Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk’s “The New Life”

Volume: 8 Number: 2 March 18, 2015
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Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk’s “The New Life”

Abstract

Contrary to some critics who read in Pamuk’s The New Life strains of Sufi sentiments and Sufi tendencies, I want to argue that Pamuk, in this narrative, mocks the Sufi experience.

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References

  1. Almond, Ian. “Islam, Melancholy, and Sad, Concrete Minarets: The Futility of Narratives in Orhan Pamuk's the Black Book.” New Literary History 34, 1 (Winter 2003): 75-90.
  2. Heyking, John von. “Mysticism in Contemporary Islamic Political Though: Orhan Pamuk and Abdolkarim Soroush.” Humanitas 19, 1 and 2, (2006): 71-97.
  3. Pamuk, Orhan. The New Life. London: Faber and Faber, 1998.
  4. Zhang, H. "Slave of love and Virgin Love: the Archetypal Structure of Sufi Mysticism in Pamuk's Love Narratives.” Foreign Literature Studies 33, 1(February 2011): 128-136.

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March 18, 2015

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March 18, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 8 Number: 2

APA
Mansur, V. (2015). Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk’s “The New Life”. Beykent Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 8(2), 70-74. https://doi.org/10.18221/bujss.73672
AMA
1.Mansur V. Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk’s “The New Life.” BUJSS. 2015;8(2):70-74. doi:10.18221/bujss.73672
Chicago
Mansur, Visam. 2015. “Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk’s ‘The New Life’”. Beykent Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 8 (2): 70-74. https://doi.org/10.18221/bujss.73672.
EndNote
Mansur V (October 1, 2015) Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk’s “The New Life”. Beykent Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 8 2 70–74.
IEEE
[1]V. Mansur, “Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk’s ‘The New Life’”, BUJSS, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 70–74, Oct. 2015, doi: 10.18221/bujss.73672.
ISNAD
Mansur, Visam. “Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk’s ‘The New Life’”. Beykent Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 8/2 (October 1, 2015): 70-74. https://doi.org/10.18221/bujss.73672.
JAMA
1.Mansur V. Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk’s “The New Life”. BUJSS. 2015;8:70–74.
MLA
Mansur, Visam. “Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk’s ‘The New Life’”. Beykent Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 2, Oct. 2015, pp. 70-74, doi:10.18221/bujss.73672.
Vancouver
1.Visam Mansur. Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk’s “The New Life”. BUJSS. 2015 Oct. 1;8(2):70-4. doi:10.18221/bujss.73672