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"Истанбул" от Орхан Памук - западният поглед
Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk - The Western Gaze

Author(s): Elena Getova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Cultural Essay
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: The Book of Passages; Walter Benjamin; Istanbul; Orhan Pamuk; “Western gaze”
Summary/Abstract: The paper traces the possible parallels between Walter Benjamin’s Book of Passages and Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk. The conclusions lead to identifying a search for the “Western gaze” as a narrative model for constructing the personal world of memory in the novel by the Turkish narrator.