Female Ottoman Poets in Conks in Context of Oral and Written Culture
Berna Ayaz
article (Uluslararası, Hakemli) | Yazar(lar): Berna Ayaz | Yıl: 2016 | Dergi/Kurum: MILLI FOLKLOR | İndeks: WOS.AHCI | Anahtar Kelimeler: Oral Culture, Written Culture, Conk, Female, Poet, Ottoman — Özet: In Conks who are the leading source of folklore, especially minstrel literature, not only products of folklore and
In Conks who are the leading source of folklore, especially minstrel literature, not only products of folklore and minstrel literature are given a place but also gazelles of classical poets such as Fuzuli, Nedim and Baki took place in many conks. This situation revealing the connections between both two poetry traditions (classical poetry and folk poetry) of Turkish people which are fed by the same cultural source but have differences in terms of art/poem, esthetic, style, rhythm and performance, shows that commoner literate people enjoy from classical poetry as well as folk poetry, without distinguishing poems of classical poets. such as Fuzuli and Nedim from the folk poetry. In addition, this situation, especially female poets partaking in conks have not emphasized enough. In this study, it is laid an emphasize on the place of female poets partaking in conks who are the leading written source of folklore. The number of female poets is about 50 in Classical Turkish Literature, but a very few studies have been performed on these female poets. Some of these female poets who did not get the attention that they deserved in their periods and later, are known and loved in public. In conks that we could examine, it is encountered the poems of Fitnat Hanim, Seref Hanim, Leyla Hanim, Adile Hamm and Mihri Hatun. As is understood from examples in conks; these,female poets loved by public and deemed valuable to be recorded in conks. Of course, it is possible that some conks in which poems of female poets took place were written by female poets who were owners of these poems. When examining conks recorded to the catalogue of manuscripts in National Library, it is encountered the fifty-eight pieces of poems of aforementioned female poets. In these conks, many poems of these poets are much the same; some of them were alternated.