Black as A Redeeming Hero in My Name is Red
This article applies Joseph Campbell’s mythological perspective to discuss Black’s character as a redeemer in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name Is Red (2002). This is done through discussing him as a lover whose dialogic interaction with the outside world helps him restore peace and order in an exemplary multic...
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| description | This article applies Joseph Campbell’s mythological perspective to discuss Black’s character as a redeemer in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name Is Red (2002). This is done through discussing him as a lover whose dialogic interaction with the outside world helps him restore peace and order in an exemplary multicultural Ottoman society of the sixteenth century that is suffering gradual disappearance under the pressure of monologic strategies of communication. The strategies include Eastern and Western traditions of painting and a religious anti-painting one which refutes the other two as blasphemous. This investigation challenges the dominant reviews of MNR as a pessimistic political allegory that regrets the disappearance of traditional Turkish cultural identity, and argues that MNR develops an optimistic stand toward cultural formation through detailing Black’s practice of self-understanding and adaptability. Highlighting the notion of life-and-death struggle, this article introduces Black as a reviver whose success is signified through his marital reunion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-478378b789a7430aba8ca711fae660942023-02-19T11:59:48ZengAlzahra UniversityJournal of Language Horizons2588-350X2588-56342023-02-016472610.22051/lghor.2022.37650.15596180Black as A Redeeming Hero in My Name is RedElham Mohammadi Achachelooei0Assistant Professor, English Language Department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.This article applies Joseph Campbell’s mythological perspective to discuss Black’s character as a redeemer in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name Is Red (2002). This is done through discussing him as a lover whose dialogic interaction with the outside world helps him restore peace and order in an exemplary multicultural Ottoman society of the sixteenth century that is suffering gradual disappearance under the pressure of monologic strategies of communication. The strategies include Eastern and Western traditions of painting and a religious anti-painting one which refutes the other two as blasphemous. This investigation challenges the dominant reviews of MNR as a pessimistic political allegory that regrets the disappearance of traditional Turkish cultural identity, and argues that MNR develops an optimistic stand toward cultural formation through detailing Black’s practice of self-understanding and adaptability. Highlighting the notion of life-and-death struggle, this article introduces Black as a reviver whose success is signified through his marital reunion.https://lghor.alzahra.ac.ir/article_6180_9e5dbbb14e6d35edfad66120c4c8a3a7.pdfjoseph campbellorhan pamuksaviordialogismmonologism |
| spellingShingle | Elham Mohammadi Achachelooei Black as A Redeeming Hero in My Name is Red Journal of Language Horizons joseph campbell orhan pamuk savior dialogism monologism |
| title | Black as A Redeeming Hero in My Name is Red |
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| title_sort | black as a redeeming hero in my name is red |
| topic | joseph campbell orhan pamuk savior dialogism monologism |
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