Research Article

THE LOSS OF VALUE OF MODERN HUMAN OR MODERNIST MANIFESTO THREE FLANEURS: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, THE USELESS MAN, THE IDLE MAN

Volume: 18 Number: 18 December 18, 2017
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THE LOSS OF VALUE OF MODERN HUMAN OR MODERNIST MANIFESTO THREE FLANEURS: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, THE USELESS MAN, THE IDLE MAN

Abstract

There is no doubt that human's search for adding value to his own being is the most important among the main reasons for the existence of literature as an art. Literature, as well as all fine arts, has made a great contribution to human's efforts to find out and make sense of his own or the life he lives, and to the determination of the values that exist in life from morality to aesthetics or directing them. Western-based modern literature has been basically built on the greatness of human value. However, on the contrary, the tendencies that emerged after World War I and became stronger with World War II are filled with doubts about the greatness of human value. It is possible to see the questionings on this value more closely in the novel type with significant opportunities in terms of representing the individual within the life he/she actually lives. In this article, the first volume of The Man Without Qualities (Niteliksiz Adam), which was published by the Austrian author Robert Musil (1880-1942) in 1930 and was translated into Turkish in 1999, The Idle Man (Lüzumsuz Adam) written by Sait Faik in 1947, and The Useless Man (Aylak Adam) published by Yusuf Atılgan in 1959, that emphasize the questionings on the value of human by their names, will be discussed in terms of central people with a flaneur characteristic as a critique of the modern human's value perception.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 18, 2017

Submission Date

November 21, 2017

Acceptance Date

December 1, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 18 Number: 18

APA
Balcı, Y. (2017). THE LOSS OF VALUE OF MODERN HUMAN OR MODERNIST MANIFESTO THREE FLANEURS: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, THE USELESS MAN, THE IDLE MAN. Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları, 18(18), 33-41. https://izlik.org/JA98WZ85BD
AMA
1.Balcı Y. THE LOSS OF VALUE OF MODERN HUMAN OR MODERNIST MANIFESTO THREE FLANEURS: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, THE USELESS MAN, THE IDLE MAN. Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları. 2017;18(18):33-41. https://izlik.org/JA98WZ85BD
Chicago
Balcı, Yunus. 2017. “THE LOSS OF VALUE OF MODERN HUMAN OR MODERNIST MANIFESTO THREE FLANEURS: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, THE USELESS MAN, THE IDLE MAN”. Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları 18 (18): 33-41. https://izlik.org/JA98WZ85BD.
EndNote
Balcı Y (December 1, 2017) THE LOSS OF VALUE OF MODERN HUMAN OR MODERNIST MANIFESTO THREE FLANEURS: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, THE USELESS MAN, THE IDLE MAN. Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları 18 18 33–41.
IEEE
[1]Y. Balcı, “THE LOSS OF VALUE OF MODERN HUMAN OR MODERNIST MANIFESTO THREE FLANEURS: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, THE USELESS MAN, THE IDLE MAN”, Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları, vol. 18, no. 18, pp. 33–41, Dec. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA98WZ85BD
ISNAD
Balcı, Yunus. “THE LOSS OF VALUE OF MODERN HUMAN OR MODERNIST MANIFESTO THREE FLANEURS: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, THE USELESS MAN, THE IDLE MAN”. Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları 18/18 (December 1, 2017): 33-41. https://izlik.org/JA98WZ85BD.
JAMA
1.Balcı Y. THE LOSS OF VALUE OF MODERN HUMAN OR MODERNIST MANIFESTO THREE FLANEURS: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, THE USELESS MAN, THE IDLE MAN. Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları. 2017;18:33–41.
MLA
Balcı, Yunus. “THE LOSS OF VALUE OF MODERN HUMAN OR MODERNIST MANIFESTO THREE FLANEURS: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, THE USELESS MAN, THE IDLE MAN”. Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları, vol. 18, no. 18, Dec. 2017, pp. 33-41, https://izlik.org/JA98WZ85BD.
Vancouver
1.Yunus Balcı. THE LOSS OF VALUE OF MODERN HUMAN OR MODERNIST MANIFESTO THREE FLANEURS: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, THE USELESS MAN, THE IDLE MAN. Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1;18(18):33-41. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA98WZ85BD

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