Drafts by Clarissa Barton
Relations between Rum/Greeks and Ottomans/Turks in two historical novels by Y. Kalpouzos, 2020
This dissertation (written in Greek) discusses relations between Greeks ("Rum") and Turks ("Ottom... more This dissertation (written in Greek) discusses relations between Greeks ("Rum") and Turks ("Ottomans") in two historical novels by contemporary Greek author Yiannis Kalpouzos: "Ιμαρέτ" ("Imaret" - published 2008) and "Άγιοι και δαίμονες" ("Saints and Demons" - published 2011), both of which focus on the 19th century Ottoman Empire. "Άγιοι και δαίμονες" covers the period 1808 to 1831, around the Greek War of Independence, and takes place mainly in Constantinople, but also in Chios and the Black Sea area. "Ιμαρέτ" (the term designates the hostelries for travellers in or near Ottoman towns, which also served as orphanages and shelters for the poor) takes place between 1854 and 1882 in Arta, a town in Epirus annexed to Greece in 1881. The two novels, based on in-depth historical research, depict a broad and realistic spectrum of friendly, neighbourly, indifferent, hostile and murderous relations between the two communities, which lived separate but intertwined lives for centuries.
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Drafts by Clarissa Barton