KEMAL TAHİR’İN KÖY ROMANLARINDA KÖYÜ ANLAMA VE ANLATMA ARACI OLARAK ERKEKLİK, KADINLIK VE CİNSELLİK
MASCULINITY, FEMININITY AND SEXUALITY AS A MEANS OF UNDERSTANDING AND DESCRIBING VILLAGES AND VILLAGERS IN KEMAL TAHİR VILLAGE NOVELS

Summary/Abstract: Kemal Tahir's novels are an important subject of discussion in the field of social sciences as well as in the field of literature. These debates arise from the theses put forward by the author on the history of Turkish society in the novels he wrote after 1960. Kemal Tahir focused on the village in his novels written before 1960. He tries to get to know the Anatolian people in these novels. In these novels, the Anatolian village is discussed differently from the other village novels of the period, and this situation is a subject of criticism. The main criticism is that sexuality is used extensively in these novels. However, a careful reading of these novels shows that the author uses sexuality as a tool to describe the people of the village. In these novels, Kemal Tahir tries to understand the social structure of the village in every aspect and to explain the village people with all their weaknesses. The most important tools he uses in this endeavor are masculinity, femininity and sexuality. In addition, using these facts, the dominant village narrative of the period is criticized. This study aims to examine the use of masculinity, femininity and sexuality in Kemal Tahir's village novels.

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