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Language And Style In Ziya Gökalp’s Poems About The I. World War
The poems written in the years of I. World War (1914-1918) have a different discourse to reflect the current sentiment during the war. In this article, impact on Ziya Gökalp’s language and style of I. World War have been studied. First Gökalp’s poems about I. World War have been identified. Literary works about the war see propaganda function at the point encouragement of soldiers on the front line in the war and keeping strong morale of back of fronts. The thoughts and feelings of the front and the hinterland are seen in poems written during I. World War. In this context, the effect in language and style of that Gökalp has written poems in the years of I. World War are emphasized. Then, Gökalp’s language in the promoting soldier in the war, the soldier and national hero depictions, the war descriptions, the enemy depictions were studied to determine under the title Discourse Analysis. Also, the stylistic features were studied to determine under the title Style too.
The period in which Gökalp lived is a process which covers set of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the New Republic of Turkey. Within this period of time, very important events which affect not only Turkey's geography but also world geography have occurred. Gokalp inspired by all these events and reflected it in the works. He has used poem as a tool in order to tell thoughts, ideas, theories to a wider audience more appealing, a more harmonious. In this respect, his poem is didactic feature. He has used a simple language in the poems.
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Ziya Gökalp, I. World War, Language, Style