Laurent Mignon

Uncoupling Language and Religion

An Exploration Into the Margins of Turkish Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

By looking at the contributions to Turkish literature of non-Muslim authors, this book lays the groundwork for a history of literature which uncouples language and religion and recreates the spaces of dialogue and exchange that have existed in late Ottoman Turkey between members of various ethno-religious communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 166mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 511g
• ISBN-13: 9781644695791
• ISBN-10: 1644695790
• Artikelnr.: 60903184

Autorenporträt

Laurent Mignon is Associate Professor of Turkish at the University of Oxford and a fellow of the Middle East Centre at Saint Antony¿s College. His research interests range from minority literatures in late Ottoman Turkey to literary engagements with non-Abrahamic religions in a Turkish context.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of 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 Han
m, 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, Nam
k Kemal, and Orientalism 7. Ali Kemal's Forgotten Adventure in the Desert 8. Nâz
m Hikmet and the Demystification of the East Conclusion: To Do or Not to Do God: On Transgression, Literature and Religion Bibliography