@article{article_1313247, title={Different Geographies, Similar Modernist Reflexes: Charles Baudelaire and Ece Ayhan}, journal={Journal of Turkology}, volume={33}, pages={383–414}, year={2023}, DOI={10.26650/iuturkiyat.1313247}, author={Odunkıran, Cemile}, keywords={Charles Baudelaire, Ece Ayhan, Modernizm, Karşı Sanat, Parçalı Gerçeklik}, abstract={Charles Baudelaire is a very important figure not only in contemporary French poetry but also in the transformation of the general aesthetic perception. He conceives of modernist aesthetics as a "counter" value that subverts all established notions of goodness, beauty, symmetry, or order. Thus, a completely different approach transforms the perception of reality. In literary terms, this has manifested itself in works that are difficult to understand, lack the idea of unity, and exclude the traditional reader. In Turkey, especially within the Second New Wave, Ece Ayhan, who enables the comparative perspective of this article, constitutes a remarkable example in terms of having the same sensibility as Baudelaire, but in completely different times and places. Ece Ayhan, just like Baudelaire, is on a different line in terms of his sense of aesthetics and his perception of the world. This different line has often resulted in a problematic and distant relationship with the reader and has closed the way for a detailed analysis of his thoughts and works. This study aims to defend the diversity and breadth of modernism’s possibilities by focusing on Baudelaire’s and Ayhan’s similar reflexes on self-awareness, rejection of authority, urban neurosis, aestheticization of evil, fragmented conceptions of reality, and their problematic relationship with the reader. In this way, it will be possible to draw holistic conclusions about Turkish modernist aesthetics and to evaluate its multi-layered structure. At the same time, with the two names mentioned, this interesting connection between Turkish and French literature will be revealed.}, number={2}, publisher={İstanbul Üniversitesi}