Mine as a Source Of Line-End of Line in “Ölümün Ağzı” and “Germinal” Cover Image

Hayatin Kaynaği – Hayatin Sonu Olarak “Ölümün Ağzi”Ve“Germinal”De Maden
Mine as a Source Of Line-End of Line in “Ölümün Ağzı” and “Germinal”

Author(s): Fesun Koşmak
Subject(s): Social history, Novel, Turkish Literature, Labor relations, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: İrfan Yalçın; Emile Zola; Ölümün Ağzı; Germinal; Miners; Rebellion;

Summary/Abstract: Turkish writer İrfan Yalçın’s novel “Ölümün Ağzı” and French writer Emile Zola’s “Germinal” novels tell the workers’ struggle who put their life in danger to earn money. Employer- employee relationships and problems of workers have been infering in both of these works. Miners’ who have difficult lifes in the mines, their difficult working areas and their economical problems have been telling in these novels. Emile Zola’s “Germinal” novel is one of the famous work in the world literature. Because Zola tells in this novel miner’s life drama who are belong to the low class in society and he explains their life to the world. Also in the novel “Ölümün Ağzı” irfan Yalçın explains the difficult life of the miners in the Turkish literature. The Works of İrfan Yalçın’s “Ölümün Ağzı” and Emile Zola’s “Germinal” will be analized by using sociological method with datas of comparative literute science. Known as sociological critics argue that literature is an expression of the society in which it involves. In this context, social facts, social events and changes create the writer, work and the reader. While the literary work is examined, the sociological condition and changes must be taken into consideration. The aim of this study in which “Ölümün Ağzı” and “Germinal” will be probed, isto reveal the similarity between two literary Works that belong to different societies.

  • Issue Year: 22/2016
  • Issue No: 85
  • Page Range: 183-192
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Turkish