NEW JOURNALISM AND TRUMAN CAPOTE’S IN COLD BLOOD

Authors : Murat Göç

Pages : 181-187

Doi:10.30794/pausbed.1446015

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Publication Date : 2024-07-22

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :New Journalism was a response to the new competitive situation brought about by the new forms of narration in the postwar era introduced by the mass media besides being the successor of a long-term American tradition in literature. Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood (1966) is often considered to be a magnum opus of New Journalism, which attracted considerable attention in terms of the aesthetic and theoretical questions it raised. This article mainly scrutinizes the possibilities of fictionalizing the reality and of the capability of the author to offer a new form of writing reconciling the mass-mediated forms of narration and aesthetics of conventional fiction with references to the Capote’s efforts to transform literary aesthetics.
Keywords : Yeni Habercilik, Gerçekçi Kurgu, Amerikan Edebiyatı, Edebi Estetik