THE NATURE OF THE QUEST “Arayışın Doğası”

Yıl 2005, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2, 42 - 58, 01.12.2005

Cumhur Yılmaz Madran

Öz

İngiliz edebiyatının ilk dönemlerine ait yazarı bilinmeyen Sir Gwain
and the Green Night
, 17. yüzyılda yazılan John Bunyan’ın Pilgrim’s
Progress
, 18. yüzyılda Daniel Defoe tarafından yazılan Robinson Crusoe
yüzyılda Charles Dickens tarafından kaleme alınan David Copperfield
yüzyılda Joseph Conrad tarafından yazılan Under Western Eyes
, 19.
ve 20.
adlı eserler
farklı dönemlerde yazılmalarına rağmen, kahramanların mitolojik arayış
serüvenleri açısından temelde aynı kalmakta ve benzer bir kalıbı takip
etmektedir. Arayış içerisindeki kahramanlar bulundukları yerden ayrılıp, pek
çok zorlukları aşarak amaçlarını gerçekleştirmek için belli bir hedefe doğru
hareket etmekte ve sonra tekrar yola çıktıkları yere dönmektedirler. Farklı
dönemlerde yazılmış olan bu üç eser, kahramanlarının mitolojik arayışları
açısından karşılaştırılacaktır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Arayış, Mitoloji, Ruhani yolculuk.
The present analysis is intended to shed some light on the quest
pattern, which is a mythological journey and which has been used by many
writers in different periods. The boundary of the study is confined to the
function and significance of the quest pattern represented in the literary
works. The introductory part revolves mainly around the general background
information about the mythological quest motif. The anonymous Sir Gwain
and the Green Knight
, Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress
, Daniel Defoe’s
Robinson Crusoe
, Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield
Under Western Eyes
and Joseph Conrad’s
, although they belong to different periods, have a
common pattern: the quest. The mentioned works will be analysed according
to this pattern. This brief investigation is hoped to familiarise the reader with
the nature of the quest motif in different literary works.
Key Words: Quest, Mythology, Spiritual Journey.

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