İki ekolojik perspektif: Yaşlı Adam ve Deniz ile Deniz Küstü romanlarındaki deniz imgeleri

Images are a method of self-expansion and enrichment of literary texts since this enrichment is essential in narratives that undertake a multidimensional activity such as reflecting life. According to the famous religious historian Mircea Eliade, the image is a "bunch of meaning". He maintains that the images that make the narrative multiple or layered enable a text to reflect the versatility of life. On the other hand, Viktor Emil Frankl, the founder of the third school of psychoanalysis, argues that modern man lives with the desire to give meaning to what he has experienced rather than with the instinct that Freud claims, or the desire to take part in society as Adler claims. The meaning he attributes to any experience can make him happy and satisfying, or vice versa. However, according to Frankl, meaning arises at the end of a conscious decision-making process that arises from one's interaction with life rather than a fixed secret that is hidden and waiting to be found. The person chooses or determines the meaning. Frankl's search for meaning naturally manifests itself in literary texts which have been a reflection of human adventure throughout history. Heroes who lose meaning in life or seek to attain a new meaning gain experience and knowledge through the events they go through. Through these gains, a new meaning is added to the hero's experience and existence. This thesis explores the fact that the image of the sea with its distinctive features in the human mind is an important channel for heroes in their search for meaning in literary narrations.