Abstract
THEOPHANY, SYMBOLISM AND IMAGINATION IN YUNUS EMRE'S RISALETU’N NUSHIYYE
Yunus Emre is a wise poet who has an important place in our cultural life with his ideas expressed in his works called Divan and Risaletü'n Nushiyye. The effort of man, who is thought to be at the centre of life, to know and make sense of the secret and transcendent God, has been the subject of Yunus Emre's works, which he created under the influence of his mystical feeling and belief. In this study; The work called Risaletü'n Nushiyye, which deals with the creation of man, his struggle with his soul, the efforts of man to find himself, the secrets of meeting with God, has been examined. The aim is to determine how it is explained and shown in Risaletü'n Nushiyye that the latent God is to be known. In the research, the hypothesis that the latent God is tried to be made known through theophany (manifestation), symbol and imagination has been evaluated. When the studies on the work are examined, it is seen that the research are mostly limited within the framework of symbols and allegory. There was no study dealing with theophany, symbol and imagination, and the research was limited to this framework. In the study process, qualitative research method, literature scanning and filing technique were used. At the end of the research, the latent God in Yunus Emre's Risaletü'n Nushiyye, the creation characteristics of man, the ways of reaching God; has been determined with allegory, symbolism and is presented in an aesthetic language in an intelligible way through theophany (manifestation) and imagination.
Keywords
Yunus Emre, Risaletü’n Nushiyye, theophany, symbolism, imagination
