Recaizâde Mahmut Ekrem’s Theatre Cover Image

Recaizâde Mahmut Ekrem’in Tiyatroları
Recaizâde Mahmut Ekrem’s Theatre

Author(s): Selda UYGUR GÜRBÜZ
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Turkish Literature, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), History of Art
Published by: Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Recaizâde Mahmut Ekrem; theatre; Tanzimat; comedy; drama;

Summary/Abstract: Recaizâde Mahmut Ekrem (1847-1914), one of the most important names of Tanzimat literature, was one of the leaders of the period of renewal. Ekrem, who is accepted as the teacher of the Servet-i Fünun generation. Recaizâde Mahmut Ekrem has produced works in various genres such as poetry, theater, story, novel, essay, art and literature. Although he mostly worked in the field of poetry, theater is one of the genres that Ekrem could not remain indifferent to. Published in 1870, Afife Anjelik was published chronologically before all these genres, poems with a large volume, so that Ekrem’s literary activities began with the genre of theater. In the study, the author’s theaters will be analyzed in detail, and it will be emphasized that the theater works should also be taken into consideration while evaluating the writer’s literary identity as a whole.

  • Issue Year: 9/2021
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 302-319
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish