Yavaşça Acele Eden Metin: Dede Korkut Hikâyeleri
Narrative that Hasten Slowly: The Tales of Dede Korkut

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, The Book of Dede Korkut which is the most important work of Turkish folk literature will be scrutinized in the light of Calvino's and Todorov's considerations regarding the speed of narrative. We recognize the saying which Clavo has mentioned „tale does not waste time“ in the Dede Korkut tales as „the language of minstrel is swift“. Abeit the speed of narration the phrases and epithets decelerates the time. With these epithets, readers sees the past experiences of the heroes successfully like photo frames. Todorov explains the difference between adjectives and verbs, and mentions that the former is that it „exists“ and latter is that it „occurs“ in Dede Korkut tales, these exist jointly in harmony. Dede Korkut tales reflect the harmonic unity of speed and slowness, and in this sense can be reconsidered with the Latin phrase: “make haste slowly“.

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