YAZIT Journal of Cultural Sciences

Abstract

The literary genre in which lived or probable events are narrated in a short plan is called story/tale. When we look at the Turkish story/tale period, it is seen that a duality starting from the naming delayed the emergence of this genre as an independent form. Especially the fact that every narrative that includes narration is called story/tale is one of the aspects that makes it difficult for researchers to place such texts in a certain context. Turkish literature, which first encountered European literary genres in the 19th century, also became acquainted with story/tale from this century onwards. These texts, which were tried to be written in accordance with the Western style, spread in the field starting from the Tanzimat period Turkish literature. Thus, the expansion of the area of influence of this genre continued until the later periods of Turkish literature and there was an increase in both quantity and quality. However, in contrast to this increase, the number of studies that examine this literary genre in the context of literary history and turn it into an in-depth research material is quite low. This study that we are introducing presents the artists of this period known as the “Millennium Generation” and the given works in an organized research, based on the development process of the story/tale genre in Turkish literature after the 2000s. It is valuable in terms of being the first in its field, as it fills a gap among the period researches on the story/tale genre.