Pamuk's Istanbul: the self and the city

This book reconstructs Istanbul through the prism of Orhan Pamuk’s fiction. It navigates the multiple selves and layers of Istanbul to present how the city has shaped the writings of Pamuk and has, in turn, been shaped by it. Through everyday objects and architecture, it shows how Pamuk transforms t...

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1. Verfasser: Narayan, Pallavi (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Routledge 2022
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Zusammenfassung:This book reconstructs Istanbul through the prism of Orhan Pamuk’s fiction. It navigates the multiple selves and layers of Istanbul to present how the city has shaped the writings of Pamuk and has, in turn, been shaped by it. Through everyday objects and architecture, it shows how Pamuk transforms the city into a living museum where different objects converse along with characters to present a rich tapestry across space and time.Further, the monograph explores the formation of communal and literary identity within and around nation-building narratives informed by capitalism and modernization. The book also examines how Pamuk uses the postmodern city to move beyond its postmodern confines, and utilizes the theories and universes of Bakhtin, Benjamin, and Foucault to open up his fiction and radically challenge the idea of the novel.The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literature, literary theory, museum studies, architecture, and cultural studies, and especially appeal to readers of Orhan Pamuk
Beschreibung:1.Imagining Pamuk’s Istanbul 2.Situating Istanbul 3.Pamuk’s Fictional Universe 4.Moving through the Neighborhood 5.Flâneur in the City-Museum 6.Dreaming Objects in the Museum of Innocence 7.Recording the CityAppendix: A Life in Words: Maureen Freely on Translating Orhan Pamuk
Beschreibung:xi, 218 Seiten
ISBN:9780367760649
9781032000206