Turkish Literature as World Literature

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"Examines the impact of modern Turkish literature on the literatures of the world through discussions of translation practices, transcultural encounters, transnational ideas, global literary networks, and the politics of world literature"-- Title Page Copyright Page Contents Figures Acknowledgments A Note on the Text Introduction: “Turkish Literature as World Literature”? What Is in a Preposition? References Part 1: Breathing Turkish in the World Stage Chapter 1: The Entangled History of Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in Modern Turkish Literature The New Relations and Tensions of the 1890s The Literature of the Second Constitutional Era: The Tide of Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism The Triumph of National Literature Conclusion References Chapter 2: Translation, Transcription, and the Making of World Literature: On Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Scriptworlds From “Scriptworlds” to “Scripts’ World” Translation as Transcription Heterographics as Border-Thinking: The Case of Mehmet Yaşın Notes References Chapter 3: Translating Yunus Emre, Translating the Self, Translating Islam: Zafer Şenocak’s Turkish-German Path to Modernity Translating Yunus Emre Translating the Self Translating Islam Conclusion Notes References Part 2: Turkish Literature in Transnational Waters Chapter 4: World Literature as Performance: Turkish and British Women’s Writing in Transcultural Dialogue at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Notes References Chapter 5: “The Living Link between India and Turkey”: Halide Edib on the Subcontinent Ateşten Gömlek and The Daughter of Smyrna Conflict of East and West in Turkey Inside India Conclusion Notes References Chapter 6: Nâzım Hikmet’s Reception as a World Poet I II III IV V Conclusion Notes References Chapter 7: The Internationalist Left and World Literature: The Case of Nâzım Hikmet in Greece The (People’s) Republic of Letters Maverick Communists and Turkish-Greek Friendship Suffering and Solidarity: Greeks in Nâzım’s Poetry Notes References Chapter 8: The Influence of Nâzım Hikmet on Arab Poetry Nâzım Hikmet and Contemporary Arab Poetry Requiems for Nâzım Hikmet The Difficulty of Translating Nâzım Hikmet Notes References Part 3: Contemporary Forms and Cosmopolitanism Chapter 9: World Literary Refractions: Orhan Pamuk and Juan Goytisolo World Literature as Elliptical Refraction National Cacophonies Hierarchies of Circulation Notes References Chapter 10: Teaching The Museum of Innocence in Arts and Design Context Rationale for the Course Objective Pamuk within the World Literature Framework First Module on the Cultural Significance of Objects Second Module on Collecting and Museums Conclusion Appendix Notes References Chapter 11: Elif Şafak and Her Fiction: Cultural Commodities of the Global Capital Hybridity and The Forty Rules of Love Cosmopolitanism and The Saint of Incipient Insanities Notes References Chapter 12: For/Against the World: Literary Prizes and Political Culture in the “New Turkey” Cultures of Polarization on the World Literary Stage Turkish World Literature under Attack The Rhetorical Neo-Ottoman World of Literature Takeaways for World Literature Notes References Contributors Index