A Panel of Experts: "Turkish Literature & Culture in Translation, Remembering Rumi” May 8, 2007

Bringing together leading experts on Turkish literature, which reflects a rich tradition of 1,500 years ranging from oral epics in Central Asia, such as the Dede Korkut of the Oghuz Turks, and the Manas epic of the Kyrgyz people, to the Divan and Folk literatures of the Ottoman Empire, the panel will focus on a series of topics that have dominated the academic discourse in Turkish literature. These topics are namely the 13th-century Sufi literature and mystical poems of Mevlana Jelalludin Rumi in recognition of the 2007 International Year of Rumi as designated by UNESCO; the themes of East and West in Turkish literature ranging from the Orhon inscriptions to Orhan Pamuk, the winner of the Nobel Literature Prize for 2006; the repercussions of political and social aspects of modernism in Ottoman and Republican Turkish literature; reflections of literature and society; comparative aspects of Turkish and Arabic literature; and contemporary Turkish literature.
The panelists are Prof. David C. Cuthell, Prof. Sibel Erol (Moderator), Prof. Edward Foster, Frances Kazan and Murat Nemet-Nejat.

Free Admission
ORGANIZATION: Moon and Stars Project
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