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Erdag Göknar

Erdag Göknar

Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
goknar@duke.edu
2204 Erwin Road, Rm. 234, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708-0414
2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27708
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Scholarly Works - Books

Nomadologies

Book · April 11, 2017 Moments lived between Turkey and America come together in this debut collection by the award-winning translator of Orhan Pamuk. ... Cite

Orhan Pamuk, secularism and blasphemy: The politics of the Turkish novel

Book · January 1, 2013 Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy is the first critical study of all of Pamuk’s novels, including the early untranslated work.In 2005 Orhan Pamuk was charged with "insulting Turkishness" under Article 301 of the Turkish penal code. Eighteen months late ... Full text Cite

A Mind at Peace

Book · March 22, 2011 A Mind at Peace, originally published in 1949 is a magnum opus, a Turkish Ulysses and a lyrical homage to Istanbul. ... Cite

Earth and Ashes

Book · August 10, 2010 Atiq Rahimi, whose reputation for writing war stories of immense drama and intimacy began with this, his first novel, has managed to condense centuries of Afghan history into a short tale of three very different generations. ... Cite

My Name Is Red

Book · 2010 Their task: to illuminate the work in the European style. ... Cite

Mediterranean passages readings from Dido to Derrida

Book · October 2008 The Mediterranean is the meeting point of three continents-Asia, Africa, and Europe-as well as three major monotheistic religions-Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. ... Cite