Games of make-believe as a form of communication in Burhan Sönmez’s İstanbul İstanbul

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Games of make-believe as a form of communication in Burhan Sönmez’s İstanbul İstanbul

Authors:

N.A.

Publisher:

Yakup YILMAZ

Main Topics:

Türkiye Sahası Yeni Türk Edebiyatı

Journal:

RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue Ö13, pp.486-495

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

10/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001302047

pISSN:

2148-7782

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 The contemporary Turkish novelist Burhan Sönmezs third novel İstanbul İstanbul 2015 is primarily a narrative about the power of storytelling in a life-threatening context. Four prisoners try hard to overcome the painful flow of time in their underground cell through recounting, remembering, and reconstructing stories. By connecting the four totally strange characters together, storytelling alleviates their agony and distress through enabling them to find relief in the alternative worlds andor realities. As it is mainly argued in this paper, the prisoners storytelling activity depends on their games of make-believe which are used as the primary means of communication among them. Through their pretence, the prisoner-narrators replace the horrible reality of the cell with the pleasant alternative realities of the storyworlds they recount. Thus, by referring to Kendall Waltons theory of Games of Make-Believe, the present paper tries to show how by acting as props the recounted stories in Sönmezs İstanbul İstanbul are used as the means of communication to evoke the readers emotional response and encourage their active participation in the characters mimetic pretence.

 The contemporary Turkish novelist Burhan Sönmezs third novel İstanbul İstanbul 2015 is primarily a narrative about the power of storytelling in a life-threatening context. Four prisoners try hard to overcome the painful flow of time in their underground cell through recounting, remembering, and reconstructing stories. By connecting the four totally strange characters together, storytelling alleviates their agony and distress through enabling them to find relief in the alternative worlds andor realities. As it is mainly argued in this paper, the prisoners storytelling activity depends on their games of make-believe which are used as the primary means of communication among them. Through their pretence, the prisoner-narrators replace the horrible reality of the cell with the pleasant alternative realities of the storyworlds they recount. Thus, by referring to Kendall Waltons theory of Games of Make-Believe, the present paper tries to show how by acting as props the recounted stories in Sönmezs İstanbul İstanbul are used as the means of communication to evoke the readers emotional response and encourage their active participation in the characters mimetic pretence.

 The contemporary Turkish novelist Burhan Sönmezs third novel İstanbul İstanbul 2015 is primarily a narrative about the power of storytelling in a life-threatening context. Four prisoners try hard to overcome the painful flow of time in their underground cell through recounting, remembering, and reconstructing stories. By connecting the four totally strange characters together, storytelling alleviates their agony and distress through enabling them to find relief in the alternative worlds andor realities. As it is mainly argued in this paper, the prisoners storytelling activity depends on their games of make-believe which are used as the primary means of communication among them. Through their pretence, the prisoner-narrators replace the horrible reality of the cell with the pleasant alternative realities of the storyworlds they recount. Thus, by referring to Kendall Waltons theory of Games of Make-Believe, the present paper tries to show how by acting as props the recounted stories in Sönmezs İstanbul İstanbul are used as the means of communication to evoke the readers emotional response and encourage their active participation in the characters mimetic pretence.

 The contemporary Turkish novelist Burhan Sönmezs third novel İstanbul İstanbul 2015 is primarily a narrative about the power of storytelling in a life-threatening context. Four prisoners try hard to overcome the painful flow of time in their underground cell through recounting, remembering, and reconstructing stories. By connecting the four totally strange characters together, storytelling alleviates their agony and distress through enabling them to find relief in the alternative worlds andor realities. As it is mainly argued in this paper, the prisoners storytelling activity depends on their games of make-believe which are used as the primary means of communication among them. Through their pretence, the prisoner-narrators replace the horrible reality of the cell with the pleasant alternative realities of the storyworlds they recount. Thus, by referring to Kendall Waltons theory of Games of Make-Believe, the present paper tries to show how by acting as props the recounted stories in Sönmezs İstanbul İstanbul are used as the means of communication to evoke the readers emotional response and encourage their active participation in the characters mimetic pretence.

Article Details

Games of make-believe as a form of communication in Burhan Sönmez’s İstanbul İstanbul

Authors:

N.A.

Publisher:

Yakup YILMAZ

Main Topics:

Türkiye Sahası Yeni Türk Edebiyatı

Journal:

RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue Ö13, pp.486-495

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

10/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001302047

pISSN:

2148-7782

Storytelling

games of make-believe

fictionality

Burhan Sönmez

İstanbul İstanbul

Issues

Article Details

Games of make-believe as a form of communication in Burhan Sönmez’s İstanbul İstanbul

Authors: N.A.

Publisher: Yakup YILMAZ

Main Topics: Türkiye Sahası Yeni Türk Edebiyatı

Journal: RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue Ö13, pp.486-495

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 10/2023

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001302047

pISSN: 2148-7782

Storytelling

games of make-believe

fictionality

Burhan Sönmez

İstanbul İstanbul

Issues

Authors:

N.A.

Publisher:

Yakup YILMAZ

Main Topics:

Türkiye Sahası Yeni Türk Edebiyatı

Journal:

RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue Ö13, pp.486-495

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

10/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001302047

pISSN:

2148-7782