%0 Journal Article
%T B£¿TK£¿N RUHUMA B£¿RAZ M¨¹Z£¿K FISILDA: AHMET HAMD£¿ TANPINAR¡¯IN HUZUR ADLI ROMANINDA M¨¹Z£¿£¿£¿N £¿£¿LEV£¿
%A Fato£¿ I£¿£¿l BRITTEN
%J -
%D 2018
%X As a novelist, poet and as a literary critic Ahmet Hamdi Tanp£¿nar (1901-1962) has been an influential figure in Turkish literature. His novels display a number of characteristics such as an interest in Ottoman history and culture, as well as criticism of rapid Westernization. In that respect, Tanp£¿nar¡¯s prominent novel Huzur(A Mind at Peace), which was first published in 1949 is no exception. Even though Huzur contains a multi-layered structure, this study argues that music emerges as its most central theme. Tanp£¿nar¡¯s emphasis on it is so explicit that music, especially classical Ottoman music, contributes very actively to the plot. Tanp£¿nar chooses to privilege the art of music, particularly in its classical Ottoman guise, over other art forms.Huzur is essentially a eulogy to music, Turkish music in particular. What is striking in Huzur is that it presents all its other themes, such as Turkish national identity and ¡®the East-West problematic¡¯, through the lenses of music. In other words, music functions like a glue that holds every component of the novel together
%K Tanp£¿nar
%K Huzur
%K Muzik
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/ibadjournal/issue/36797/419372