Şiirin Esin Kaynaği Olarak Mitoloji
Mythology as a Source of Inspiration for the Poem

Summary/Abstract: Many researchers defined myths and a general acceptance is created in line with these definitions. According to this acceptance, myths are written in books as a common history of a nation. Whether or not human beings are aware of the situation, they use rituals that refer to a mythic phenomenon in different periods of their lives. In addition to this, human beings have gone one step further and have used myths consciously in arts starting from the cave paintings in the first century until today. In this respect, myths didn’t remain only in stories and they have been sources of inspiration for many branches of literature and fine arts. Myth narrative, presented in painting, sculpture, miniature, and other branches of fine arts have also been inspirational in cinema and theatre. Besides these, as it is a narrative, myth has a very significant place in literature and has supported many literature types. Poet or painter tells whatever he/she wants more easily through the validity of the past. In this study, poem, one of these literary genres and mythology as the source of inspiration will be analyzed. Myths, which were analyzed as a part of folk-literature discipline, will be analyzed in old Turkish poem, which is also named as classical Turkish poem and Ottoman poetry and in the new Turkish poem, which is also named as modern Turkish poem. The topic will be examined through sample poems in both disciplines. Turkish poets’ use of myths, their concerns in these usages and importance of these attitudes in terms of literature history will be mentioned.

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