Ferit Orhan Pamuk: Novel, Theory and Practice

Abstract

In literary world there are only few writers who are theorists and creative artists at the same time. But it is a general belief that every creative writer is a theorist whether or not he expresses it separately. Orhan Pamuk, the noble prize winner for literature, is one such writer who has separately delineated on the importance of theory in fiction. His all novels are actually expansion of this thoughts found in his seminal book about fiction titled The Naive and Sentimental Novelist. He believes that creation of imaginary world in fiction is ultimate task of a writer and for the necessary elements of that world he talks in detail in six lectures delivered by him and which ultimately got published in The Naive And Sentimental Novelist. The present work will look into detail about the theory and practice in Pamuk’s art.