Research Article

THE RE-MATERIALIZATION OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S TENEKE AT THE CROSSROADS OF GENRES

Number: 7 December 30, 2017
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THE RE-MATERIALIZATION OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S TENEKE AT THE CROSSROADS OF GENRES

Abstract

Yaşar Kemal (1923-2015) is a leading author of Turkish literature with worldwide acclaim, whose oeuvre is regarded as the incarnation of Anatolian culture. Teneke, one of his early works, was written in 1954 and published in installments in a newspaper the very same year. Although the text appeared as a book as early as 1955, it is apparent that an indecision regarding its genre was present. Teneke, translated into English as The Drumming-Out, was addressed as a “short novel or a long novelette” on the book cover of the second edition dating from 1959. Besides, it was included in the collected short stories of the author published in 1967; however, it was excluded from the 4th edition in 1972. Therefore, this year onwards, it came into being as a separate book. But more was yet to come: In 1965, Yaşar Kemal adapted the text into a play, which was staged both in Turkey and abroad. Yet this version of the text was not published for years to come. 1978 onwards, The Drumming-Out was published as a book with novel and play versions together; and since then, this format has been preserved. Its publishing history proves that, Yaşar Kemal was continuously occupied with issues regarding the intersection of literary genres. The text’s being fictionalized as a novel, short story, and play gradually; and it’s finally being materialized as a novel and play simultaneously invites a comparative analysis. In this paper, different versions of the text are analyzed so as to discuss the author’s perceptions and assumptions on genres and their reading public. For this purpose, the dissociation of contents and employment of diverse techniques specific to certain genres are investigated. As a result, the boundaries between genres and corresponding production/consumption strategies are scrutinized by examining the materialization of the same text in different forms. 

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References

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Primary Language

English

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Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2017

Submission Date

December 12, 2017

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Year 2017 Number: 7

APA
Dündar, L. B. (2017). THE RE-MATERIALIZATION OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S TENEKE AT THE CROSSROADS OF GENRES. Art-Sanat, 7, 265-275. https://izlik.org/JA28YE49KR
AMA
1.Dündar LB. THE RE-MATERIALIZATION OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S TENEKE AT THE CROSSROADS OF GENRES. Art-Sanat. 2017;(7):265-275. https://izlik.org/JA28YE49KR
Chicago
Dündar, Leyla Burcu. 2017. “THE RE-MATERIALIZATION OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S TENEKE AT THE CROSSROADS OF GENRES”. Art-Sanat, nos. 7: 265-75. https://izlik.org/JA28YE49KR.
EndNote
Dündar LB (December 1, 2017) THE RE-MATERIALIZATION OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S TENEKE AT THE CROSSROADS OF GENRES. Art-Sanat 7 265–275.
IEEE
[1]L. B. Dündar, “THE RE-MATERIALIZATION OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S TENEKE AT THE CROSSROADS OF GENRES”, Art-Sanat, no. 7, pp. 265–275, Dec. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA28YE49KR
ISNAD
Dündar, Leyla Burcu. “THE RE-MATERIALIZATION OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S TENEKE AT THE CROSSROADS OF GENRES”. Art-Sanat. 7 (December 1, 2017): 265-275. https://izlik.org/JA28YE49KR.
JAMA
1.Dündar LB. THE RE-MATERIALIZATION OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S TENEKE AT THE CROSSROADS OF GENRES. Art-Sanat. 2017;:265–275.
MLA
Dündar, Leyla Burcu. “THE RE-MATERIALIZATION OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S TENEKE AT THE CROSSROADS OF GENRES”. Art-Sanat, no. 7, Dec. 2017, pp. 265-7, https://izlik.org/JA28YE49KR.
Vancouver
1.Leyla Burcu Dündar. THE RE-MATERIALIZATION OF YAŞAR KEMAL’S TENEKE AT THE CROSSROADS OF GENRES. Art-Sanat [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1;(7):265-7. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA28YE49KR