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Abstract
This chapter discusses the genesis of the ‘Ottoman Myth’ in Turkish literature, focusing on a broad variety of retrospective narratives that are tied together by (post-)imperial melancholy. As a defining feature of the Ottoman Myth, this melancholy results from the experience of losing a political, cultural, and symbolic order that is retrospectively and literarily remembered
or imagined as Ottoman lifeworlds. ‘Empire’, or what is evoked as such, functions as a prism through which authors outline what is perceived as the ills of today, such as modernity, westernisation or nationalism. Melancholy is intrinsically connected to literary discussions about Turkish identity between East and West and links to broader questions about modernisation and progress. Through the analysis of literary texts written by Ahmet Midhat, Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem, Peyami Safa, Halide Edib Adıvar, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Orhan Pamuk, Elif Shafak, and Sema Kaygusuz this chapter explores how the Ottoman Myth has
evolved throughout the history of late Ottoman and (post)modern Turkish literature.
or imagined as Ottoman lifeworlds. ‘Empire’, or what is evoked as such, functions as a prism through which authors outline what is perceived as the ills of today, such as modernity, westernisation or nationalism. Melancholy is intrinsically connected to literary discussions about Turkish identity between East and West and links to broader questions about modernisation and progress. Through the analysis of literary texts written by Ahmet Midhat, Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem, Peyami Safa, Halide Edib Adıvar, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Orhan Pamuk, Elif Shafak, and Sema Kaygusuz this chapter explores how the Ottoman Myth has
evolved throughout the history of late Ottoman and (post)modern Turkish literature.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Narrated Empires |
| Subtitle of host publication | Perceptions of Late Habsburg and Ottoman Multinationalism |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Chapter | V |
| Pages | 331-366 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-030-55199-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Publication series
| Series | Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe |
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Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 602053 Comparative literature studies
- 602052 Turkish studies
- 605004 Cultural studies
Keywords
- Ottoman Myth
- melancholy
- post-imperial narratives
- Turkish literature
- Orhan Pamuk
- Sema Kaygusuz
- Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar
- Habsburg Myth
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Book presentation of Narrated Empires: Perceptions of Late Habsburg and Ottoman Multinationalism
Johanna Chovanec (Speaker) & Olof Heilo (Speaker)
31 May 2021Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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Narrated Empires. Perceptions of Late Habsburg and Ottoman Multinationalism
Johanna Chovanec (Speaker) & Olof Heilo (Speaker)
6 May 2021Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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Melancholy and Memory in Literature, with a Special Focus on Essays by Sema Kaygusuz
Johanna Chovanec (Speaker)
3 Nov 2018Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science