Orientalism and the Male Subject of Turkish Nationalism in the Stories of Ömer Seyfeddin
This article analyses different manifestations of Orientalism in the Turkish author Ömer Seyfeddin's stories. Being a nationalist author, the facets of his relationship with Orientalism range from submission and resistance to a semi-conscious orientalization of the Balkans by means of Orientali...
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Published in | Middle Eastern literatures Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 85 - 99 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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01.04.2008
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Summary: | This article analyses different manifestations of Orientalism in the Turkish author Ömer Seyfeddin's stories. Being a nationalist author, the facets of his relationship with Orientalism range from submission and resistance to a semi-conscious orientalization of the Balkans by means of Orientalistic imagery in his post-Balkan Wars stories. Given the centrality of sexuality to the Orientalist discourse, a close reading of several stories aims to show how Turkish nationalism (as represented by Ömer Seyfeddin's work) adopts and reproduces the power structure and the masculine Subject inherent in Orientalism since it is a derivative of it. Ömer Seyfeddin's designation of the Balkans as Turkey's Orient sheds light on the psychological complexities of a peculiar turn in the critical period of nation formation (1908 - 1922). |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1475-262X 1475-2638 |
DOI: | 10.1080/14752620801896313 |