The Routledge Introduction to Literary Ottoman [Paperback]

This represents the first modern introduction to literary Ottoman available in English. The author has devised this textbook to provide a course of lessons, readings and exercises to take the student from beginner to intermediate level. The book features numerous readings taken from historiography, historical, literary, journalistic and legal sources from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.

This will be an essential tool for Ottomanists and other scholars in a broad range of academic disciplines that include Ottoman history and literature, language, art, music and architecture of the former empire.

This represents the first modern introduction to literary Ottoman available in English. The author has devised this textbook to provide a course of lessons, readings and exercises to take the student from beginner to intermediate level. The book features numerous readings taken from historiography, historical, literary, journalistic and legal sources from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.

Korkut Bugday is an orientalist and speaker of the department of constitutional protection in the Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia. He also lectures at the University of Hamburg. Jerold C. Frakes has published extensively in the fields of medieval German, Latin, Norse, and Yiddish. His is currently Professor of English, SUNY Buffalo.Introduction, Translator's Preface Chapter 1 1.1 Script and alphabet Chapter 2 2.1 The representation of vowels in words of Turkic origin Chapter 3 3.1 Vowel harmony Text: A Hoca Nasreddin Tale: A Dream Chapter 4 4.1 Infinitive in -mek Text: A Hoca Nasreddm Tale: The Broth of the Broth of the Hare Chapter 5 5.1 Instrumental case Text: The Woman and the Hen; Chapter 6 6.1 Cardinal numbers (Turkish) Text: The Fable of the Lion, the Fox, and the Donkey; Chapter 7 7.1 The generic genitive construction Text:The Story of Ali JinghisI 8.1 The abbreviated accusative Text: The Story of Alilã…