Carnivalizing the Turkish novel
Subtitle: Oğuz Atay's dialogue with the canon in The Disconnected
By: Meltem Gürle
Series: European university studies. Series XVIII, Comparative literature -- vol. 133; Europäische Hochschulschriften -- Bd. 133.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9783631634592
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Turkish fiction; History and criticism
Other titles: Oğuz Atay's dialogue with the canon in The Disconnected
Description: "Oğuz Atay's 1971 novel 'The Disconnected' [Tutunamayanlar] is distinctly unique, but it can also be read as a response to Joyce's 'Ulysses'--a singular and a very Turkish response. Any review of 'The Disconnected' begins with the humble acknowledgement of its vast frame of reference, the multiplicy of the voices and styles that it presents, and finally its resistance of being translated into another language. What makes it interesting for the readers of modern literature, however, is not only the variety of idiosyncrasies and verbal conventions, but also its critical attitude towards Turkey's project of modernity. Drawing on Bakhtin's theory of the novel, this study traces the echoes of carnival laughter in 'The Disconnected' while establishing Atay's work as a 'world text' in dialogue with the masters of the canon: Shakespeare, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Joyce, and others"--Publisher's description,  back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages191-200).
Table of contents: title: From the epic to the novel : the problem of totality in 'The Disconnected'; title: The nightmare of history : limits of "national allegory"; title: The prince as jester : the "Hamletization" of the Turkish intellectual in 'The Disconnected'; title: A novel beyond the scope of Bildungsroman; title: "Hundred visions and revisions" : self-consciousness as the artistic expression of modernity; title: Talking to the dead : Joyce and Atay; title: Conclusion.