Research Article

An Analysis of Identity Crisis and Turkish Dramatic Criticism through Dinçer Sümer’s Old Photographs

Volume: 20 Number: 39 July 24, 2022
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An Analysis of Identity Crisis and Turkish Dramatic Criticism through Dinçer Sümer’s Old Photographs

Abstract

Dinçer Sümer’s play Old Photographs is often dismissed by scholars as the story of a prostitute although it contains lingual and social elements about the politics of identity that pursues the dilemmas and conflicts Turkey experienced in the 1970s. First part of this article highlights how the fractures and unification of narratives in Old Photographs manifest an opposition to conventional structure of characters and plot, and refuse the fixity and formula of traditional drama. Thus, characters in the play are unique as they defy categorization and resist conceptualization. By disturbing grand narratives and focusing on identity crisis, Old Photographs deserves more textual scrutiny.
The article also focuses on scholarly works that analyze Old Photographs and displays the problem in Turkish literary theory which focuses on drawing categories rather than scrutinizing textual merits of individual works. This problem in critical theory results in an impartial and inaccurate portrayal of Turkish drama.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

July 24, 2022

Submission Date

August 9, 2021

Acceptance Date

June 30, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 20 Number: 39

APA
Gul, S. (2022). An Analysis of Identity Crisis and Turkish Dramatic Criticism through Dinçer Sümer’s Old Photographs. Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi, 20(39), 261-278. https://doi.org/10.55842/talid.980637
AMA
1.Gul S. An Analysis of Identity Crisis and Turkish Dramatic Criticism through Dinçer Sümer’s Old Photographs. TALID. 2022;20(39):261-278. doi:10.55842/talid.980637
Chicago
Gul, Sinan. 2022. “An Analysis of Identity Crisis and Turkish Dramatic Criticism through Dinçer Sümer’s Old Photographs”. Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi 20 (39): 261-78. https://doi.org/10.55842/talid.980637.
EndNote
Gul S (July 1, 2022) An Analysis of Identity Crisis and Turkish Dramatic Criticism through Dinçer Sümer’s Old Photographs. Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi 20 39 261–278.
IEEE
[1]S. Gul, “An Analysis of Identity Crisis and Turkish Dramatic Criticism through Dinçer Sümer’s Old Photographs”, TALID, vol. 20, no. 39, pp. 261–278, July 2022, doi: 10.55842/talid.980637.
ISNAD
Gul, Sinan. “An Analysis of Identity Crisis and Turkish Dramatic Criticism through Dinçer Sümer’s Old Photographs”. Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi 20/39 (July 1, 2022): 261-278. https://doi.org/10.55842/talid.980637.
JAMA
1.Gul S. An Analysis of Identity Crisis and Turkish Dramatic Criticism through Dinçer Sümer’s Old Photographs. TALID. 2022;20:261–278.
MLA
Gul, Sinan. “An Analysis of Identity Crisis and Turkish Dramatic Criticism through Dinçer Sümer’s Old Photographs”. Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi, vol. 20, no. 39, July 2022, pp. 261-78, doi:10.55842/talid.980637.
Vancouver
1.Sinan Gul. An Analysis of Identity Crisis and Turkish Dramatic Criticism through Dinçer Sümer’s Old Photographs. TALID. 2022 Jul. 1;20(39):261-78. doi:10.55842/talid.980637