Tracing Authorly Dots in Graham Greene and Murat Gülsoy's Short Stories
International Studies in the Field of World Languages and Literatures-1, Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sudan Altun, Editör, EĞİTİM YAYINEVİ, Ankara, ss.205-220, 2026
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Yayınevi: EĞİTİM YAYINEVİ
- Basıldığı Şehir: Ankara
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.205-220
- Editörler: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sudan Altun, Editör
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Readers enjoy a
good read either by their favourite writer or by a newly discovered author
which may lead them to regret their former ignorance of certain literary works.
While taking pleasure of cosily settling in the fictitious or realistic world
of the literary work one also might unintentionally try to figure out what
parts of the plot represent reality or through which story characters the
writer is allowing a sneak-peek of their own world or their own writerly
personality. In other words, does the work itself reflect certain
characteristics of the writer itself. This curiosity is alleviated if as a
reader one is somewhat familiar with the author’s background or literary style.
According to some experts “fictional characters … have more than a bit of the
creator” (Houghton, n.d.) in them; whereas for others the writer may employ
autobiographical details while also disregarding reality itself since a good
text is so much more than containing autobiographical details only (Zileli
& Zileli, n.d.). Undoubtedly, whatever amount of reality and fiction is
included, it is a fact that the writer has a difficult job of deploying both
elements with a touch of literary craftsmanship which is a natural outcome of
discipline and hard work (Kırılmış, 2022, p.70). With regard to a probe into a
divide of the real and the fictional, the writerly expertise of both Graham
Greene and Murat Gülsoy will be explored in a comparative manner. The main aim
of this paper is to do a close reading of the short stories “The Invisible
Japanese Gentlemen” and “Yazarın Belleği” respectively to claim that both
writers have crafted a mixture of reality and fiction to create stories and
characters that employ autobiographical details whilst also deliberately
abstaining from leaving personally traceable reality breadcrumbs. These two
writerly personalities clearly demonstrate that one’s self employs the ancient
act of writing as a means to reach their deeper inner world (Humphries, 1997,
p.136) while also allowing their readers to accompany them.