Reinventing the Doctrine of Self in Orhan Pamuk’s The Black Book & The New Life

Orhan Pamuk who gave a new identity to Turkish Literature has triggered the ignition for avant garde writing in Turkish main stream fiction. His novels have amplified the frame of reference on post modernism. The protagonist Galip in “The Black Book” and Osman in “ The New Life” discover their identity in their doppelganger. Galip a Lawyer goes in search of his cousin Celal and his wife Ruya takes on the identity of Celal and becomes a star Columnist. Osman goes in search of Mehemet who eventually takes on the identity of Mehemet and becomes a member in Mehemet’s family. During the search they confront lot of revelations and their real self which makes them identify themselves with their doppelganger. Both the protagonist learn the doctrine behind their identity, for Galip while reading the columns of Celal and for Osman the journey through the streets of Istanbul. It is the zeal to attain selfdom which assuages Galip and Osman to reinvent the doctrine of self in their doppelganger Celal and Mehemet.