Biography Series in Turkish: Blending the "Major" with "Minor"

IF 0.4 3区文学 0 LITERATURE

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE STUDIES Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI:10.5325/complitstudies.59.4.0788

Ceyda Elgül

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Abstract

abstract:This article surveys the development and operation of biography in Turkish in light of a selection of publisher's series presented in the region starting from the nineteenth century. In addition to introducing the biography series as gateways for a survey of life-writing activities in the region, the study explores how biographies translated from other languages appear in relation to the biographies that were originally written in Turkish. In this research setting, the terms "minor" and "major" are elaborated in two layers. First, the study interrogates the content of the selected series that embrace individuals from "minor" and "major" regions of the world; and second, it explores whether translation appears as a "minor" activity in these series that remains as an invisible form of textual production. In both contexts, the assets that represent the "minor" and "major" are considered not as active competitors but as the collaborators of the publisher's commercial and social literary agendas.

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土耳其语传记系列：“大”与“小”的交融

本文选取了19世纪以来该地区出版的一系列土耳其语传记，考察了土耳其语传记的发展和运作。除了介绍传记系列作为调查该地区生平写作活动的门户之外，该研究还探讨了从其他语言翻译的传记与最初用土耳其语撰写的传记之间的关系。在本研究背景下，“小调”和“大调”这两个术语分为两层进行阐述。首先，该研究询问了所选系列的内容，这些内容包括来自世界“次要”和“主要”地区的个人;其次，它探讨了翻译是否作为这些系列的“次要”活动而作为文本生产的一种无形形式而存在。在这两种情况下，代表“次要”和“主要”的资产都不被视为活跃的竞争者，而是出版商商业和社会文学议程的合作者。

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期刊介绍： Comparative Literature Studies publishes comparative articles in literature and culture, critical theory, and cultural and literary relations within and beyond the Western tradition. It brings you the work of eminent critics, scholars, theorists, and literary historians, whose essays range across the rich traditions of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. One of its regular issues every two years concerns East-West literary and cultural relations and is edited in conjunction with members of the College of International Relations at Nihon University. Each issue includes reviews of significant books by prominent comparatists.