Istanbul 1940 and global modernity : the world according to Auerbach, Tanpinar, and Edib /
Khayyat, E., 1979-
Istanbul 1940 and global modernity : the world according to Auerbach, Tanpinar, and Edib / E. Khayyat. - xxxviii, 256 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Comparativism, analogy, and world literature -- Part I: How to turn Turk. Auerbach's orients -- The modern malaise and the figure -- Part II: The boat. Islamicate pasts -- European Turkey and literary modernity -- Part III: A wandering Jewess. Edib's spirit -- Turkey, India and the world -- -- Conclusion -- Afterword: The newcomer.
"Istanbul 1940 and Global Modernity: The World According to Auerbach, Tanpınar, and Edib engages Erich Auerbach's Istanbul career and his pioneering works of comparative literature in a new light. It interprets Auerbach's works against the background of his Turkish colleagues' analogous works that, like Auerbach's masterpieces, were drafted at Istanbul University in the 1940s. Unlike Auerbach's writings, which center around Western literary cultures and Christianity, these Turkish writings trace non-Western, largely Islamicate cultural histories. The critic, novelist, and poet Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (1901-1962) and his illustrious senior, the Muslim feminist, humanist, and novelist Halide Edib (1884-1964) focused on Middle Eastern and South Asian cultural trajectories. In addition to offering groundbreaking insights into their respective cultural legacies, Auerbach, Tanpınar, and Edib elaborated extensively on the intercrossing that is their meeting place, the chiasmic space of modern literature. Interpreting their writings as the work of a collective, Istanbul 1940 and Global Modernity examines the new paths these critics opened for theorizing literary modernity, world literature, and the comparative study of literature and religion."-- Back cover.
eng
149858585X 9781498585859
019898005 Uk
Auerbach, Erich, 1892-1957 --Criticism and interpretation.
Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi--Criticism and interpretation.
Adıvar, Halide Edib, 1885-1964 --Criticism and interpretation.
Adıvar, Halide Edib, 1885-1964
Auerbach, Erich, 1892-1957
Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi
1900-1999
Critics--History--Turkey--Istanbul--20th century.
Literary historians--History--Turkey--Istanbul--20th century.
Reality in literature.
Mimesis in literature.
Critiques--Histoire--Turquie--Istanbul--20e siecle.
Critics
Literary historians
Turkey--Istanbul
Istanbul (Turkey)--1930-1940.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
PN56.R3 / A835 2020
801.950922
Istanbul 1940 and global modernity : the world according to Auerbach, Tanpinar, and Edib / E. Khayyat. - xxxviii, 256 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Comparativism, analogy, and world literature -- Part I: How to turn Turk. Auerbach's orients -- The modern malaise and the figure -- Part II: The boat. Islamicate pasts -- European Turkey and literary modernity -- Part III: A wandering Jewess. Edib's spirit -- Turkey, India and the world -- -- Conclusion -- Afterword: The newcomer.
"Istanbul 1940 and Global Modernity: The World According to Auerbach, Tanpınar, and Edib engages Erich Auerbach's Istanbul career and his pioneering works of comparative literature in a new light. It interprets Auerbach's works against the background of his Turkish colleagues' analogous works that, like Auerbach's masterpieces, were drafted at Istanbul University in the 1940s. Unlike Auerbach's writings, which center around Western literary cultures and Christianity, these Turkish writings trace non-Western, largely Islamicate cultural histories. The critic, novelist, and poet Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (1901-1962) and his illustrious senior, the Muslim feminist, humanist, and novelist Halide Edib (1884-1964) focused on Middle Eastern and South Asian cultural trajectories. In addition to offering groundbreaking insights into their respective cultural legacies, Auerbach, Tanpınar, and Edib elaborated extensively on the intercrossing that is their meeting place, the chiasmic space of modern literature. Interpreting their writings as the work of a collective, Istanbul 1940 and Global Modernity examines the new paths these critics opened for theorizing literary modernity, world literature, and the comparative study of literature and religion."-- Back cover.
eng
149858585X 9781498585859
019898005 Uk
Auerbach, Erich, 1892-1957 --Criticism and interpretation.
Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi--Criticism and interpretation.
Adıvar, Halide Edib, 1885-1964 --Criticism and interpretation.
Adıvar, Halide Edib, 1885-1964
Auerbach, Erich, 1892-1957
Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi
1900-1999
Critics--History--Turkey--Istanbul--20th century.
Literary historians--History--Turkey--Istanbul--20th century.
Reality in literature.
Mimesis in literature.
Critiques--Histoire--Turquie--Istanbul--20e siecle.
Critics
Literary historians
Turkey--Istanbul
Istanbul (Turkey)--1930-1940.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
PN56.R3 / A835 2020
801.950922