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A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali's Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity
Öz
Sabahattin Ali's first novel, Kuyucaklı Yusuf, published in 1937, is a historically significant text within Turkish literature; it is the first realistic novel about Anatolian life and is a critique of the social system. However, the novel remained incomplete due to Ali's murder in 1948 amid a rising tide of authoritarianism and nationalism that he consistently critiqued. This study examines the novel's demand for narrative identity in the context of its creator's untimely death. The study reveals three obstacles: “the silent language of victimhood,” the extreme experience of loneliness, and the finality of the author's death, all of which function as barriers to realizing personal narratives. This exploration is also an attempt at an act of sepulcher, as defined by Paul Ricoeur, which means mourning the author's death by revising the incompleteness of Yusuf's identity. Ali’s novel is an example of an ethical mode of authoring that requires giving up authoritative control over real or fictional life stories. Acknowledging the existence of untold stories alongside the potential for new narratives attests to the power of storytelling through the vulnerability of a life story.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı (Diğer)
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Erken Görünüm Tarihi
25 Haziran 2024
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Haziran 2024
Gönderilme Tarihi
17 Ağustos 2023
Kabul Tarihi
1 Nisan 2024
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2024 Sayı: 51
APA
Akkuş, M. B. (2024). A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali’s Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 51, 85-96. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1345112
AMA
1.Akkuş MB. A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali’s Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity. SEFAD. 2024;(51):85-96. doi:10.21497/sefad.1345112
Chicago
Akkuş, Murat Baran. 2024. “A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali’s Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, sy 51: 85-96. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1345112.
EndNote
Akkuş MB (01 Haziran 2024) A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali’s Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 51 85–96.
IEEE
[1]M. B. Akkuş, “A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali’s Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity”, SEFAD, sy 51, ss. 85–96, Haz. 2024, doi: 10.21497/sefad.1345112.
ISNAD
Akkuş, Murat Baran. “A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali’s Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 51 (01 Haziran 2024): 85-96. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1345112.
JAMA
1.Akkuş MB. A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali’s Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity. SEFAD. 2024;:85–96.
MLA
Akkuş, Murat Baran. “A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali’s Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, sy 51, Haziran 2024, ss. 85-96, doi:10.21497/sefad.1345112.
Vancouver
1.Murat Baran Akkuş. A Demand for Narrative: Reading Sabahattin Ali’s Novel Kuyucaklı Yusuf as a Quest for Identity. SEFAD. 01 Haziran 2024;(51):85-96. doi:10.21497/sefad.1345112