Halk Hikâyesi İle Modern Roman Arasinda Kalmiş Bir İzmir Romani: Ağanin Oğlu
An Izmir Novel that is Stuck Between Folk Tale and Modern Novel: Ağanin Oğlu

Summary/Abstract: The novel Aganın-Oglu was published by Raif Nezih Atakul in 1926 in İzmir. In terms of its size it is a long story written in a style of a short novel, and it has still been not published in the new alphabet. Only a few novels were published in Izmir and this novel is one of them and it was recognized by the world of literature. The importance of this writing is that it is a historical folk novel and at the same time it is a folk story. Partly a folk story, it can be identified as a text between a folk story and a modern novel. The main story line of this novel proceeds through the life of two landowners, father and son, and the betrayal of women and that one must never trust them, while describing the lifestyle of Izmir in those years when the action of the novel takes place.

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