Hekim Edebiyatçılar ve Hekim Adaylarının Edebiyata İlişkin Metaforik Algıları
Metaphorical Perceptions of Doctors Literary and Doctor Candidates Regarding Literature

Summary/Abstract: In this study, the answers to the questions of who are our literati, whose main profession is medicine, from the Tanzimat to the present, what and how the medical faculty students, who are doctor candidates, associate the concept of literature with the concept of literature, and who are the writers and poets for them were sought. In the study, in which the qualitative research approach was adopted, document analysis and phenomenology methods were used, and the data were analyzed by content analysis method. The study group consists of 50 doctor candidates studying in medical faculties of different universities. In the study, information was given about 75 doctors also litterateur as a result of document analysis. In the study, 26 different metaphors related to literature were identified. The expressions “antidote, labor pain, mental illness” are expressions that can reflect the point of view of the doctor. Among the authors that medical students wrote for their "author" opinions, there are 32 different authors, together with two authors (Anton Çahov, Engin Geçtan), whose main profession is medicine. 12 of these authors are Turkish and 20 are foreign authors. Dostoyevsky from foreign authors and Yaşar Kemal from Turkish authors were written by more participants. In the section where the doctor candidates express their "poet" views, 28 different poets are mentioned. 23 of these poets are Turkish and 5 of them are foreigners. Among the poets, Necip Fazıl, Nazım Hikmet, Cemal Süreya, Atilla İlhan were written at the same rate.

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