Istanbul 1940 and global modernity : the world according to Auerbach, Tanpınar, and Edib / E. Khayyat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khayyat, E., 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Auerbach, Erich, 1892-1957. Mimesis.

Auerbach, Erich.

Auerbach, Erich, 1892-1957--Criticism and interpretation.

Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi--Criticism and interpretation.

Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi.

Adıvar, Halide Edib, 1885-1964--Criticism and interpretation.

Adıvar, Halide Edib.

Adıvar, Halide Edib, 1885-1964.

Auerbach, Erich, 1892-1957.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Reality in literature.

Mimesis in literature.

Critics.

Literary historians.

Criticism and interpretation.

Turkey--Istanbul.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 257 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland. : Lexington Books, [2019]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction: Comparativism, analogy, and world literature

Part I: How to turn Turk: 1. Auerbach's orients

2. The modern malaise and the figure

Part II: the boat: 3. Islamicate pasts

4. European Turkey and literary modernity

Part III: A wandering Jewess: 5. Edib's spirit

6. Turkey, India and the world

Afterword: The newcomer

Bibliography

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Khayyat, E., 1979- author. Istanbul 1940 and global modernity

ISBN:

9781498585835

1498585833

OCLC:

1057304786

Publisher Number:

40028847059