Tools Used in Daily Life in the Divan of Yakini
Yakînî Divaninda Günlük Yaşamda Kullanilan Aletler
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Divan literature, Yakînî’s Divan, Divan’s poetry, daily life, tools, Divan edebiyatı, Yakînî Divanı, Divan Şiiri, Günlük Yaşam, AraçlarAbstract
Whi.le Div.an literature usua.lly deals with deep and unive.rsal subj.ects such as love, nat.ure, and Suf.ism, it occasi.onally touc.hes on the deta.ils of dai.ly life as well. Div.an poets somet.imes trea.ted the too.ls used in dai.ly life as symb.ols and at oth.er tim.es from a reali.stic perspe.ctive. The.se too.ls had a signif.icant imp.act on the the.mes and motifs used in Div.an liter.ature and provided clu.es to underst.anding the lifes.tyle of that per.iod. Thus, they enab.led read.ers to bet.ter compr.ehend the soc.ial cult.ure of the era in whi.ch the poe.ms were pen.ned, as well as the mess.age, the poet inte.nded to convey thro.ugh the poe.ms. As the poe.ts conv.eyed the.ir emot.ions and thou.ghts to the read.ers, they also used simi.les associated with the sha.pe and struc.ture of the obje.cts they descr.ibed. More.over, whi.le expla.ining the func.tion of the.se obje.cts, they reve.aled how the.se obje.cts gai.ned new mean.ings when assoc.iated with the belo.ved and how the.ir feat.ures resem.bled tho.se of the belo.ved, usi.ng a refi.ned literary lang.uage. Thro.ugh this, the poet not only prov.ided knowl.edge abo.ut the objects used in dai.ly life at that time but also highli.ghted the.ir struc.ture, form, and symb.olic signif.icance. In this pap.er, the concepts rela.ted to the too.ls of dai.ly life menti.oned in Yakî.nî’s div.an will be revi.ewed via the examin.ation of the coup.lets, with each term expla.ined indivi.dually, and the mean.ings the.se ter.ms acqu.ired in the cont.ext of the poe.ms will be discu.ssed.
ÖZET
Div.an edebi.yatı; genel.likle aşk, doğa, tasa.vvuf gibi der.in ve evre.nsel tema.ları işle.rken, zam.an zam.an günlük hay.ata dair detay.lara da yer vermi.ştir. Div.an şair.leri, gün.lük yaşa.mda kulla.nılan alet.ler baz.en bir sem.bol, baz.en de gerç.ekçi bir bak.ış açıs.ıyla işlemiş.lerdir. Bu alet.ler divan edebiy.atında kulla.nılan tema ve moti.fler üzer.inde etk.ili olm.uş, dönemin hay.at tarz.ını anla.mada ipuç.ları sunmu.ştur. Böyl.ece okuy.ucu şii.rin yazıl.dığı döne.min sosyo-k.ültürünü ve şiirl.erde veri.lmek iste.nen mes.ajı daha iyi kavram.asını sağlam.ıştır. Şair.ler duy.gu ve düşünce.lerini okuyuc.ulara aktar.ırken ele aldık.ları nesne.lerin şek.il ve yapısıyla ilin.tili benzet.melere de yer vermişle.rdir. Ayrıca şair.ler bu nesne.lerin han.gi ama.çla kullanıldığını anlat.ırken; o nesnelerin sevgi.liyle ne gibi bir anl.am kazand.ığını ve o nesn.enin sevgi.liye olan benzer.liğini ede.bi bir dil.le beyitl.erinde ele almışl.ardır. Böyl.ece şair; hem o dönemde gün.lük yaşa.mda kulla.nılan eşyal.arla ilg.ili hem de eşyal.arın yapı.sına ve şekl.ine dair bil.gi sah.ibi olur. Bu çalış.mada Yak.înî’nin divan.ında kulla.nılan gün.lük yaş.amla ilg.ili alet.lere dair teri.mler beyi.tler incele.nerek tek tek açıkla.nacak ve bu terim.lerin beyit.lerde kazan.dığı anl.am ele alınac.aktır.
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