Making Sense of History Narrativity and Literariness in the Ottoman Chronicle of Naʿīm&#257

In Making Sense of History: Narrativity and Literariness in the Ottoman Chronicle of Nam, Gül en 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, en focuses on the purpose and function of the chroniclenot just what the text says but why Nam 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 Nams chronicle and contributes to our understanding of elite mentalities in the early modern Ottoman world by highlighting the authors use of key concepts such as history and time.

About the author

Gül en, (Ph.D. 2012, Habil. 2021, University of Bonn), is Interim Professor of Middle Eastern Studies (Turkish, Persian), University of Heidelberg. She has published books and articles on Ottoman history and historiography.

Product details

• Authors: &, Gül 350;En
• Publisher: Brill
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.07.2022
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918
• EAN: 9789004510401
• ISBN: 978-90-04-51040-1
• Pages: 390
• Dimensions (packing): 16.3 x 23.9 x 2.7 cm
• Weight (packing): 710 g
• Series: Ottoman Empire and Its Heritag > 74
• Subjects: Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Osmanisches Reich, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Historiography, History - General History, HISTORY / Renaissance, 17. Jahrhundert (ca. 1600 bis ca. 1699), 16. Jahrhundert (ca. 1500 bis ca. 1599)