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Carnivalizing the Turkish Novel: Oguz Atay's Dialogue with the Canon in the Disconnected by Meltem Guerle (Paperback, 2012)

Oguz Atay's 1971 vel The Disconnected [Tutunamayanlar] is distinctly unique, but it can also be read as a response to Joyce's Ulysses - a singular and a very Turkish response. Any review of The Disconnected begins with the humble ackwledgement of its vast frame of reference, the multiplicity of the voices and styles that it presents, and finally its resistance to being translated into ather language. What makes it interesting for the readers of modern literature, however, is t only the variety of idiosyncrasies and verbal conventions, but also its critical attitude towards Turkey's project of modernity. Drawing on Bakhtin's theory of the vel, this study traces the echoes of carnival laughter in The Disconnected while establishing Atay's work as a world text in dialogue with the masters of the can: Shakespeare, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Joyce, and others.

Place of Publication
Frankfurt AM Main
Issn
0721-3425
Series Part/Volume Number
133
First Published
2012
Series Title
Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Europeennes
Author Biography
Meltem Gurle, assistant professor at Bogazici University (Istanbul), is a comparatist with a particular interest in the relationship of post-1950 Turkish literature to the masterpieces of the West. She earned her advanced degrees in both literature and philosophy. Her fields of research also include nineteenth-century German philosophy, theory of the novel, and the work of James Joyce.
Date of Publication
13/08/2012
Edition Statement
New Edition
Country of Publication
Germany

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