AUGUSTUS DÖNEMİNDE MİTOLOJİNİN VE EDEBİYATIN İDEOLOJİK UNSUR OLARAK KULLANILMASI

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 71 - 78, 31.05.2020

Işık Albasan

https://doi.org/10.33390/homeros.3.008

Abstract

Tarih boyunca mitoloji ve edebiyat imparatorların kendi ideolojik imajlarını yaratmak için kullandıkları iki önemli araç olmuştur. İmparatorlar mitolojiyi ve edebiyatı kullanarak halk üzerinde etki ve güç sağlamışlardır. Bu bağlamda makalede öncelikle ideolojik unsur olarak mitoloji ve edebiyatın kullanılması konusuna değinilmiştir. Ardından İmparator Augustus döneminde mitolojinin nasıl bir ideoloji aracına dönüştüğü ve bunun sanat eserlerinde ve sikkelerde nasıl görselleştirildiği ele alınmıştır. Mitoloji ile somut hale gelen bu propagandanın edebiyat ile nasıl güçlendirildiği anlatılmış, Augustus dönemi yazarlarının eserlerinden örnekler incelenmiş, bu yazarların Augustus’un ideolojik imajını ve politikalarını nasıl destekledikleri ortaya konulmuştur. Sonuç olarak mitoloji ve edebiyatın ideolojik unsur olarak kullanılmasının arka planına bakılmıştır.

Keywords

Mitoloji, Edebiyat, İdeoloji, Propaganda.

USE OF MYTHOLOGY AND LITERATURE AS IDEOLOGICAL ELEMENTS IN AUGUSTUS PERIOD

Abstract

Throught history, mythology and literature had been two important tools that emperors used to create their own ideological images. Emperors provided influence and power on the people by using mythology and literature. In this article, firstly, the issue of using mythology and literature as an ideological element was mentioned. Then, in the period of Emperor Augustus, how mythology turned into an ideological tool and how this case was visualized in art and coins were studied. How this propaganda, that became concrete with mythology, was strengthened with literature was explained. Examples from the works of Augustus period’s authors were examined. How these authors supported the ideological image and policies of Augustus was revealed. As a result, the background of the use of mythology and literature as ideological elements was examined.

Keywords

Mythology, Literature, Ideology, Propaganda.

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