Making sense of history: narrativity and literariness in the Ottoman Chronicle of Na'ima

The life and career fo Naʻīmā Muṣṭafā Efendi in historical context -- Court chronicles as a genre in the context of Ottoman historiography -- General literary features -- Interpolations -- Analysis of surface structure -- Analysis of the narrative structure -- Creating continuity : the concept...

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Main Author: Şen, Gül (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2022]
Series:The Ottoman Empire and its heritage: Politics, society and economy volume 74
Middle East and Islamic studies e-books online Collection 2022
DOI:10.1163/9789004510418
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Author Notes:by Gül Şen
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Summary:The life and career fo Naʻīmā Muṣṭafā Efendi in historical context -- Court chronicles as a genre in the context of Ottoman historiography -- General literary features -- Interpolations -- Analysis of surface structure -- Analysis of the narrative structure -- Creating continuity : the concept of history -- The concept(s) of Time -- Strategies to cope with experiences of contingency.
"In Making Sense of History: Narrativity and Literariness in the Ottoman Chronicle of Na'ima, Gül Sen offers the first comprehensive analysis of narrativity in the most prominent official Ottoman court chronicle. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines methods from history and literary studies, Sen focuses on the purpose and function of the chronicle-not just what the text says but why Na'ima wrote it and how he shaped the narrated reality on the textual level. As a case study on the literalization of historical material, Making Sense of History provides insights into the historiographical and literary conventions underpinning Na'ima's chronicle and contributes to our understanding of elite mentalities in the early modern Ottoman world by highlighting the author's use of key concepts such as history and time"--
Item Description:Gesehen am 23.09.2022
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISBN:9789004510418
DOI:10.1163/9789004510418