| Autor: |
Can Bahadır Yüce |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
PostScriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 131-145 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2456-7507 |
| DOI: |
10.5281/zenodo.3353682 |
| Popis: |
Pierre Loti's novel Aziyadé (1879), which tells the story of an affair between a Western soldier and a married Muslim woman, is a celebrated work of the nineteenth-century French Orientalism. The novel has been translated into Turkish several times and the name “Pierre Loti” has become a part of Turkish collective memory. Despite Aziyadé's Orientalistic and stereotypical portrayal of the Ottoman culture, the author has been described as a “beloved friend” of Turks. This paper proposes to discuss the reasons behind the positive reception of Loti's Orientalism by the Turkish literati. I argue that this transnational encounter should be understood in the context of the Ottoman decline and anxiety of imperial collapse. The Turkish reception of Pierre Loti’s work is a significant case that shows how politics and national anxieties may lead to a misreading of a novel and shape intellectual scene. |
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Directory of Open Access Journals |
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