Abstract
MEHMET ASAF'S STORY AND INVESTİGATİON OF “ZAVALLI BABA”
The publication date of Mehmet Asaf's story named "Poor Baba" is unknown. In the work, the drama of a father who lost his children due to war and epidemic is told. The story, which is based on the search of the other story person who sees the person in question on the street, his vagrant status and the reason for the songs he constantly sings, consists of six text rings. The number of people in the text written by the author narrator is not high. In the text covering a period of thirty to thirty-five days, various districts of Istanbul are chosen as open spaces and coffee shops as indoor spaces. The language of the text is clear and understandable. Among the narrative techniques, flashback technique, dialogue technique, letter, leitmotiv technique, montage are used. Istanbul, lovers, epidemics and wars, music, quest journey and intertextual relations are included as themes. While the beloved is the projection of the beloved in divan literature, it is brought to the attention of the reader from the window of a family where epidemics and wars cause death. Music culture draws attention with the use of various modes in the text. The text, which is not suitable for the characteristics of the quest journey pattern, is still built on a quest metaphor. On the other hand, intertextuality is embodied in the collage technique on the songs included in the text on various occasions.
Keywords
Zavallı Baba, plot, place, time, theme
