ISSN: 2360-7831

 International Journal of English Literature and Culture
 

International Journal of English Literature and Culture

Vol. 8(3), pp. 69-77, April, 2020

 ISSN: 2360-7831

DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2020.050

Review paper

This research paper is focused on Orhan Pamuk's use of multiple character-narrators in his fictional work My Name is Red. The character-narrators express various perspectives regarding different issues to aid the new historical notion of "knowledge as perspective". Characters like Black, Beloved Uncle, Shekure, Husret Hoja, Butterfly, Olive, Dog, Tree, Gold Coin and so on opine ideas countering the canonical notions regarding truth, knowledge, history and so on. Similarly, the recurrent account of historical characters and their exposition of the negative aspects of the past in a fictional work entice the readers to question history. Sultan Murat III's passion for power and miniaturist painters' treacheries to be in a better position unveil the dark side of history to support Nietzschean notion that history is also the record of crimes, passions and follies. Therefore, this research proves that truth, knowledge, history and power are nothing but the definition of power holders, which are one-sided, subjective and changeable

Key Words: knowledge, power, genealogy, history, fictional truth, new historicism  

Cite This Article As: Adhikary RP (2020). Knowledge as Perspective: A Genealogical Study of Pamuk's My Name is Red. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 8(3): 69-77