REFLECTIONS OF THE MARSHALL AID AND THE USA:  FAKIR BAYKURT’S AMERIKAN SARGISI (AMERICAN BANDAGE)

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REFLECTIONS OF THE MARSHALL AID AND THE USA: FAKIR BAYKURT’S AMERIKAN SARGISI (AMERICAN BANDAGE)

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Yayıncı:

Istanbul Aydin University

Ana Başlıklar:

Edebiyat

Dergi:

International Journal of Media Culture and Literature 2021 Vol.7 Issue 1, pp.43-59

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000719335

Sıklık:

Aylık

eISSN:

2667-8403

pISSN:

2149-5475

Özet:

 

This paper is an attempt to analyze how American involvement in Turkey through the Marshall Plan is ironically and satirically explored through the feelings and ideas of the villagers in Fakir Baykurt’s novel Amerikan Sargısı (American Bandage). The novel is set in an important era in Turkish history when the Democrat Party ruled the country and accepted the Marshall Plan, officially named the European Recovery Program within the scope of which Turkey was provided with assistance. Baykurt keeps reminding nationalism from his ideological perspective and the value of national sources including the culture and values. For this reason, he uses the local dialect to emphasize the importance of maintaining Turkish national identity from the risk of dissolution in the American culture. He sees the Marshall Aid as a threat to the national values and independence of the country. In this paper, the major ideas of developmentalism and dependency theories help explore the novel. In the paper, a brief theoretical look at the Marshall Plan and the Party era is presented with a discussion of the novel under the light of these two theories.

Makale detayları

REFLECTIONS OF THE MARSHALL AID AND THE USA: FAKIR BAYKURT’S AMERIKAN SARGISI (AMERICAN BANDAGE)

Yazarlar: Figun DİNÇER

Yayıncı: Istanbul Aydin University

Ana Başlıklar: Edebiyat

Dergi: International Journal of Media Culture and Literature 2021 Vol.7 Issue 1, pp.43-59

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000719335

Sıklık: Aylık

eISSN: 2667-8403

pISSN: 2149-5475

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Yazarlar:

Figun DİNÇER

Yayıncı:

Istanbul Aydin University

Ana Başlıklar:

Edebiyat

Dergi:

International Journal of Media Culture and Literature 2021 Vol.7 Issue 1, pp.43-59

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000719335

Sıklık:

Aylık

eISSN:

2667-8403

pISSN:

2149-5475