In the context of myth and rewriting: "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "The Buried Giant"

The aim of this study is to examine how elements of Celtic mythology are rewritten in Kazuo Ishiguro's work "The Buried Giant" and the intertextual relations of these elements with the Medieval English novel "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is one of the important examples of medieval English literature, which is thought to have been written in the late fourteenth century, although the exact date of writing is unknown. This work depicts the chivalry and moral values of the Middle Ages, themes of heroism and loyalty, and a heroic journey associated with a supernatural world. Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Buried Giant", on the other hand, deals with a story set in post-King Arthurian Britain and explores memory, forgetfulness and the effects of the past. Both works contain elements of Celtic mythology, but these elements are reshaped in different cultural and epochal contexts. This study aims to reveal the similarities and differences between "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "The Buried Giant" by using an intertextuality method. In this context, mythological elements, magic, memory, death, ecological elements, supernatural beings and heroism themes will be discussed in detail. How these two works, as texts from different periods and cultures, transform mythological narratives and in what ways this transformation is reshaped will be examined. The study will investigate how the medieval chivalric culture and the theme of memory are reflected in both works and how the rewriting processes are carried out in different ways.