@article{article_859951, title={The Effect of Art in Sabahattin Ali’s Kürk Mantolu Madonna and Novels of Iris Murdoch}, journal={Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi Karatekin Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={9}, pages={143–155}, year={2021}, author={Yıldız, Firat}, keywords={Art, illusion, reality, Sabahattin Ali, Iris Murdoch}, abstract={The reflections of Irish writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch’s philosophy can also be seen in her novels. According to Murdoch, who developed her own philosophical approach by interpreting some of Plato’s thoughts, most people are in illusion. She bases this idea on Plato’s famous cave allegory. Murdoch believes that very few people see reality by getting rid of their illusions. According to Murdoch, there are certain situations for an individual to get rid of illusion and eventually see the truth. One of the most important factors that shatters illusion is art. In this respect, it can be deduced that art has a very important place in Murdoch’s philosophy. The reflections of Murdoch’s bringing art to the fore in her philosophy are observed in her novels. She refers to art to a certain extent in almost all of her novels. It is pointed out that art is especially emphasized in the novels discussed in this study. Art is not addressed as any theme in these novels, art is brought to the fore with its specific power, changing and guiding aspects of individuals’ perspective on life. A similar example of Iris Murdoch’s approach to art is observed in Sabahattin Ali’s novel Kürk Mantolu Madonna. It is seen that art is at the forefront in this novel of Ali as well. The hero of the novel Raif is a character who is fond of art, visits art galleries and follows events about art. The event, which identifies Raif’s character with Murdoch characters, occurs as a result of his encounter with the painting Kürk Mantolu Madonna. Raif falls under the influence of this portrait and his perspective on life totally changes. He starts to look at life from another angle. It is similar to the characters in Murdoch novels in terms of the changes that art causes in his life. This study focuses on such effects of art on the lives of the characters.}, number={2}, publisher={Cankiri Karatekin University}