The Role of the Fantastic Elements as a Social Criticism in Atkinson’s When Will There Be Good News? and Ümit’s The Dervish Gate-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Role of the Fantastic Elements as a Social Criticism in Atkinson’s When Will There Be Good News? and Ümit’s The Dervish Gate

Published:2022-10-20 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2618-6640
Container-title:Black Sea Journal of Public and Social Science
language:en
Short-container-title:BSJ Pub. Soc. Sci.

Author:

ENSARİ Betul¹

Affiliation:

1. İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between the fantastic, trauma, and detective fiction and also explains the role of the fantastic as a medium that unmasks traumatizing events that happened in the past. As resistance to classic detective fiction that shapes the reader`s perception of reality and crime according to male-dominated discourse, Kate Atkinson and Ahmet Ümit elaborate on the question of reality and crime by integrating fantastic elements into their detective novels. This paper suggests that Atkinson and Ümit employ the fantastic to subvert patriarchal cultures by leading the reader to discover silenced narratives and by giving a voice to the marginalized people.

Publisher

Ondokuz Mayis University

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