Turkish Name Suggestion for the Literary Genre “Schwank”: Cheerful Story
One of the difficulties in academic studies of Turkish literature is that some genre and style names or their equivalents that appear in Western literature do not exist in Turkish literature or are included in other genres. One of them is the genre called “Schwank” in German, which is called a joke...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Istanbul University Press
2024-06-01
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| Series: | Türkiyat Mecmuası |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/2A179998E14442C09FFCAC629D3FD56A |
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| Summary: | One of the difficulties in academic studies of Turkish literature is that some genre and style names or their equivalents that appear in Western literature do not exist in Turkish literature or are included in other genres. One of them is the genre called “Schwank” in German, which is called a joke or story because there is no Turkish equivalent. It was “Nasrettin Hodja’s jokes or storeys” that made this concept the starting point of the study. When looking through foreign sources, it becomes clear that Nasreddin Hodja storeys can be assigned to the “Schwank” genre. For this reason, the characteristics of the “Schwank” genre were investigated and its distinguishing features from jokes and storeys were examined. Because both types given as Turkish equivalents have very different properties. Examining the general characteristics of these two species shows that they do not overlap with the “Schwank” species. For example, storeys differ in their characteristics, such as the number of characters, the events they cover, the manner in which they begin and end, and the reasons for their creation. A joke, on the other hand, has the shortest and most succinct frame of the event. It is used for laughter, and the unusual is addressed in jokes. However, the “Schwank” genre usually deals with events that can happen in people’s lives. Generally, these narratives involve two people or two groups facing each other. This study particularly examined the concepts of the literary genres “joke” and “Schwank” and presented the Turkish concept of the “cheerful story” as a suggestion for the genre “schwank”. In addition, a dictionary article on the genre of light-hearted storeys is presented at the conclusion of the study. |
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| ISSN: | 2651-3188 |