On The Fetishistic Narrative Of Pamuk’s Novel The Museum Of Innocence | | Posted on:2022-03-15 | Degree:Master | Type:Thesis | | Country:China | Candidate:S S Zhang | Full Text:PDF | | GTID:2545306725488504 | Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature | | Abstract/Summary: | PDF Full Text Request | | As one of the most famous writers in contemporary Turkey and the winner of the Nobel Prize in 2006,Pamuk’s works are well received by the academia for his integration of Eastern and Western civilizations,double writing of history and reality,and beautiful and sentimental brushwork.s concern.This thesis selects his novel "Museum of Innocence" as the research object,focusing on the analysis of the "object narration" in it.Looking back to the history of oppression and obscuration of "things" in the context of Western culture,with the development of capitalist industrial civilization and technology,things gradually occupy the living space of human beings,forcing people to face up to the world of things,Marx’s "materialization",Heidegger Er’s "materiality" and post-humanism both focus on the relationship between people and things.The description of "things" in Pamuk’s works occupies a large proportion.The author himself reflects a certain tendency of "fetishism" in his creation,and projects this tendency to the protagonist in his works.The writing of "fetish objects" to be discussed in this article refers to the fact that the protagonist in the work pours his feelings on related objects due to the absence,trauma or absence of the nostalgic object.Through the symbolization and symbolization of the objects,Eventually,objects become material carriers of spiritual meaning.The "things" narrative refers to the author’s use of objects as the organic subject of the narrative.In his creation,he pays special attention to the detailed description of specific details and objects,burying clues,injecting emotions,and establishing connections in the objects,making it a driving plot.An important factor in the development and completion of atmosphere shaping makes readers and the owner of the book publicly intoxicated in the "halo" attached to the objects.Pamuk’s " fetishism" complex is an elegy to the beauty of loss.In his works,objects are no longer passive,objective,and material,but can also be active,subjective,and spiritual.The thesis is divided into five parts,and the introduction explains the meaning of the topic and the status quo of research.Pamuk’s time for in-depth research at home and abroad is relatively short,showing the characteristics of insufficient translation and introduction,comments over research,and many blanks.The first chapter focuses on text analysis.Through the application and analysis of the "things" theory in the works,it is explored that the world of things in "Museum of Innocence" is already an alienated world,and the love between Kemal and Füsun accompanies it from beginning to end.Struggle and surrender to things,and with the divergence of things,they reach the end;Chapter Two uses Bergson’s theory of time,Proust’s research on memory and other theories,focusing on the analysis of“things” as a medium,Through memory,the past enters the present and becomes eternal in an instant.The protagonist collects objects to carry out "conscious memory".This seemingly innocent memory of love eventually became a kind of almost "religious" emotion,which made Kemal’s life happy in faith;Chapter Three mainly discusses the aesthetic meaning of this kind of object narrative,imitating Islamic miniature painting The characteristic narrative style gives the whole work a delicate charm.The "authenticity" of objects seems to be able to solve the ambivalence of naive and sentimental novelists.In the end,the most direct function of objects is to remind people of the disappearing past,and the feeling of "sorrow" overflows from the pain and happiness of love.Conclusion: The object narration brings a new perspective to the interpretation of "The Museum of Innocence".The objects carry a lot of history in the novel,which is an interpretation of the cultural context at that time.Pamuk’s use of objects to narrate facts is essentially to use objects to regain the memory of history,using memories of love as a form of expression,searching for the lost past and lost culture,recording the past,present and future of Istanbul,and interpreting Pamuk’s views on Istanbul and the future,nostalgia for Turkish culture. | | Keywords/Search Tags: | Pamuk, Museum of Innocence, objects narrative, fetishism, time, memory | PDF Full Text Request | Related items |
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