A Study on the Novels of H. E. Adıvar, R. N. Güntekin and Y. K. Karaosmanoglu, Authors from the National Struggle Period, in the Context of Popular Culture Cover Image

Milli Mücadele Dönemi Yazarlarından Halide Edip Adıvar, Reşat Nuri Güntekin ve Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu’nun Romanlarının Popüler Kültür İçerik Özellikleri Bağlamında İncelenmesi
A Study on the Novels of H. E. Adıvar, R. N. Güntekin and Y. K. Karaosmanoglu, Authors from the National Struggle Period, in the Context of Popular Culture

Author(s): Duygu Ünalan, Ömer Özer
Subject(s): Social Philosophy, Novel, Turkish Literature, Marxism, Sociology of Culture, Hermeneutics
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: marxist economy politics; popular culture; national struggle period;

Summary/Abstract: In this study, it is aimed to examine the novels of the National Struggle Period specific to Halide Edip Adıvar, Reşat Nuri Güntekin and Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu in the context of popular culture elements. For this purpose, the novels of Halide Edip Adıvar’s Ateşten Gömlek (1923), Kalp Ağrısı (1924) and Vurun Kahpeye (1923); Reşat Nuri Güntekin’s Ateş Gecesi (1942), Damga (1924), Gizli El (1924) and Yeşil Gece (1928); Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu’s Ankara (1934), Kiralık Konak (1922), Sodom ve Gomore (1928) and Yaban (1932) are analyzed. The selected novels of these authors are analyzed through the Marxist Economy Political Approach. The study is based on the Marxist Economy Political Approach in the light of a common standpoint that popular culture identifiers are political and economic relations in the field of production. In this regard, the characteristics of popular culture elements of the National Struggle Period are evaluated through the novels mentioned above, taking into consideration the socio-economic structure of the epoch.

  • Issue Year: 24/2018
  • Issue No: 95
  • Page Range: 261-278
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish