Orientalism In Orhan Pamuk’s White Castle
Öz
The two most well-known works of Orhan Pamuk, The White
Castle and My Name is Red, are historical fiction set in the time
of the Ottoman Empire. These novels represent some of the most
common issues the novelist focuses on, such as the East-West
binary, questions of cultural identity and differences, and possibilities of local and global co-existence. In this article, by focusing
on the case of The White Castle, Pamuk’s life, his Nobel prize acceptance and his controversial statements in international press,
I examine how a Turkish-born, Muslim novelist portrays Islamic
history and the Ottomans predominantly for the European gaze
and argue that Pamuk’s historical narrative borrows considerably
from the legacy of European Orientalist writings.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Beyazıt H. Akman
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Ekim 2018
Gönderilme Tarihi
22 Temmuz 2016
Kabul Tarihi
22 Kasım 2016
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2018 Sayı: 87