A YOUNG NOVEL: THE FONCTİON OF PLACE IN THE NOVEL HER GECE BODRUM
BİR GENÇLİK ROMANI: HER GECE BODRUM ROMANINDA MEKÂNIN İŞLEVİ

Author : Hüseyin YAŞAR -- Yunus NASIR
Number of pages : 23-34

Abstract

Selim İleri is an author who compels the novel technique in Turkish Literature brings innovations to novel and creates a broad discussion due to the novels he wrote. He writes the novel Her Gece Bodrum after the returning of Bodrum holiday where the first time he went. This novel has been exposed to criticism because of the attitude of sexuality and intellectual criticsm since the period in which this novel written. This novel has been pushing the boundaries of the novel in terms of perception of setting. In this study it is examined how the setting is used in the novel ''Her Gece Bodrum''. We notice the elements of setting are used to create a negative atmosphere and describe the heroes. Bodrum,a fovourite holdiay resort, is decipted as scary and boring place where is expected to give peace and make people relaxed.The atmosphere of setting that he created is far different from the perception in people's mind.Settings are smybolized according to the heroes’ emotions. The setting has been ahead of time and plot’s priciples in the novel.

Keywords

Every Night Bodrum, Novel, Place.

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