The Language Question in Greece From the 18th to the 20th Century and the Invention of the National Person

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Çete, A. (2018). The Language Question in Greece From the 18th to the 20th Century and the Invention of the National Person. Hacettepe University Journal of the Faculty of Letters, 36(1), 85–98. https://doi.org/10.32600/huefd.444472

BibTeX

@article{cete2018language,
  author = {{\c{C}}ete, Asl{\i}},
  title = {{The Language Question in Greece From the 18th to the 20th Century and the Invention of the National Person}},
  journal = {Hacettepe University Journal of the Faculty of Letters},
  volume = {36},
  number = {1},
  pages = {85--98},
  publisher = {Hacettepe {\"U}niversitesi},
  year = {2018},
  month = {7},
  issn = {1301-5737},
  doi = {10.32600/huefd.444472},
  url = {https://hacettepe.hbtech.com.tr/en/publication/18-yuzyildan-20-yuzyila-yunanistanda-dil-sorunu-ve-ulusal-bireyin-icadi},
  language = {tr},
  keywords = {: Greek nationalism, Greek national identity, Language battle, Megali Idea, 19th century},
  abstract = {The main target of the language question in Greek intellectual life, from the late 18th century to the beginning of the20th century, is the invention of the national person. These arguments evolve around three axes: to prove that the Greeknation is the heir of the Ancient Hellenic culture, to prove that it has a European identity and to put the Greek irredentistproject into effect. The language question that preceded Greek national movement is about how to transfer Europeanthought to the Greek community and how to prove the European identity of the Greeks to Europeans. Fundamentallyall of these debates were based on a concept that was essentially created by the sovereign European discourse andcultivated in the sense of slavery-freedom. The Ottoman Empire was perceived as "slavery/yoke" by the 18th centuryGreek intelligentsia. It was necessary to get rid of this "yoke" as soon as possible. It was thought that education issalvation. The fierce debate at the end of the 19th century is predominantly about how the Greek Megali Idea can be realized. According to this discourse, Greece had Greeks who were outside the borders of the state since itsestablishment as a national state and were awaiting "rescue". While the intelligentsia was creating a common codewith the Greeks of Anatolia over the Orthodox sect, it was trying to create another common code with the Orthodoxpopulation of the Balkans on the language. This second group was living in Macedonia, a region that is still troubled.At the end of the 19th century, Greek nationalism undertook the Greekization project of the Orthodox Christian peoplewho lived here and spoke one of the Slavic languages as their mother tongue, by destroying other nationalisms in theregion. Thus they tried to create a common code in language. In this context, both the vernacularists and the archaistswork to achieve a common goal: to create Greeks from the people of this region. This paper will first focus on thelanguage battle between the Greek speaking Orthodox Christian intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire. Then, it willstudy the language debates from the 1880s to the beginning of the 20th century.},
  affiliation = {{\.I}STANBUL {\"U}N{\.I}VERS{\.I}TES{\.I}}
}

RIS

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AB  - The main target of the language question in Greek intellectual life, from the late 18th century to the beginning of the20th century, is the invention of the national person. These arguments evolve around three axes: to prove that the Greeknation is the heir of the Ancient Hellenic culture, to prove that it has a European identity and to put the Greek irredentistproject into effect. The language question that preceded Greek national movement is about how to transfer Europeanthought to the Greek community and how to prove the European identity of the Greeks to Europeans. Fundamentallyall of these debates were based on a concept that was essentially created by the sovereign European discourse andcultivated in the sense of slavery-freedom. The Ottoman Empire was perceived as "slavery/yoke" by the 18th centuryGreek intelligentsia. It was necessary to get rid of this "yoke" as soon as possible. It was thought that education issalvation. The fierce debate at the end of the 19th century is predominantly about how the Greek Megali Idea can be realized. According to this discourse, Greece had Greeks who were outside the borders of the state since itsestablishment as a national state and were awaiting "rescue". While the intelligentsia was creating a common codewith the Greeks of Anatolia over the Orthodox sect, it was trying to create another common code with the Orthodoxpopulation of the Balkans on the language. This second group was living in Macedonia, a region that is still troubled.At the end of the 19th century, Greek nationalism undertook the Greekization project of the Orthodox Christian peoplewho lived here and spoke one of the Slavic languages as their mother tongue, by destroying other nationalisms in theregion. Thus they tried to create a common code in language. In this context, both the vernacularists and the archaistswork to achieve a common goal: to create Greeks from the people of this region. This paper will first focus on thelanguage battle between the Greek speaking Orthodox Christian intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire. Then, it willstudy the language debates from the 1880s to the beginning of the 20th century.
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