Research Article

Self-Colonization and Decolonization in the Works of Yaşar Kemal and Paul Bowles

Volume: 5 Number: 9 April 15, 2015
  • Tuğba Akman Kaplan *
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Self-Colonization and Decolonization in the Works of Yaşar Kemal and Paul Bowles

Abstract

This study looks at Yasar Kemal’s Dağın Öte Yüzü trilogy and Paul Bowles’ The Spider’s House, in which the writers describe communities that are self-colonized within their own legal and societal systems. In Bowles’ work, self-colonization occurs during decolonization, while in Kemal’s trilogy, the process of self-colonization is the direct result of the feudal system during the Republic period of the late 1950s. Most prior analysis has focused on the main characters or on the decolonization process itself In this paper I show the distortions in the communities during the years of decolonization, as well as the unsteady relationships and contradictions in a society where a real colonization hasn ’t even taken place. I describe the elements of self- colonization including the struggle for power, social instability and divisive points of view in religion and beliefs.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Tuğba Akman Kaplan * This is me

Publication Date

April 15, 2015

Submission Date

February 12, 2015

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2015 Volume: 5 Number: 9

APA
Akman Kaplan, T. (2015). Self-Colonization and Decolonization in the Works of Yaşar Kemal and Paul Bowles. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 5(9), 199-214. https://izlik.org/JA53WW78AR
AMA
1.Akman Kaplan T. Self-Colonization and Decolonization in the Works of Yaşar Kemal and Paul Bowles. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2015;5(9):199-214. https://izlik.org/JA53WW78AR
Chicago
Akman Kaplan, Tuğba. 2015. “Self-Colonization and Decolonization in the Works of Yaşar Kemal and Paul Bowles”. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 5 (9): 199-214. https://izlik.org/JA53WW78AR.
EndNote
Akman Kaplan T (April 1, 2015) Self-Colonization and Decolonization in the Works of Yaşar Kemal and Paul Bowles. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 5 9 199–214.
IEEE
[1]T. Akman Kaplan, “Self-Colonization and Decolonization in the Works of Yaşar Kemal and Paul Bowles”, Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 199–214, Apr. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA53WW78AR
ISNAD
Akman Kaplan, Tuğba. “Self-Colonization and Decolonization in the Works of Yaşar Kemal and Paul Bowles”. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 5/9 (April 1, 2015): 199-214. https://izlik.org/JA53WW78AR.
JAMA
1.Akman Kaplan T. Self-Colonization and Decolonization in the Works of Yaşar Kemal and Paul Bowles. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2015;5:199–214.
MLA
Akman Kaplan, Tuğba. “Self-Colonization and Decolonization in the Works of Yaşar Kemal and Paul Bowles”. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 5, no. 9, Apr. 2015, pp. 199-14, https://izlik.org/JA53WW78AR.
Vancouver
1.Tuğba Akman Kaplan. Self-Colonization and Decolonization in the Works of Yaşar Kemal and Paul Bowles. Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi [Internet]. 2015 Apr. 1;5(9):199-214. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA53WW78AR