Talking to the Dead

"Writing always means entering into a dialogue with the past. A novelist finds himself following in the footsteps of previous writers while creating his works, which is a bit like talking to his children." It is something like this. A novelist living in the East inevitably finds himself in a dialogue not only with the past, but also with the West (...) In his creative practice, he is faced with the following dilemma: On the one hand, he wants to remain true to himself and convey his original material in the purest form possible, and on the other hand, he wants only to create it from himself. Saying a new word in the East feels the weight not only of the words previously said, but also of the Western forms in which these words are included. Maybe that's why it's harder than it is in the West." In this book, prepared based on her doctoral thesis, Meltem Gürle sheds light on Oguz Atay's adventure in writing his masterpiece Tutunamayanlar. While Gürle traces the texts of world literature that contributed to the emergence of the novel, he shows how the author transformed them into the language and logic of modernity.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 339

Year of Printing: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 339

First Print Year: 2016

Language Turkish