Melodram ve Tragedyanın Ahlaki Evreninin Çağan Irmak Filmlerindeki Dönüşümü
Transformation of Moral World of Melodrama and Tragedy on Çağan Irmak Films

Summary/Abstract: Both melodrama and tragedy, aim to emphasize ethicalness by moralise. Melodrama is a genre consisting of a series of events sorted in moral measures. According to the definition of Aristoteles, tragedy is imitation of an act which is morally earnest, has a beginning and a end, has a certain duration. In this study; it is aim to answer two questions: First, melodrama and tragedy’ s narrative of grounding emphasis on moral value how to reflect to Çağan Irmak films and secondly in these films how to transform this reflection. In accordance with this purpose; it is emphasized the moral definition of melodrama and tragedy and the reflection of this definition to both genre’s narrative structer. This study also investigated the sampling films of Çağan Irmak and how he handles the notion of morality. This study sampled three films of Çağan Irmak; Issız Adam (Deserted Man, 2008), Dedemin İnsanları (Grandpa’s People, 2011) and Unutursam Fısılda (Whisper it when I forget, 2014). It is investigated that, the cinematic images of that sample films, as part of melodrama and tragedy concepts. Çağan Irmak cites both melodrama and tragedy elements and narrative structures.

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