Cengiz Aytmatov'un Dişi Kurdun Rüyalari Romaninda Çevre Felaketi
The Environmental Catastrophe in Cengiz Aytmatov’s the Dreams of the She-Wolf

Summary/Abstract: One of the most prominent authors of the Turkic World, Cengiz Aytmatov, along with his various qualities is also known for his sensitivity towards the environment and for his love of nature. When we scrutinize his novels and short stories we see that he makes keen environmentalist criticism. He wants to make sure that the equilibrium of the nature is maintained and that animal rights be observed. In The Dreams of the She-Wolf (1990) that we closely investigate the issues of environmentalism are dealt with extensively. In this novel, Aytmatov sees the destructive human activities as the worst threat to nature. In the analysis we have made on The Dreams of the She-Wolf, we see the conflict between “natural” and “artificial”. Forests, antelopes and wolves are the natural elements of the region. On the hand, but fort he helicopter and modern weaponry the forests would not be burned completely for hunting, and the herd of antelopes would not be massacred most brutally. Aytmatov who notes that animals also have feelings just like human beings, is the first man of letters who dwells on the animal mind. He is an author who does not use forced methods to approach animals to humans. He depicts a wolf with its mental activities as a real wolf. In The Dreams of the She-Wolf Aytmatov, suggests that the nature has a excellently well coordinated system. The author, demonstrates how both humans and technological developments devastate the nature. For all these reasons, The Dreams of the She-Wolf as a novel which reflects the issues of environmentalism and the environmental catastrophe as “the approaching threat” can be considered as a milestone in World Literature.

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