Research Article

Anti-heroes of Post-war Fiction: A Comparative Analysis of Huzur and Look Back in Anger

Volume: 3 Number: 1 June 27, 2023
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Anti-heroes of Post-war Fiction: A Comparative Analysis of Huzur and Look Back in Anger

Abstract

In a world full of conflicting ideologies, war and its impacts have been one of the most incessant arguments in literature. While many authors glorified and praised patriotism and heroism of wartimes in history, after the First and Second World Wars in the 20th century, intellectuals tended to criticize wars by depicting the hideous destruction of this issue in their literary works. In modern fiction, anti-heroes replaced the traditional heroes and they are depicted as distorted characters that suffer from the depression, fear and anxiety of wars. Although there are various analyses based on anti-heroes in literature, the aim of this study is to scrutinize the identity crises and inconsistencies of post-war protagonists, portrayed in the 20th century British and Turkish literatures. To shed more light on the destruction of wars on the deformation of personality, this study involves a comparative analysis of two protagonists in post-war period fiction. Within this scope, the characters Mümtaz in Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar’s novel Huzur (1949) and Jimmy in John Osborne’s play Look Back in Anger (1956) are comparatively analyzed. Although written for different cultures, both Tanpınar and Osborne explicitly narrated the common despair, pesisimism, anxiety and depression of the fictious people due to wars in their works. Based on the analysis, it would be proper to conclude that the two anti-heroes of Huzur and Look Back in Anger recall and mirror all the post-war traumas of individuals, suffered from the destruction of world wars in actual world.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Literary Theory, Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 27, 2023

Submission Date

February 21, 2023

Acceptance Date

June 15, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 3 Number: 1

APA
Üstün Kaya, S. (2023). Anti-heroes of Post-war Fiction: A Comparative Analysis of Huzur and Look Back in Anger. World Language Studies, 3(1), 46-61. https://izlik.org/JA22BS89HR
AMA
1.Üstün Kaya S. Anti-heroes of Post-war Fiction: A Comparative Analysis of Huzur and Look Back in Anger. World Language Studies. 2023;3(1):46-61. https://izlik.org/JA22BS89HR
Chicago
Üstün Kaya, Senem. 2023. “Anti-Heroes of Post-War Fiction: A Comparative Analysis of Huzur and Look Back in Anger”. World Language Studies 3 (1): 46-61. https://izlik.org/JA22BS89HR.
EndNote
Üstün Kaya S (June 1, 2023) Anti-heroes of Post-war Fiction: A Comparative Analysis of Huzur and Look Back in Anger. World Language Studies 3 1 46–61.
IEEE
[1]S. Üstün Kaya, “Anti-heroes of Post-war Fiction: A Comparative Analysis of Huzur and Look Back in Anger”, World Language Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 46–61, June 2023, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA22BS89HR
ISNAD
Üstün Kaya, Senem. “Anti-Heroes of Post-War Fiction: A Comparative Analysis of Huzur and Look Back in Anger”. World Language Studies 3/1 (June 1, 2023): 46-61. https://izlik.org/JA22BS89HR.
JAMA
1.Üstün Kaya S. Anti-heroes of Post-war Fiction: A Comparative Analysis of Huzur and Look Back in Anger. World Language Studies. 2023;3:46–61.
MLA
Üstün Kaya, Senem. “Anti-Heroes of Post-War Fiction: A Comparative Analysis of Huzur and Look Back in Anger”. World Language Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, June 2023, pp. 46-61, https://izlik.org/JA22BS89HR.
Vancouver
1.Senem Üstün Kaya. Anti-heroes of Post-war Fiction: A Comparative Analysis of Huzur and Look Back in Anger. World Language Studies [Internet]. 2023 Jun. 1;3(1):46-61. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA22BS89HR