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SoSe 21: Turkish Literature from the Tanzimat period until today

Börte Sagaster

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Introduction to modern Turkish literature from its beginnings in the Tanzimat period until today. In addition to the course content, selected texts in Turkish will be read. We will approach the topic with reference to historical, social, cultural and political aspects and also take a look at the Turcophone literatures in two of the neighbouring countries of Turkey, Cyprus and Greece, and at the Turcophone literatures of minorities in Turkey. close

Suggested reading

Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, 15 cilt. Istanbul, Iletisim Yayinlari, 1985-1996 (See the chapters of various authors on “Edebiyat” in Vol 3, pp. 579-648, and Vol. 12, pp. 427-448); Göknar, Erdag, “The novel in Turkish: narrative tradition to Nobel prize.” Resat Kasaba (ed.), The Cambridge History of Turkey, Vol. 4: Turkey in the Modern World. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008, 472-503; Kappert, Petra, „Literatur”. Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hg.), Südosteuropa-Handbuch Türkei, Göttingen 1985, 621-649; Necatigil, Behçet, Edebiyatimizda Eserler Sözlügü. Istanbul, 4. Baski, Varlik Yayinlari, 1992; Necatigil, Behçet, Edebiyatimizda Isimler Sözlügü. Istanbul, Varlik Yayinlari, 1971; Paker, Saliha, „Turkey“. Ostle, Robin (ed.), Modern Literature in the Near and Middle East 1850-1970. London, New York, 1991, pp.17-32; Sagaster, Börte, “Die türkische Literatur“, Kritisches Lexikon zur fremdsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur, 3/2011 (Loseblattwerk, München: Text und Kritik), 40 S.; Tanzimat’tan Bugüne Edebiyatçilar Ansiklopedisi, 2 cilt. 3. Baski, Istanbul, Yapi Kredi Yayinlari, 2010 close