Tematic analysis of Halit Ziya Uşakligil's stories

ASLAN, Hanifi; Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil'in Hikâyelerinin Tematik İncelenmesi; Doktora Tezi; Ankara; 2008Servet-i Fünun period, the period of search, is one of the turning points in Turkish Literature. Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil is one of the prominent writers of the period and the most important short story writer of his era when modern short stories just started to appear. Halit Ziya contributed a lot to the advance of the modern short story style and language in Turkish LiteratureHalit Ziya, who is best known for his short stories but wrote in the form of letters and diarys as well, is one of the few sophisticated writers of the Turkish Literature. He benefited from his personal experiences a lot. Before Servet-i Fünun, he used an artistic language, which is difficult to understand, but then started using a more clear language in parallel with the common understanding of the term. He even simplified some of his earlier works.The main purpose of this study is to examine the short stories in his books published when he was alive -including the ones he simplified- . In the study, his importance and place in the Servet-i Fünun Period has been told and his short stories have been analyzed in terms of social and individual themes.He had a great influence on the writers of his era as well as the ones after him. Among his most striking styles are detailed analyses and carefully made descriptions. His short stories compared to his novels are more inclined to reflect life with more perspectives; therefore he uses more characters in his short stories with people from every part of the society.Halit Ziya is an important step in Turkish Literature in respect of his themes and subjects he studied in his short stories.Key words1-Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil2-Servet-i Fünun3- Short Story4- Thematic Analysis5- Short Stories in Turkish Literature