Janet Afary and Kamran Afary, Molla Nasreddin: The Making of a Modern Trickster (1906-1911)

Authors : Sarp KURGAN

Pages : 259-262

Doi:10.18589/oa.1225469

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Publication Date : 2022-12-31

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :The trickster figure is a common cultural feature globally. A not-so-pious Muslim cleric, with foolish deeds and clever sayings, Nasreddin insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Nasreddin Hoca in Turkish, Molla Nasreddin in Farsi, and Joha in Arabic); has been the most popular folk character and trickster figure in the Middle East for centuries. Molla Nasreddin: The Making of a Modern Trickster insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1906-1911); investigates how a cartoon journal in South Caucasus, Molla Nasreddin, reproduced the trickster figure as a medium of social criticism, and how it reimagined “both the name and the persona of the trickster for modern political satire” to “disseminate a progressive discourse on power, religion, class, and gender”.
Keywords : Nasreddin Hoca, Molla Nasreddin, Joha