Sömürgeciliğe karşı : Abdülhak Hâmid tiyatrosu
Author
Kebeli, Sevim
Advisor
Mignon, Laurent
Date
2007Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to explore the imperialist context in Abdülhak Hâmid
Tarhan’s (1852-1937) plays, namely Duhter-i Hindû (1876), Finten (1898), Cünûn-ı
Aşk (1925-26), Yabancı Dostlar (1924-25) and Yadigâr-ı Harb (1917), by using
post-colonial theories. In the first chapter, Hâmid’s position towards classical
Ottoman Turkish literature and appropriating new genres from Western literature
was analyzed in relation to the concepts such as “appropriation” and “authenticity”.
Abdülhak Hâmid was trying to combine new genres with classical Ottoman literary
tradition to reach a synthesis.
In the second chapter Duhter-i Hindû was read as a political criticism of British
colonialism. The third chapter focuses on the conflicts between English society and
the people coming from British colonies, and the psychological effects of
colonialism on the colonized people. The intertextual relations between Finten and
Shakespeare’s plays were scrutinized in terms of imperialism.
The last chapter focuses on the cultural effects of imperialism in Cünûn-ı Aşk.
This chapter also deals with the conflict between imperialism and culture which is
apparent in Yadigâr-ı Harb, Yabancı Dostlar and Cünûn-ı Aşk. The thesis concludes
that Abdülhak Hâmid did not only write about political aspects of colonialism but
also emphasized its cultural and psychological effects. The criticism of colonialism
in these plays was limited to the British Empire. Hâmid did not only criticize
colonialism but he also undermined essentialist discourses such as Orientalism.