FROM INDIVIDUAL SENSITIVITY TO COLLECTIVE DISCIPLINE: HALASROME OF MEHMET RAUF AND TURKISH NATIONALIST NIHAT Cover Image

BİREYSEL DUYARLILIKTAN KOLEKTİF DİSİPLİNE: MEHMET RAUF’UN HALASROMANI VE TÜRK MİLLİYETÇİSİ NİHAT
FROM INDIVIDUAL SENSITIVITY TO COLLECTIVE DISCIPLINE: HALASROME OF MEHMET RAUF AND TURKISH NATIONALIST NIHAT

Author(s): Canan OLPAK KOÇ
Subject(s): Turkish Literature, 18th Century
Published by: Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Mehmet Rauf and his novel; Turkism; national struggle; Halas; Turkist Nihat;

Summary/Abstract: Mehmet Rauf (1875-1931) is a writer in Turkish literature whose name is best known for his novel, Eylül. However, he is considered one of the most important representatives of the prose of Servet-i Fünun period after Halit Ziya. The author generally wrote works that included types of love, frustrations, and male-female problems. In his first works, he does not worry about the disrupted aspects of society. However, the writer's literary understanding changes with his latest novels, Halas and Define. The author has designed his work to strengthen national awareness and resistance within the framework of another character by focusing on the love of homeland as a theme in Halas. For this reason, it is among the novels describing the national struggle in Turkish literature. In this study, a brief information about the author’s writing has been made and “Halas” has been examined in the context of Turkism from the idea movements.

  • Issue Year: 8/2020
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 312-331
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Turkish