The University of Vermont as online faculty.