Research Article

The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar

Number: 43 June 15, 2020
  • Özlem Akyol
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The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar

Abstract

The new perception influenced by the cultural and linguistic turns of the late 20th century requires a less anthropocentric vision for the 21st century. By extension, an increasing scholarly interest in the relation between humans and nonhuman animals and the agentive role of the latter result in the emergence of “zoopoetics.” The theory includes literature to explore different nonhuman agentive forms by analysing how literary texts reproduce animals’ modes of being and reveals that poetic creation is not only sustained through human affair but animals also take an active part in making and shaping poetry. As Aaron Moe indicates “[N]onhuman animals (zoion) are makers (poiesis), and they have agency in that making” (2013, p. 2). A zoopoetic reading of literary texts which focuses on the nonhumans’ creative modes not only shows how nonhuman animals function in conducting the lives of other characters and the very substance of narrative but also forms a basis for the manifestation of the ethical and social dimension of such texts. In this sense, Abbas Sayar, in Yılkı Atı (1970) positions a horse in the centre of the narrative by making it truly an agentive form in a way that the horse’s attitude affects other characters’ lives and the overall formation of the text and, more importantly, makes the reader ponder about the proximity between humans and nonhuman animals as well as socioeconomic issues of 1970s’ Central Anatolia. In this article, then, Yılkı Atı will be explored under the light of zoopoetic theories.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Özlem Akyol This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 15, 2020

Submission Date

February 10, 2020

Acceptance Date

April 11, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Number: 43

APA
Akyol, Ö. (2020). The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 43, 183-194. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.756004
AMA
1.Akyol Ö. The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar. SEFAD. 2020;(43):183-194. doi:10.21497/sefad.756004
Chicago
Akyol, Özlem. 2020. “The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, nos. 43: 183-94. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.756004.
EndNote
Akyol Ö (June 1, 2020) The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 43 183–194.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Akyol, “The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar”, SEFAD, no. 43, pp. 183–194, June 2020, doi: 10.21497/sefad.756004.
ISNAD
Akyol, Özlem. “The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 43 (June 1, 2020): 183-194. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.756004.
JAMA
1.Akyol Ö. The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar. SEFAD. 2020;:183–194.
MLA
Akyol, Özlem. “The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, no. 43, June 2020, pp. 183-94, doi:10.21497/sefad.756004.
Vancouver
1.Özlem Akyol. The Sounds of Horseshoe a Zoopoetic Reading of Yılkı Atı by Abbas Sayar. SEFAD. 2020 Jun. 1;(43):183-94. doi:10.21497/sefad.756004

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