Bravery Concept and Characteristics of Brave Men in the Book of Dede Korkut Cover Image

Dede Korkut Kitabı’nda Alplik Kavramı ve Alp Tipi İnsanların Özellikleri
Bravery Concept and Characteristics of Brave Men in the Book of Dede Korkut

Author(s): Servet Karçiğa
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Studies of Literature, Turkish Literature
Published by: Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
Keywords: Dede Korkut Book; Concept; Bravery Concept; Valiant; Brave;

Summary/Abstract: Dede Korkut Book is one the significant literary works of Turkish World particularly of Turkey and Azerbaijan. What makes this work so important that is language, telling and esthetics manners being portrayed terrifically and also information regarding Ghuzz Turks’ conventions, customs, moral values, belief systems, sorrows, joys, weaknesses e.t.c. Bravery is an important concept in Dede Korkut book. This concept which is directly related to chivalry and conquests has a deep effect on the plot of the work with not only usage of different words such hero, saint, galahad, valiant but also description of the people who have these characteristics. In this study firstly, the words which can be considered as having the same meaning with bravery will be handled by the method of conceptual field theory within the context of word and text. Then, characterics of the people who are considered as alp (brave) in Dede Korkut Book will be told.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 259-272
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Turkish
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