Nâmık Kemal and His Utopian Dream about Freedom

dc.authorscopusid57224584255
dc.authorscopusid57224569159
dc.contributor.authorEdman, Timuçin Buğra
dc.contributor.authorGözen, Hacer
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-26T11:58:14Z
dc.date.available2023-07-26T11:58:14Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentDÜ, Eğitim Fakültesi, Yabancı Diller Eğitimi Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractBorn in 1840, Nâmık Kemal left his mark on Turkish and world literature. He was one of the pioneers of the Ottoman Reform era. Due to Nâmık Kemal's pioneering endeavors and his writings that purported to enlighten the society and expostulate on the political descension occurring during his time under the rule of Abdulaziz, the 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Kemal was twice sent into exile. During these exiles, he deepened his knowledge and academic background further, explored new worlds, and wrote Dream. This study deduces how, in contrast to its apparent meaning, Nâmık Kemal's choice of title for his “utopia” was meant to suggest a sarcastic condition, indeed one that he might have intentionally created while he was ostracized in Famagusta, Cyprus. Nâmık Kemal's utopia, Dream, consists of a “dream” that he claims to have had while in a mansion overlooking Bosphorus in Istanbul. Dream, in an ironic way, is actually Nâmık Kemal's collection of thoughts designed to agitate the Ottoman nation. This study subsumes Dream as a euchronia or a homotopical utopia that portrays a better society created in the same place in Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire. The study also reveals how Nâmık Kemal posited the social and local environments in Dream with the intent to influence future political, cultural, and social connotations and reasoning in his contemporary world. Through a comparative study of history and literature, this essay thus propounds how Nâmık Kemal actually intended to “shake” the people to awaken them from their long-lasting irresponsible sleep. © 2021 ELLAKen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.15794/jell.2021.67.2.001
dc.identifier.endpage238en_US
dc.identifier.issn1016-2283
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85125867215en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage213en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15794/jell.2021.67.2.001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/13437
dc.identifier.volume67en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.institutionauthorEdman, Timuçin Buğra
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEnglish Language and Literature Association of Koreaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of English Language and Literatureen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmz$2023V1Guncelleme$en_US
dc.subjectDreamen_US
dc.subjectDystopiaen_US
dc.subjectNâmık Kemalen_US
dc.subjectOttoman empireen_US
dc.subjectUtopiaen_US
dc.titleNâmık Kemal and His Utopian Dream about Freedomen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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