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Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red and Snow: Representations of the Clash between the East and the West

Year 2019, Volume: 16 Issue: 43, 1 - 17, 24.04.2019

Abstract


The clash between the East and the West, in other words,
the East-West dichotomy, has various connotations in numerous of scientific
fields like sociology, geography, history, religion, and literary studies.
Despite the difference in its practices, it continues to represent this
historical division or polarization between the two fractions of the world,
namely the East and the West, which is still in existence in this modern world
of today. This article sought to explore this polarization from literary
perspective. In this regard, Nobel Prize-winning author, Orhan Pamuk’s two
prominent literary works have been selected for investigating the extent and
depth of the clash between two civilizations. Pamuk invited his readers to
explore this prevalent conflict between East and West in his novels, My Name is
Red and Snow. His preoccupation with this theme was skillfully dealt through an
overwhelming perspective and it is recurrent throughout the works in question.
The clash is at the heart of the novel, My Name is Red, and was clearly
reflected in different perspectives of looking at the world, particularly in
Eastern and Western methods of painting. In Snow, these two worlds acted as the
primary focus and the main source of robust and spirited tension.


References

  • Ahiska, Meltem (2003). “Occidentalism: The Historical Fantasy of the Modern,” The South Atlantic Quarterly, Vol. 102, No 2/3, Spring/Summer, pp. 351-379.
  • Almond, Ian (2003). “Islam, Melancholy, and Sad, Concrete Minarets: The Futility of Narratives in Orhan Pamuk’s The Black Book”, New Literary History, Vol. 34 (Winter), pp. 75-90.
  • Farnsworth, Elizabeth (2002). “Bridging Two Worlds.” The News Hour, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, 1–6, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/conversation/july-dec02/pamuk_11-20.html.
  • Gong, Gerrit W (1984). The Standard of `Civilization' in International Society. Clarendon Press.
  • Huntington, Samuel P (1993) “The Clash of Civilizations?” Foreign Affairs, Summer, 72(3), p. 22-49.
  • Irzik, Sibel, and Guzeldere, Guven (2003). Relocating the Fault Lines: Turkey Beyond the East-West Divide. Duke University Press.
  • Knopf, Alfred A (2003). “A Conversation with Pamuk.” The Borzai Reader Online. Random House. Accessed on December 22, 2017.https://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/authors/pamuk/qna.html
  • Lewis, Bernard (1961). The Emergence of Modern Turkey. London: Oxford University Press.
  • Pagden, Antony (2008). Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle between East and West. New York: Random House.
  • Pamuk, Orhan (2008). Other Colors: Essays and a Story. Vintage International. (2002). My Name is Red. Vintage International. (2005). Snow. Vintage International.
  • Parpala, Emilia (2010). “A Parable for Turkish Identity: Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red” in Carmina Balcanica -Review of South-East European Spirituality and Culture, III (1), p. 109-117.
  • Said, Edward (2001). Orientalism.Vintage Books.
  • Skafidas, Michael (2000). “Turkey’s Divided Character.” New Perspectives Quarterly (Greek Edition), 17(2), p. 20-22.
  • Stefan-Cole, J. (2001). My name is Red by Orhan Pamuk. Free Williamsburg. http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/december_2001/books.html
  • The Permanent Secretary (2006).“The Nobel Prize in Literature 2006: Orhan Pamuk” 12 Oct., 2006, www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature /laureates/2006/press.html. Accessed on 09 December 2017.
  • Toffler, Alvin and Toffler, Heidi (1994). War and Anti-War Survival at the Dawn of the 21st Century. U.K: Little, Brown and Company.

Orhan Pamuk’un Benim Adım Kırmızı ve Kar Romanları: Doğu ile Batı arasındaki Çatışmanın Temsili

Year 2019, Volume: 16 Issue: 43, 1 - 17, 24.04.2019

Abstract

     Doğu ile Batı arasındaki çatışmanın, başka bir deyişle
Doğu-Batı bölünmesinin, sosyoloji, coğrafya, tarih, din ve edebi çalışmalar
gibi birçok bilimsel alanda çeşitli çağrışımları bulunmaktadır. Uygulamadaki
farklılığa rağmen, günümüz dünyasında hala var olan dünyanın iki bölümü, yani
Doğu ve Batı, arasındaki bu tarihsel bölünmeyi ya da kutuplaşmayı temsil etmeye
devam etmektedir. Bu makale kutuplaşmayı edebi bakış açısıyla araştırmaya
çalışmıştır. Bu bağlamda, Nobel Ödüllü yazar, Orhan Pamuk’un iki önemli eseri
iki uygarlık arasındaki çatışmanın kapsamını ve derinliğini araştırmak için
seçilmiştir. Pamuk, okurlarını Benim Adım Kırmızı ve Kar romanlarında bu yaygın
çatışmatı keşfetmeye davet etmektedir. Onun bu temayla meşguliyeti çok kuvvetli
bir bakış açısıyla ustaca ele alınmış ve konu söz konusu eserlerde baştan başa
tekrar etmiştir. Çatışma, Benim Adım Kırmızı romanının temelindedir ve dünyaya
bakıştaki farklı bakış açılarında, özellikle Doğu ve Batı resim yapma
yöntemlerinde, açıkça yansıtılmıştır.
 
Kar romanında, bu iki dünya, güçlü ve ateşli gerginliğin birincil odağı
ve ana kaynağı olarak işlev görmektedir.




References

  • Ahiska, Meltem (2003). “Occidentalism: The Historical Fantasy of the Modern,” The South Atlantic Quarterly, Vol. 102, No 2/3, Spring/Summer, pp. 351-379.
  • Almond, Ian (2003). “Islam, Melancholy, and Sad, Concrete Minarets: The Futility of Narratives in Orhan Pamuk’s The Black Book”, New Literary History, Vol. 34 (Winter), pp. 75-90.
  • Farnsworth, Elizabeth (2002). “Bridging Two Worlds.” The News Hour, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, 1–6, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/conversation/july-dec02/pamuk_11-20.html.
  • Gong, Gerrit W (1984). The Standard of `Civilization' in International Society. Clarendon Press.
  • Huntington, Samuel P (1993) “The Clash of Civilizations?” Foreign Affairs, Summer, 72(3), p. 22-49.
  • Irzik, Sibel, and Guzeldere, Guven (2003). Relocating the Fault Lines: Turkey Beyond the East-West Divide. Duke University Press.
  • Knopf, Alfred A (2003). “A Conversation with Pamuk.” The Borzai Reader Online. Random House. Accessed on December 22, 2017.https://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/authors/pamuk/qna.html
  • Lewis, Bernard (1961). The Emergence of Modern Turkey. London: Oxford University Press.
  • Pagden, Antony (2008). Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle between East and West. New York: Random House.
  • Pamuk, Orhan (2008). Other Colors: Essays and a Story. Vintage International. (2002). My Name is Red. Vintage International. (2005). Snow. Vintage International.
  • Parpala, Emilia (2010). “A Parable for Turkish Identity: Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red” in Carmina Balcanica -Review of South-East European Spirituality and Culture, III (1), p. 109-117.
  • Said, Edward (2001). Orientalism.Vintage Books.
  • Skafidas, Michael (2000). “Turkey’s Divided Character.” New Perspectives Quarterly (Greek Edition), 17(2), p. 20-22.
  • Stefan-Cole, J. (2001). My name is Red by Orhan Pamuk. Free Williamsburg. http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/december_2001/books.html
  • The Permanent Secretary (2006).“The Nobel Prize in Literature 2006: Orhan Pamuk” 12 Oct., 2006, www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature /laureates/2006/press.html. Accessed on 09 December 2017.
  • Toffler, Alvin and Toffler, Heidi (1994). War and Anti-War Survival at the Dawn of the 21st Century. U.K: Little, Brown and Company.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Araştırma Makaleleri
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Alpaslan Toker 0000-0003-4815-8213

Publication Date April 24, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019 Volume: 16 Issue: 43

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APA Toker, A. (2019). Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red and Snow: Representations of the Clash between the East and the West. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 16(43), 1-17.
AMA Toker A. Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red and Snow: Representations of the Clash between the East and the West. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. April 2019;16(43):1-17.
Chicago Toker, Alpaslan. “Orhan Pamuk’s My Name Is Red and Snow: Representations of the Clash Between the East and the West”. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 16, no. 43 (April 2019): 1-17.
EndNote Toker A (April 1, 2019) Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red and Snow: Representations of the Clash between the East and the West. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 16 43 1–17.
IEEE A. Toker, “Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red and Snow: Representations of the Clash between the East and the West”, Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 16, no. 43, pp. 1–17, 2019.
ISNAD Toker, Alpaslan. “Orhan Pamuk’s My Name Is Red and Snow: Representations of the Clash Between the East and the West”. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 16/43 (April 2019), 1-17.
JAMA Toker A. Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red and Snow: Representations of the Clash between the East and the West. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2019;16:1–17.
MLA Toker, Alpaslan. “Orhan Pamuk’s My Name Is Red and Snow: Representations of the Clash Between the East and the West”. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 16, no. 43, 2019, pp. 1-17.
Vancouver Toker A. Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red and Snow: Representations of the Clash between the East and the West. Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2019;16(43):1-17.

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