The Armenian Genocide in the Kurdish Novel: Restructuring Identity through Collective Memory
Adnan Çelik and Ergin Öpengin · 2020
Catalogue summary
Focusing on five novels written in Kurdish, the study traces how authors engage Armenia's 1915 destruction and its aftermath. It connects literary motifs, including pre-genocide coexistence and Islamized Armenians, to debates about memory, responsibility, and accountability.
Why this matters
It supports a nuanced reading of Kurdish literary memory that recognizes acknowledgement while retaining questions of responsibility and selective remembrance.
Citation
Adnan Çelik and Ergin Öpengin 2020. The Armenian Genocide in the Kurdish Novel: Restructuring Identity through Collective Memory. European journal of Turkish studies. https://doi.org/10.4000/ejts.5291
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