The 1928 Turkish alphabet reform replacing the Perso-Arabic script with the Latin phonetic alphabet is an emblem of Turkish modernization. Grammatology and Literary Modernity in Turkey traces the history of Turkish alphabet and language reform from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, examining its effects on modern Turkish literature. The 1928 Turkish alphabet reform replacing the Perso-Arabic script with the Latin phonetic alphabet is an emblem of Turkish modernization. Grammatology and Literary Modernity in Turkey traces the history of Turkish alphabet and language reform from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, examining its effects on modern Turkish literature. In readings of the novels, essays, and poetry of Ahmed Midhat, Recizade Ekrem,mer Seyfeddin, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar,Peyami Safa, and Nzim Hikmet, Nergis Ertrk argues that modern Turkish literature is profoundly self-conscious of dramatic change in its own historical conditions of possibility. Where literary historiography has sometimes idealized the Turkish language reforms as the culmination of a successful project ofWesternizing modernization, Ertrk suggest a different critical narrative: oneof the consolidation of control over communication, forging a unitary nation and language from a pluralistic and multilingual society. INDICE: Acknowledgments A Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Usage Preface: Nationalism, Comparatism, and the Colonization of the Outside Introduction:, Be or Die: The Stakes of Phonocentrism Part I -- Failed Revolution Chapter One: Words Set Free Chapter Two: The Grammatology of Nationalism Part II -- Other Writings Chapter Three: The Time Regulation Institute: Dwelling in a Mechanized Language Chapter Four: Safa's Translation and Its Remainders Chapter Five: Nz Works Cited Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-974668-2
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 03/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés