Melez Bir Söylem: Latin Amerikan Büyülü Gerçekçiliğinden  İngiliz Sömürgecilik Sonrası Dönem Postmodern Romanına

Defne TUTAN

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Melez Bir Söylem: Latin Amerikan Büyülü Gerçekçiliğinden İngiliz Sömürgecilik Sonrası Dönem Postmodern Romanına

Authors:

Defne TUTAN

Publisher:

Selcuk University

Journal:

The Journal of Selcuk University Social Sciences Institute 2016 Issue 36, pp.38-50

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2016

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000791511

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2667-4750

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The aim of this study is to theoretically trace the evolution of Latin American magic realism, of the early 20th century, into the British postcolonial postmodern novel, of the late 20th century. In many contemporary British novels, postmodern narrative strategies and postcolonial subject matter are amalgamated within magic realist frameworks. Through this blending, these novels contribute to the enrichment of both the postmodern and the postcolonial discourses by eliminating the hierarchy between conventional binary oppositions, such as between reality and magic, ‘us’ and ‘them,’ and the West and the East. A unique recontextualization in itself, postcolonial postmodern fabulation enables opening up a hybrid discourse in which alternative representations of  post colonial experiences can be articulated, as well as valued. Yet the fact that the roots of this discourse lie in Latin American magic realism is almost always overlooked. To this end, this study clarifies the close links among these various literary and cultural perspectives to suggest that the resulting discourse, which is essentially hybrid, bridges the postcolonial and the postmodern.

 

The aim of this study is to theoretically trace the evolution of Latin American magic realism, of the early 20th century, into the British postcolonial postmodern novel, of the late 20th century. In many contemporary British novels, postmodern narrative strategies and postcolonial subject matter are amalgamated within magic realist frameworks. Through this blending, these novels contribute to the enrichment of both the postmodern and the postcolonial discourses by eliminating the hierarchy between conventional binary oppositions, such as between reality and magic, ‘us’ and ‘them,’ and the West and the East. A unique recontextualization in itself, postcolonial postmodern fabulation enables opening up a hybrid discourse in which alternative representations of  post colonial experiences can be articulated, as well as valued. Yet the fact that the roots of this discourse lie in Latin American magic realism is almost always overlooked. To this end, this study clarifies the close links among these various literary and cultural perspectives to suggest that the resulting discourse, which is essentially hybrid, bridges the postcolonial and the postmodern.

Article Details

Melez Bir Söylem: Latin Amerikan Büyülü Gerçekçiliğinden İngiliz Sömürgecilik Sonrası Dönem Postmodern Romanına

Authors:

Defne TUTAN

Publisher:

Selcuk University

Journal:

The Journal of Selcuk University Social Sciences Institute 2016 Issue 36, pp.38-50

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2016

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000791511

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2667-4750

Magic Realism

Postcolonialism

Postmodernism

The Novel

Issues

Article Details

Melez Bir Söylem: Latin Amerikan Büyülü Gerçekçiliğinden İngiliz Sömürgecilik Sonrası Dönem Postmodern Romanına

Authors: Defne TUTAN

Publisher: Selcuk University

Journal: The Journal of Selcuk University Social Sciences Institute 2016 Issue 36, pp.38-50

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2016

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000791511

Frequency: Tri-annual

eISSN: 2667-4750

Magic Realism

Postcolonialism

Postmodernism

The Novel

Issues

Authors:

Defne TUTAN

Publisher:

Selcuk University

Journal:

The Journal of Selcuk University Social Sciences Institute 2016 Issue 36, pp.38-50

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2016

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000791511

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2667-4750