|
License Agreement on scientific materials use.
|
|
|
Architectonics of the detective novel “Time of Predatory Birds” (2024) by Ahmet Ümit
|
Mariya Mihaylovna Repenkova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
|
|
Submitted:
January 30, 2025
|
|
Abstract.
The article analyzes the artistic structure of the latest novel by the renowned Turkish writer Ahmet Ümit, “Time of Predatory Birds” (2024). The study argues that this novel is written at the intersection of popular literature (formulas and clichés) and fiction (problematics and psychologism), which determines its unique place within the author’s novelistic paradigm. The detective intrigue revolves around issues relevant to modern Turkey: the special military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces in the southeastern regions of the country, and the illegal oil trade by ISIS bandit groups (an organization recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia) in northern Syria. Furthermore, the detective plot is combined in the novel with the emotional drama of a detective who suddenly lost his wife and daughter. The psychological depth of his character is also enhanced by a new love, which inspires the hero’s coexistence with a desire to start a new life. The aim of the study is to prove that, in terms of its architectonic features, this novel fits within the author’s detective paradigm. The article analyzes the plot and compositional features of the novel, focusing on plot collisions and the system of imagery. The scientific originality of the research lies in the fact that A. Ümit’s novel under consideration is becoming an object of analytical study in Russian Turkic literary criticism for the first time. For the first time, this novelistic structure is analyzed from the perspective of formulas and clichés that manifest at the problematic-thematic, temporal, and imagistic-character levels, which gives an idea of the author’s very special style (“a writer for his own circle”), distinguishing A. Ümit from other representatives of contemporary Turkish detective fiction. As a result, it is proven that the poetics and plot of the work correlate with the genre of the intellectual detective story, which A. Ümit is pioneering in Turkey.
|
Key words and phrases:
массовая литература
беллетристика
детективный роман
Ахмет Умит
роман «Время хищных птиц»
popular literature
fiction
detective novel
Ahmet Ümit
novel “Time of Predatory Birds”
|
|
Open
the whole article in PDF format. Free PDF-files viewer can be downloaded here.
|
|
References:
- Азарова Ю. Средства художественной выразительности в детективной прозе Ахмета Умита. М.: ИСАА МГУ, 2012.
- Купина Н. А., Литовская М. А., Николина Н. А. Массовая литература сегодня: учебное пособие. М.: Флинта; Наука, 2010.
- Ларионова Е. И. Современная турецкая литературная сказка: типология и эволюция жанра: автореф. дисс. … к. филол. н. М., 2008.
- Репенкова М. М. Сюжетные коллизии детективного романа Ахмета Умита «Народ» (2006) // Филологические науки. Вопросы теории и практики. 2024. Т. 17. Вып. 7.
- Репенкова М. М. Турецкая литература на рубеже ХХ-XXI веков (основные парадигмы). М.: Наука; Вост. лит., 2016.
- Черняк М. А. Массовая литература ХХ века: учебное пособие. М.: Флинта; Наука, 2009.
- Bayram E. G. Türkiye’de Polisiye Roman: Osman Aysu Romanları. Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Ankara, 2004.
- Çelik D. Y. 1980 Sonrası Türk Edebiyatın’da Polisiye Roman. Ankara: Dünya Kitapları, 2010.
- Esen N. Modern Türk Edebiyatı üzerine okumalar. İstanbul: İletişim, 2006.
- Gezer H. Türk Edebiyatında Polisiye Roman Ve Ahmet Ümit’in Polisiye Roman Kurguları. Yüksek Lisans Tezi. İsparta: Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Yayımlanmış, 2006.
- Ünlü F. Polisiye Edebiyatın Babası. 03.06.2012. https://www.sabah.com.tr/yazarlar/pazar/ferhat-unlu/2012/06/03/polisiye-edebiyatin-babasi
- Üyepazarcı E. Korkmayınız Mister Sherlock Holmes! İstanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık, 2008.
- Yalçın-Çelik S. Dilek. 1980 Sonrası Türk Edebiyatın’da Polisiye Roman. Ankara: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları, 2010.
|
|
