The Black Book as Parody of Epic

Antakyalioglu Z.

TURKISH STUDIES, cilt.13, sa.4, ss.665-682, 2012 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/14683849.2012.747298
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.665-682
  • İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This essay examines Orhan Pamuk's The Black Book as a parody of epic. Mikhail Bakhtin's, Georg Lukacs' and Walter Benjamin's definitions of novel and its comparison with epic are taken as examples in illustrating how Pamuk molds the two opposing literary traditions in his postmodern fiction. The book is analyzed thoroughly in terms of characters, plot structure and puzzle-like construction in order to illustrate how they function as a parody of epic.