Karşılaştırmalı Deli Dumrul Destanı Çözümlemesi
Comparative Analysis of Deli Dumrul Epic

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this study is Deli Dumrul one epics of Dede Korkut. The study is aimed to read the epic with all layers and the deeper meaning. For this purpose, the classic epic text and the story “Dumrul ile Azrail” by Murathan Mungan are discussed by comparing with. The reason for using as equal features of the texts of the literary text and the epic of oral culture is the acceptance of the narrators of the texts on the same narrative tradition line. The study consists of three parts: The first chapter, the general features of the texts such as type, motif, theme, are determined. The second chapter, structures of the texts is detected with help of different theories. The last chapter, two texts re-read the focus of the characters. In this way, subject, opposition and theme of the epic are re-discussed and are discovered components of the epic to become a classic. The data obtained by analyze at the other two chapters have also been used to interpret. Some findings of the study are as the following: Themes, main characters, and events of the both texts are same. But their fiction and narrative style are different. Narrative text of Mungan correspondences with interprets styles of traditional narration by contemporary writers. Classic text consists of a combination of two classic themes. Two classic themes are added to them in Mungan’s. Classic text is based on dichotomies and its structure is opposite to reflective. Main characters of both texts make a discovery about themselves and partly reach their will: In classic text, Dumrul hasn’t got immortal but a long life by accepting his own death. In Mungan’s text, when accepted to die for Dumrul, Azrail become immortal by narrative told his love.

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