Research Article

Textual Agency and Emotional Resonance in Araba Sevdası

Volume: 65 Number: 2 September 1, 2025
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Textual Agency and Emotional Resonance in Araba Sevdası

Abstract

This paper reexamines the role of texts, arguing that they are not passive vessels of authorial intent but autonomous agents shaping emotional, cognitive, and relational dynamics. Using Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem’s Araba Sevdası as a case study, it explores how novels, letters, and poems act as dynamic mediators that influence the protagonist Bihruz’s emotions, imagination, and identity. These texts generate both harmony and tension, actively participating in the construction of meaning. Drawing on Rita Felski’s concepts of attunement, identification, and interpretation, the article investigates how texts transcend their materiality to create emotional resonance, inspire self-reflection, and generate new understandings. Attunement reveals how texts align with Bihruz’s inner world, while identification highlights the ways he selectively mirrors himself in characters and narratives. Interpretation, in turn, emphasizes his creative engagement with textual meanings, demonstrating the transformative potential of literature. The study further explores the dual nature of the texts in Araba Sevdası as sources of emotional resonance and agents of disruption. While novels like Paul et Virginie shape Bihruz’s romantic ideals, their inability to integrate seamlessly into his reality exposes the fragility of mediated identities. The article underscores the agency of texts in reshaping emotional rhythms, fostering imagination, and influencing interpersonal connections, offering a nuanced view of literature’s active role in human experience.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 1, 2025

Submission Date

January 17, 2025

Acceptance Date

August 8, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 65 Number: 2

APA
Altuğ, F. (2025). Textual Agency and Emotional Resonance in Araba Sevdası. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature, 65(2), 379-395. https://doi.org/10.26650/TUDED2025-1622284
AMA
1.Altuğ F. Textual Agency and Emotional Resonance in Araba Sevdası. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature. 2025;65(2):379-395. doi:10.26650/TUDED2025-1622284
Chicago
Altuğ, Fatih. 2025. “Textual Agency and Emotional Resonance in Araba Sevdası”. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature 65 (2): 379-95. https://doi.org/10.26650/TUDED2025-1622284.
EndNote
Altuğ F (September 1, 2025) Textual Agency and Emotional Resonance in Araba Sevdası. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature 65 2 379–395.
IEEE
[1]F. Altuğ, “Textual Agency and Emotional Resonance in Araba Sevdası”, Journal of Turkish Language and Literature, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 379–395, Sept. 2025, doi: 10.26650/TUDED2025-1622284.
ISNAD
Altuğ, Fatih. “Textual Agency and Emotional Resonance in Araba Sevdası”. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature 65/2 (September 1, 2025): 379-395. https://doi.org/10.26650/TUDED2025-1622284.
JAMA
1.Altuğ F. Textual Agency and Emotional Resonance in Araba Sevdası. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature. 2025;65:379–395.
MLA
Altuğ, Fatih. “Textual Agency and Emotional Resonance in Araba Sevdası”. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature, vol. 65, no. 2, Sept. 2025, pp. 379-95, doi:10.26650/TUDED2025-1622284.
Vancouver
1.Fatih Altuğ. Textual Agency and Emotional Resonance in Araba Sevdası. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature. 2025 Sep. 1;65(2):379-95. doi:10.26650/TUDED2025-1622284