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

Year 2015, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 70 - 74, 18.03.2015
https://doi.org/10.18221/bujss.73672

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.

References

  • 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.
  • Heyking, John von. “Mysticism in Contemporary Islamic Political Though: Orhan Pamuk and Abdolkarim Soroush.” Humanitas 19, 1 and 2, (2006): 71-97.
  • Pamuk, Orhan. The New Life. London: Faber and Faber, 1998.
  • 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.

ORHAN PAMUK'UN "YENİ HAYAT" ROMANINDA, KARİKATÜRİZE EDİLEN TASAVVUF

Year 2015, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 70 - 74, 18.03.2015
https://doi.org/10.18221/bujss.73672

Abstract

Yeni Hayat, Sûfi deneyimi ile alay etmektedir. Tasavvufun temel konuları, romanda mevcut olarak
görülmektedir. Osman, Canan ve meleği bulmayı umut ettiği yolculuğuna bir Sûfi Dervişi gibi başlar.
Tasavvuf edebiyatında, kadın (aşk) varoluşu ve Tanrıyı simgelemektedir, ancak, Osman'ın Canan'a olan
aşkı, ruhani olmaktan çok bedenseldir. Yolculuk ilerledikçe, Pamuk, Tanrıyı aramaktan çok intikam
peşinde koşan bir yolcuyu alaycılıkla gösterir. Sûfi geleneğiyle alay etmek, yeni hayatın arayışının bir
inançtan, saplantıya dönüşümüyle, öykülemede daha belirgin hale gelir. Pamuk'un, sufi yolcuyla alay
etmesi, Osman'ın, yolculuğun sonunda, aradığı meleğin sahte olduğunu anlayarak, yaşadığı hayal
kırıklığı içinde ölmesi ile sonlanmaktadır.

References

  • 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.
  • Heyking, John von. “Mysticism in Contemporary Islamic Political Though: Orhan Pamuk and Abdolkarim Soroush.” Humanitas 19, 1 and 2, (2006): 71-97.
  • Pamuk, Orhan. The New Life. London: Faber and Faber, 1998.
  • 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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Primary Language English
Journal Section Review Article
Authors

Visam Mansur

Publication Date March 18, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2015 Volume: 8 Issue: 2

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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

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