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u n a c u d a R Adriana Raducanu Adriana Raducanu Speaking the Language of the Night This study contributes to the emerging field of Global Gothic. It focuses on the sur- Speaking the Language vival and evolution of Gothic subgenres and tropes in selected contemporary novels, produced in geographies and histories far away from its Western cradle. Some Gothic t features identified as universal such as the relationship between space and character, h g of the Night the sublime, the process of Othering, uncanny doubles and the dissolution of identity i are explored. This study maintains that the novels under scrutiny, written by a wide N variety of authors such as Adiga, Desai, Ishiguro, Müller, Pamuk, Roberts and Rushdie, e facilitate a fruitful dialogue between West and East under the sign of Gothic. A diverse h Aspects of the Gothic in t critical apparatus is employed, including texts from Bhabha, Kristeva, Deleuze and f Guattari, Derrida, Mishra and others. o Selected Contemporary Novels e g a The Author u Adriana Raducanu is Assistant Professor in the English Language and Literature Depart- g n ment of Yeditepe University, Istanbul. She teaches English and Comparative Literature a and has published on contemporary Gothic novels, Jungian criticism, postcolonial and L gender studies. e h t g n i k a e p S ISBN 978-3-631-62803-4 www.peterlang.com Adriana Raducanu - 978-3-653-99834-4 Downloaded from PubFactory at 05/20/2021 06:42:43AM via Victoria University of Wellington 262803_Raducanu_AM A5Br PLA research new.indd 1 19.02.14 14:32 u n a c u d a R Adriana Raducanu Adriana Raducanu Speaking the Language of the Night This study contributes to the emerging field of Global Gothic. It focuses on the sur- Speaking the Language vival and evolution of Gothic subgenres and tropes in selected contemporary novels, produced in geographies and histories far away from its Western cradle. Some Gothic t features identified as universal such as the relationship between space and character, h g of the Night the sublime, the process of Othering, uncanny doubles and the dissolution of identity i are explored. This study maintains that the novels under scrutiny, written by a wide N variety of authors such as Adiga, Desai, Ishiguro, Müller, Pamuk, Roberts and Rushdie, e facilitate a fruitful dialogue between West and East under the sign of Gothic. A diverse h Aspects of the Gothic in t critical apparatus is employed, including texts from Bhabha, Kristeva, Deleuze and f Guattari, Derrida, Mishra and others. o Selected Contemporary Novels e g a The Author u Adriana Raducanu is Assistant Professor in the English Language and Literature Depart- g n ment of Yeditepe University, Istanbul. She teaches English and Comparative Literature a and has published on contemporary Gothic novels, Jungian criticism, postcolonial and L gender studies. e h t g n i k a e p S Adriana Raducanu - 978-3-653w-w99w8.p3e4t-e4rlang.com Downloaded from PubFactory at 05/20/2021 06:42:43AM via Victoria University of Wellington Speaking the Language of the Night Adriana Raducanu - 978-3-653-99834-4 Downloaded from PubFactory at 05/20/2021 06:42:43AM via Victoria University of Wellington Adriana Raducanu - 978-3-653-99834-4 Downloaded from PubFactory at 05/20/2021 06:42:43AM via Victoria University of Wellington Adriana Raducanu Speaking the Language of the Night Aspects of the Gothic in Selected Contemporary Novels Adriana Raducanu - 978-3-653-99834-4 Downloaded from PubFactory at 05/20/2021 06:42:43AM via Victoria University of Wellington Bibliographic Information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Raducanu, Adriana, 1969- Speaking the Language of the Night : Aspects of the Gothic in Selected Contemporary Novels / Adriana Raducanu. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-3-631-62803-4 1. Gothic fiction (Literary genre)–History and criticism. 2. Gothic revival (Literature)–History and criticism. I. Title. PN3435.R33 2014 809.3'876--dc23 2014000374 Cover illustration: © Mehmet Korman ISBN 978-3-631-62803-4 (Print) E-ISBN 978-3-653-02858-4 (E-Book) DOI 10.3726/978-3-653-02858-4 © Peter Lang GmbH Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Frankfurt am Main 2014 All rights reserved. PL Academic Research is an Imprint of Peter Lang GmbH. Peter Lang – Frankfurt am Main ∙ Bern ∙ Bruxelles ∙ New York ∙ Oxford ∙ Warszawa ∙ Wien All parts of this publication are protected by copyright. Any utilisation outside the strict limits of the copyright law, without the permission of the publisher, is forbidden and liable to prosecution. This applies in particular to reproductions, translations, microfilming, and storage and processing in electronic retrieval systems. www.peterlang.com Adriana Raducanu - 978-3-653-99834-4 Downloaded from PubFactory at 05/20/2021 06:42:43AM via Victoria University of Wellington Contents Acknowledgements ................................................................................................7 Introduction ............................................................................................................9 Tales of Labyrinths – The White Tiger and the Postcolonial Metamorphosis of Gothic ....................................................................................25 From Behind the Iron Curtain: Herta Müller’s Female Gothic ...........................47 Lost in Bombay and Istanbul: Urban Gothic in Gregory David Roberts’ Shantaram and Orhan Pamuk’s The Black Book ........................75 Blurring Boundaries in Never Let Me Go ..........................................................109 The Sublime of the Intimate Others: Salman Rushdie’s Shame ........................129 Refracting Spaces in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Anita Desai’s Fire on the Mountain ...................................................................151 Bibliography ......................................................................................................175 Index ..................................................................................................................193 5 Adriana Raducanu - 978-3-653-99834-4 Downloaded from PubFactory at 05/20/2021 06:42:43AM via Victoria University of Wellington Adriana Raducanu - 978-3-653-99834-4 Downloaded from PubFactory at 05/20/2021 06:42:43AM via Victoria University of Wellington Acknowledgements Speaking the Language of the Night would have not been possible without many discussions with friends and colleagues at different stages in its preparation. Among them special thanks are due to my close friend and colleague Dr. Catherine MacMillan who helped define many of the approaches taken. Other colleagues at Yeditepe University, among them Dr. Charles Sabatos, Dr. Fiona Tomkinson, Prof. Dr. Oğuz Cebeci and Prof. Dr. Mediha Göbenli offered precious advice in the course of writing this book. Thanks are also due to my friend and former colleague Kim Laykin who did the proofreading and Mehmet Korman, my talented MA student who helped me with the design of the cover. Other friends and colleagues whose professional achievements over the years have constituted a most valuable incentive for this book include Prof. Dr. Pia Brinzeu, Prof. Dr. Reghina Dascal and Prof. Dr. Süheyla Artemel. Many thanks to Dr. Andrew Hock Soon Ng, whose professional and friendly support has made it possible for me to carry on when it seemed impossible to do so. His sharp critical insights have proved my most significant inspiration. I would also like to express my gratitude to the editorial team at Peter Lang for their professionalism and assistance. Special thanks are due to Cem, for the gift of love (as well as unfailing technical support), my father and Aurelia who always encouraged me and expressed their enthusiasm for this project. This book is dedicated to them. 7 Adriana Raducanu - 978-3-653-99834-4 Downloaded from PubFactory at 05/20/2021 06:42:43AM via Victoria University of Wellington Adriana Raducanu - 978-3-653-99834-4 Downloaded from PubFactory at 05/20/2021 06:42:43AM via Victoria University of Wellington
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