Şinasi And His Attitude At The Western Junction
Abstract
The westernization of Turkish
society starts with the situation of Ottoman Empire’s backwardness against
western countries in the fields of politics, economy and military. The peak of
the movement is in 1839 with the Rescript of Gülhane. With the Rescript of
Gülhane, beside all the other fields, in literature and arts, relations has
gained momentum with the West. New perceptions of human, new literary
perceptions and expressions attracted the intellectuals of the era. One of the
prominent figure of the intellectuals of the era, Şinasi has contributed in
great deal to westernization. By focusing on the human and world perception of
the West, he stressed the rationalist thoughts of XVIII. Century French
intellectual writers. By doing this, he developed new approaches and ideas to
basic issues such as human, God, life and the world and positions himself
against old tradition. Even in metaphysical matters, he favors a ‘today’s
human’ who uses his mind and intellect. In his poems and articles he made
remarkable chances,-maybe not in terms of language but- in terms of thought.
During his stay in France, his interest in intellectuals a century before
reveals what he understands from westernization. Seeing westernization as
social change and transformation, Şinasi contributed remarkably in his own
account to the movement.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
July 15, 2017
Submission Date
October 25, 2017
Acceptance Date
March 21, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 27 Number: 2
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