THE RISE OF ISLAMIC NOVELS IN TURKISH LITERATURE: TRANSFORMING TO CONTINUE, CONTINUING TO TRANSFORM
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https://doi.org/10.46991/jos.2023.24.2.389Keywords:
Islam, Westernization, Conversion, Turkish Literature, Muslim, Modernization, Headscarf, "The right way"Abstract
Islamic themes have always been present in the literature of the Tanzimat and in Turkish novels of the early Republican period. However, since the late 1960s, a peculiar trend of Islamic novels has been formed in Turkish literature. These novels, collectively called "The right way novels", were the result of the rise of the Islamic movements of the 80s and took on the mission of educating society in an "Islamic way". These novels, especially in the 1990s, were in great demand, becoming the bestsellers of that time. The mentioned novels are texts devoid of aesthetic qualities, set out in simple sentences, the plot of which is the struggle of modern Islamic and pro-Western characters, the "conversion" of pro-Western heroines in love with ideal Muslim heroes, the stories of young girls expelled from educational institutions, socio-political structures who were discriminated against because of wearing a headscarf. In this sense, Islamic novels are an important source of the emotional repertoire of Islamism, since in modern Turkey novels apprise about Muslims, their lives, elections and feelings, not limited to their description, also contributing to the formation of a new Islamic identity.
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