Transience, absurdity, dreams and other illusions: Turkish shadow play

Autor:	Canan Balan
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Literature History Visual Arts and Performing Arts Turkish business.industry Prologue media_common.quotation_subject Character (symbol) language.human_language Style (visual arts) Mode (music) Movie theater language business Absurdity Shadow (psychology) media_common
Zdroj:	Early Popular Visual Culture. 6:171-185
ISSN:	1746-0662 1746-0654
DOI:	10.1080/17460650802150424
Popis:	The shadow theatre in Turkey was most commonly known as ‘Karagoz’. Under the influence of Sufi thought with its references to the real world as mimicry of the world of ideas, Turkish shadow play might resemble Plato's cave. The prologue and the representational style of the play, its former and modern names ‘Hayal’ and ‘Golge Oyunu’ (‘shadow play’) and the main character's name ‘Karagoz’ (literally, ‘black eyed’) demand an active mode of viewing. Karagoz shows constituted a social activity in which high and low classes took part on an equal basis. The show has long been recognised as one of the original sources of cinema in Turkey. This article aims to comprehend the style and mode of viewing of this traditional pre‐cinematic tool with regard to the Ottoman spectatorship culture.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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