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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Primary Language
English
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Journal Section
Conference Paper
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Publication Date
October 26, 2019
Submission Date
September 3, 2019
Acceptance Date
October 8, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 7 Number: 2