Browsing by Subject "Elegy"

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A brief look at the elegy tradition in terms of the status of women in patriarchal societies
(2006) Aydın, Hilal
It is observed that, a genre of folk literature, "elegy" which consists of the oral and melodic expression of the feelings triggered by events causing pain and sorrow, is generally performed by women. Thus, elegies can provide us with the information regarding the status, perspective and creativity of women in a patriarchal society. The purpose of this text is to evaluate the information in question in ternis of the content, style, and function of elegies and also to call attention to the fact that elegies, as they are performed mostly by women, are appropriate for analysis within the frame of feminist criticism. The other purpose of this text, deriving from this last statement concerning elegies and feminist criticism is to pose some questions vis-a-vis the possibility of expanding the critical horizons related to this genre.
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From rural to urban from verse to prose the transformation in elegy: Bariş Manço
(2006) Kocaer, S.
Elegy is a genre in literature which is generally thought with death and which cannot be defined clearly. Scholars tried to define the features of elegy by observing elegies in rural areas. Elegy's features are composed of two main parts: Formal features and features of its content. Is the tradition of elegy, forgotten or is it is still alive in urban areas? The observations show that, during the changing and conversion process from rural life to city life, while elegy keeps its content, it continues living in cities by adapting its formal features to city life. In this paper, the changes and conversions of elegy will be discussed with the example of Bariş Manço. It is observed that, after his death, news, articles and programs on media about him had the content features of elegy. So, it is possible to say that, elegy, which is a part of rural life, continues living in city life in a way.
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Ölüm uzakta, ölüm yakinda, ölüm ortada
(2002) Atay, Hakan
Ağıtlar ölümün dolaysız ifadeleridir. Halkın bu ifade biçimine yüklediği anlamı kavramanın olanaklı biçimlerinden biri de ağıtlann birer metin olarak nasıl işlediklerine dikkat etmektir. Böylelikle ağıtlar anlamlandırılırken bir yandan da halkın ölüme bakışı ve ölüm karşısındaki tutumu aydınlanmış olur.
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The story of elegy that turns into folk song
(2006) Toçoğlu, N.T.
This article concentrates on the elegy which has some problems in the process of transformation into folk song. The content of elegies are based on the context in which they are mourned after someone's death. For this reason, if the context changes, its meaning changes as well. In other words, the elegy, a part of the mental pain, can sometimes become a part of the entertainment in the process of turning into folk song. This process also includes the compilation of elegies. Hence, the argument of the article appears that the meaning of the elegy cannot be understood without taking into consideration both their context and process of compilation.