19 yüzyıl Osmanlı basınındaki belagat tartışmaları ışığında edebiyatın dönüşümü
Author
Dilek, Esra Derya
Advisor
Kalpaklı, Mehmet
Date
2013Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This study is an attempt to analyse the rhetorical argumentation style in the
last quarter of the 19th century with consideration to influences on the literary style of
the period. Studies on rhetoric more often than not have focused on langauge-related
aspects, while the link between rhetoric and literature has been disregarded.
Consequently, rhetoric as a literary discourse has been limited to discussions on
language and alphabet. The formation of an authentic national rhetoric is influenced
by both old and new literary traditions. The encounter with the West from the 18th
century not only caused social change but also brought changes to the literary
tradition. One such change was the idea of separating Ottoman rhetoric from its
Arabic counterpart. In this manner, rhetoric came to embody a new literary style by
eliminating previous lingual and literary discourses. Thus, the significance of
discussions on rhetoric in literary circles is the main focus of this study.
In the first section of this study, the history of Ottoman rhetoric, the
relationship between rhetoric and literature, and finally, the rhetoric of Ottoman
literature are examined. The second chapter focuses on particular periodicals, namely
Tercümân-i Hakîkat, Cerîde-i Havâdis, Vakit and Tarîk. An analysis is undertaken of
certain literary stylistic changes featured in these periodicals. The last section of this
study examines the reformation period and its impact on Ottoman literature and
literary discussions.