The Sadness of the City/Sadness in the City: The Notion of Hüzün in Orhan Pamuk’s Fiction Cover Image
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Smutek miasta/smutek w mieście. Koncepcja hüzün w prozie Orhana Pamuka
The Sadness of the City/Sadness in the City: The Notion of Hüzün in Orhan Pamuk’s Fiction

Author(s): Filip Ryba
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Aesthetics, Theory of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Orhan Pamuk; hüzün; Istanbul; melancholia; geopoetics

Summary/Abstract: Ryba examines the notion of hüzün in Orhan Pamuk’s fiction with a focus on the historical and linguistic context. He draws on theories of affect as well as memory and postcolonial studies. His aim is to highlight the multidimensionality and functionality of the notionof hüzün, and to make its complexity accessible to Polish readers.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 319-332
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish