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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
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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
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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
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critical apparatus is employed, including texts from Bhabha, Kristeva, Deleuze and
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Guattari, Derrida, Mishra and others. o Selected Contemporary Novels
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The Author u
Adriana Raducanu is Assistant Professor in the English Language and Literature Depart- g
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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
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Adriana Raducanu
Speaking the Language
of the Night
Aspects of the Gothic in
Selected Contemporary Novels
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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
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© Mehmet Korman
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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
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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.
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