AYSEL ÖZAKIN’IN MAVİ MASKEADLI ESERİNDE “ÖTEKİ”NİNİŞLEVSELLİĞİ
FUNCTIONALITY OF THE “OTHER” IN AYSEL ÖZAKIN'S NOVELMAVİ MASKE

Summary/Abstract: Human beings have always displayed great curiosity and interest in various thoughts and perspectives of approach. Man begins to understand and question the “Other” through differences. The fact that the relationship with the “Other” plays an important role in the recognition and liberation of the individual, makes the “Other” feel closer to him/her and draw his/her own portrait over time. Different lifestyles and identity searches that have emerged due to the existence of the “Other” are thematized in the novel titled Mavi Maske by Aysel Özakın. The main character's discovery of her identity in the “other” is handled by coming together of two opposite characters. The recognition of oneself in someone else's life is thematized in the novel by giving different functionalities to the “other”. This study focuses on the condition of Turkish woman as the “Other” in German society, as well as on her awareness of the “Other” self.

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