Uncoupling Language and Religion: An Exploration into the Margins of Turkish Literature

Mignon, Laurent

ISBN 10: 1644695790 / ISBN 13: 9781644695791

Published by Academic Studies Press, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uncoupling Language and Religion: An Exploration into the Margins of Turkish Literature
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1644695790
• ISBN 13: 9781644695791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book is an invitation to rethink our understanding of Turkish literature as a tale of two “others.” The first part of the book examines the contributions of non-Muslim authors, the “others” of modern Turkey, to the development of Turkish literature during the late Ottoman and early republican period, focusing on the works of largely forgotten authors. The second part discusses Turkey as the “other” of the West and the way authors writing in Turkish challenged orientalist representations. Thus this book prepares the ground for a history of literature which uncouples language and religion and recreates the spaces of dialogue and exchange that have existed in late Ottoman Turkey between members of various ethno-religious communities.

About the Author

Laurent Mignon is Associate Professor of Turkish at the University of Oxford and a fellow of the Middle East Centre at Saint Antony’s College. His research interests range from minority literatures in late Ottoman Turkey to literary engagements with non-Abrahamic religions in a Turkish context.