From Captivity to Liberty: A Study on the Prison Writings of Martin L. King, Ngugi and Soyinka

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dc.authoridEKLER, ONUR/0000-0002-0750-0417
dc.contributor.authorBolat, Eren
dc.contributor.authorEkler, Onur
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:28:15Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:28:15Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractPrisons, like other disciplining apparatuses of the state, are used to reform the prisoners so that they can be re-conditioned back to a set of pre-ordained roles designed in the system. These are places hostile to individuality, freedom, and creativity. They function like rehabilitating institutes to suppress the reactionary or rebellious voices of the prisoners by effacing their individuality under harsh conditions so that they can make them docile bodies. However, this objective fails when the prisoner-intellectuals are of concern. For them, prisons become their shrines where they are overwhelmed by the transformative power of imprisonment. The experience of confinement shapes their perspectives, deepens their commitment to social justice, and fuels their advocacy for change. Although the physical conditions of the prisons hamper their urge to write, they never give up writing. Some write on the prison walls and some on toilet papers. Despite such horrible conditions, they manage to produce their most influential works which can be classified in prison literature. The writings of these prisoner-writers have paved the way for the liberation of colonized/discriminated people in their own countries and in diverse diasporas. Martin L. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail (2018), Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary (1981) and Wole Soyinka's The Man Died: The Prison Notes (1988) are three significant works to be featured in this genre. Through an interdisciplinary approach, this article identifies the distinctive elements and commonalities in the prison writings of King, Ngugi, and Soyinka. This study explores the universal concepts of incarceration, resistance to oppressive systems, and the struggle for freedom as portrayed in the works these writers, and aims to examine how these writers have transformed their works into tools of resistance.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.22559/folklor.2615
dc.identifier.endpage272en_US
dc.identifier.issn1300-7491
dc.identifier.issn2791-6057
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85187638695en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage257en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.2615
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/10815
dc.identifier.volume30en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001229955700001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRector Ciu Cyprus Int Univen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFolklor/Edebiyat-Folklore/Literatureen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectKeywords : prison literatureen_US
dc.subjectoppressionen_US
dc.subjectlibertyen_US
dc.subjectdisobedienceen_US
dc.subjectresilienceen_US
dc.titleFrom Captivity to Liberty: A Study on the Prison Writings of Martin L. King, Ngugi and Soyinkaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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