The Effect Of Comparative Literature In Terms Of Correspondence On Writers Literal Identity


Asst. Prof. FEHİME ŞEYMA KÖSE

Thesis Type: Doctorate

Institution Of The Thesis: Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Eğitim Fakültesi, Yabancı Diller Eğitimi Bölümü, Turkey

Thesis Supervisor: Cemile Akyıldız Ercan

Approval Date: 2021

Thesis Language: Turkish

Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection

Supported Program: Teaching Staff Training Program

Abstract:

 

            This study examines the effects of private letters written by authors on their literary lives. In this study, the determined authors’ private letters which are selected from Republic Period Turkish Literature and Postwar German Literature are analyzed as combining with the biographies of the authors. The private letters’ written by Stefan Zweig and Friderike Maria Zweig (Wenn einen Augenblick die Wolken weichen); Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann (Herzzeit); and the private letters written by Halit Özdemir Asaf Arun to Sabahat Selma Tezakın (Sana Mektuplar); and the private letters written by Ahmed Arif to Leyla Erbil (Leylim Leylim) are examined in terms of comparative literature.

            In this study which consists of six sections, after determining the academic framework, there is an analysis and comments on each one of the authors and their private letters. At the end of the study, the differences and similarities between the codes determined from the private letters are indicated via joint evaluation, and the data collected from this study is evaluated in terms of comparative literature.

Key words: Letter, Comparative Literature, Republic Period Turkish Literature, Postwar German Literature