Folklorun Modern Edebî Türlere Yansıması

Kemal Bilbaşar (1910-1983), one of the prominent authors of Turkish literatureduring the Republican era, creates a rich atmosphere in his novels by addressingdifferent subjects, environments, and characters from various classes. With theconcern of being a social realist writer, he meticulously examines the way peoplelive, think, believe, dress, eat, and drink, and their customs, traditions, and culturalcodes, much like a diligent researcher. Consequently, he develops a particularattention to folklore elements in his works. Among these elements, the numerousaspects related to Turkish water cult stand out as a significant part of the fiction.The present article analyzes Kemal Bilbaşar’s ten novels, including DenizinCağırışı (1943), Ay Tutulduğu Gece (1961), Cemo (1966), Memo (2 Volumes,1968-1969), Yeşil Gölge (1970), Yonca Kız (1971), Başka Olur Ağaların Düğünü(1972), Kölelik Dönemeci (1977), Bedos (1980), and Zühre Ninem (1981) with athematic approach in terms of the way the Turkish water cult takes place in fiction.Based on how Kemal Bilbaşar handles the Turkish water cult in fiction, the closerelationship he establishes with social culture in a broad sense and folklore in anarrow sense is evaluated

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