Conference Paper

The Place Of Tamerlane In The Nasreddin Hodja’s Jokes

Volume: 7 Number: 2 October 26, 2019
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The Place Of Tamerlane In The Nasreddin Hodja’s Jokes

Abstract

Nasreddin Hodja is the most common joke type in the Turkic world. For this reason, many studies have been done on Nasreddin Hodja type and his jokes both at home and abroad. In the researches, besides Nasreddin Hodja’s historical personality, other problems were discussed. However, it has not been clearly established that he really lived and scientists have not reached an agreement on this issue. Indeed, some researchers say it might be Nasireddin Tusi; others claimed that he was a kadı (judge) who lived in Anatolia. On the other hand, some researchers have stated different ideas about the time when he lived from the anecdotes mentioned between him and Timur. However, it is understood that this has no historical basis.

The research material of this article consists of four jokes. Nasreddin Hodja and Tamerlane were examined in these jokes. For that reason, firstly general information about humor was given and then it is expressed that it has many subgenres such as joke, tale and philosophical phrases. Short information about the historical personalities about Tamerlane and Nasreddin Hodja were given by emphasizing that the humor has many functions on the basis of joke. Later, the emergence time and the partaking in the written sources of Nasreddin Hodja jokes were discussed. Moreover, how Tamerlane was reflected in the jokes was examined in the texts of these four jokes. As a result, it was seen that the basis of some jokes is the traveller theme and it was determined that Tamerlane was reflected negatively in the jokes as a result of “Ankara War”. However, Tamerlane takes place in the jokes as a folkloric type but not a historical personality. For that reason, it is generally seen that there is an attitude against not only Tamerlane but also the rulers. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Conference Paper

Publication Date

October 26, 2019

Submission Date

September 3, 2019

Acceptance Date

October 8, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 7 Number: 2

APA
Arvas, A. (2019). The Place Of Tamerlane In The Nasreddin Hodja’s Jokes. Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi Karatekin Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 7(2), 167-180. https://izlik.org/JA56NC63AB