A SEMIOTIC STUDY OF "KORKTUĞUM ŞEY" (THE THING THAT I FEAR) POEM
“KORKTUĞUM ŞEY” ŞİİRİNİN GÖSTERGE BİLİMSEL İNCELEMESİ

Author : Serdar GÜRÇAY
Number of pages : 312-320

Abstract

This work is about the semiotic study of Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı’s poem “Korktuğum Şey” (My Fear / The Thing That I Fear). According to modern linguistic scientist Ferdinand de Saussure; semiotics is a scientific branch that teaches about signs and the laws they get attached. Moreover, it is an analysis method that shows readers new views to interpret the selected work. Several techniques are used while working on the poems including “Contradiction and Comparison Technique”, “Characters Section”, “Word and Phrase Iteration”, “Action Section”, “Format Structure” and “Deep Structure”. The “Semiotic Square” (Greimas square) is used while studying the deep structure. With the aid of this comprehensive analysis the hidden meanings, metaphors and symbols come to light. It can be said that, the poet involves fear of death, becoming loneliness, desolation and ultimately pessimism. This elements show similarity to the overall poetry poetics of Cahit Sıtkı.

Keywords

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Semiotics, Korktuğum Şey, Poem, Structure.

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