Reşat Nuri Güntekin’in Bir Uzun Öyküsü: “Salgın”
A Long Story By Reşat Nuri Güntekin: "Epidemic"

Summary/Abstract: In those days of 2020, when a global epidemic affected the whole world, literary works describing major epidemics came to the agenda and various reading lists were organized on the subject of the epidemic. It is known that literature which deals with human and everything related to this subject, also deals with epidemics that cause great destruction just like wars and migrations. Examples of this can be found both in Turkish and world literature. The long story titled “Epidemic” by Reşat Nuri Güntekin, which was published in the magazine "Persembe", between the years 1935-1936, is one of the literary works that should be evaluated in this context. This article focuses on Güntekin's story "Epidemic" and, reveals the critical attitude of the author in the light of the info provided in the story. In this story, the symptoms and development of the epidemic observed in a pathless village Karlıbel, are revealed by making use of the possibilities of the letter type.

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