A STUDY ON THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE NOVEL FATİH-HARBİYE
FATİH-HARBİYE ROMANININ YAPISAL UNSURLARI ÜZERİNE BİR ETÜT

Author : Ferhat ÇİFTÇİ
Number of pages : 263-282

Abstract

Novels, accepted as thenarrationtypes of the modern age, have an importantground in providing the representation of the main idea (themessage). Thisposition of the novel results from both it srelation withtheworld of thoughts (ideas) and its suitability for coveying the message. With its multi-structural form, novel is theforth-cominggenre of the fiction, and duet othose qualifications novel has often attracted the critics’ attention. Looking at the Republican era novels, in multi-centered structure the Westernization is among different themes and ideas gained a considerable importance. Fort hat reason, it’s been seen that the novels belonging to the Republic and pre-Republicperiods, which mostly work the theme of Occidentalizationtendencies, are frequently subject of evaluation. Fatih-Harbiye by Peyami Safa-among the notable writers of this period- has an important place for having a content like this. In this book, a young girl named Nariman, who tides between the Eastern and Western ideas and as a result of content some of the conflicts are handled. As a result of these conflicts, the glory of Eastern thought and tradition came out in this young girl's Eastern thought decision. The attention was drawn to the establishment of a synthesis between Eastern and Western ideas. Inthis paper, the structural elments of Fatih-Harbiye a re-investigated within the context of opportunities of novel as a literary genre and the maticalequivalents in the work are discussed. Beside having some original implications, traces of the general tendencies of the period are visible in the novel. Besides, the placement of the confliction components inside the novel as the indicatorsof the structure are discussed and some findings at this point are presented to the attention of there aders.

Keywords

Novel, Fiction Works, Novelstructure, Peyami Safa, Fatih-Harbiye.

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