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Importance and place of epics in historical sources

2008
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Advisor: Prof. Dr. Muhammet Beşir Aşan

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Epic is telling things in rich contents as if they are a tale. Especially before invention of writing ; it explains terms that we have less information about social, military and political events.It is expressing the societies who had lived in that time and what they had had in living styles, faiths , moral beliefs, point of view to the life and to the world.Epics Of Turkish Literature and world literature grow and develope together with their exist societies. Without breaking off the essence of all phases which society passed; changing geographical place , new accepting religion and becoming different life style are effecting epic.consequently epic is a indispansable source in historical searchs. Main sources are giving illuminant information about communities and nations and also epics as well. Discounting the fact that Epic?s miraculousness, remaining is just history.Reflecting faiths to epics, point of view to events, religious and national motives, details of relations in familiy , moral believes which the society developed them upon the events prevail their exists indirectly in our present time. Common motives that are often used in epics are reflecting inner world of the nation which belong to their nation. Knowledges and opinions can be had by somebody about any nation with deep searchs on epics.

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Aynur Akın

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Aynur Akın (Master Thesis). Importance and place of epics in historical sources, 2008, Fırat University, Tarih Bölümü.

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