YAPRAK DÖKÜMÜ VE KİRALIK KONAK ROMANLARINDAKİ BAŞKİŞİLERİN BENZERLİKLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME
AN ANALYSIS OF THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE NOVELS YAPRAK DÖKÜMÜ AND KİRALIK KONAK

Summary/Abstract: Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu and Reşat Nuri Güntekin are among the most important and influential figures in Turkish literature. As pioneers of the National Literature and Republican periods, these authors drew attention to the transformations undergone by Ottoman and Turkish society through their works, and illuminated social life with their canonical writings. This study aims to compare the main characters of the novels “Kiralık Konak” and “Yaprak Dökümü” by the two aforementioned novelists and to identify the similarities between them., Yaprak Dökümü, published in 1930, depicts the tragedy of Ali Rıza Bey, who resists innovation and tries to maintain his traditional life. Kiralık Konak, published in 1922, depicts the drama of Naim Efendi, who, unable to hold on to his mansion to protect himself from the changing/transforming social life, is forced to take refuge first in his mansion and then, in one of its rooms. As a result of the study, it was determined that the protagonists of both novels lost their power and authority due to the events that took place throughout the narrative and became passive and withdrawn. It is also understood that the protagonists are so obsessed with their traditions and the past that they suffer because they cannot keep up with the transformation. The novel's protagonists are seen to lose power throughout the narrative, and the spaces they feel belong to gradually change function, suffocating them. Finally, it has been determined that both protagonists are exemplary Ottoman bureaucrats and share common identities, including honesty, wisdom, and a commitment to moral and honorable values.

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