Şiga Naoya’nın “Manazuru” Öyküsü ile Halikarnas Balıkçısı’nın “Deniz Oğlu” Öyküsünün Karşılaştırmalı Yapısal ve Tematik Değerlendirmesi
Estimation of Siga Naoya’s “Manazuru” tale and Halikarnas Balıkçısı’s “Son of Sea” tale as Structural and Thematic

Summary/Abstract: This study compares the perception of ‘the sea’ as a topic in the short story of Shiga Naoya’s “Manazuru” –my own translation from Japanese– with the Halikarnas Balıkçısı’s short story called “Deniz Oğlu” (The Son of the Sea). The narrative and symbolic elements related to the sea are first scrutinized and analyzed in detail in both stories and certain similarities and differences are established. Eventually, according to the data derived from the texts, the implicit and explicit perceptions of the two authors on the topic of the sea are recovered and several conclusions are drawn. Both heroes in the stories are dreaming of becoming a seaman one day. However, Halikarnas Balıkçısı, in his narrative, presents his protagonist and the sea as mythological phenomena detached from time, space, and social conventions. By contrast, Shiga Naoya depicts his main character, who is the same age as the other protagonist, as a childish, shy, but a downright human being constantly in touch with his environment. For Shiga’s protagonist, the sea is not only a beautiful setting but it is also a place where one earns one’s livelihood. As seen in this comparative study Shiga Naoya’s perception of the sea is more realistic than that of Halikarnas Balıkçısı.

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