Claude Farrere'in La Maison Des Hommes Vivants eserinin Türkçe çevirileri üzerine betimleyici bir inceleme

In this thesis, a detailed comparative and descriptive textual analysis is conducted on two Turkish translations of Claude Farrère's La Maison Des Hommes Vivants (1911): Selim Nüzhet Gerçek's Canvermezler Tekkesi (1921) and Hamdi Varoğlu's Ölmez Adamların Evi (1955). The Gothic horror genre is used synonymously with the Gothic genre, though each has its distinctive features. This can also be said for Selim Nüzhet Gerçek's Canvermezler Tekkesi (1921), which was defined as a horror novel featuring clear Gothic elements. Following the establishment of the genre, the crucial part of this thesis is the examination of differences through a descriptive approach in the said novel and the literary work assumed to be the source text. The aim of this thesis is to examine the translations and describe the translation strategies adopted in different periods. For this reason, identifying them as 'adaptation', 'translation', 'te'lif,' or 're-writing,' depending on their adherence to the source text and culture, or the target culture, becomes important in establishing their differences. Theoretically, the categories of differences are determined based on Gideon Toury's (1995) translational norms, such as character differences, differences in the settings of events, differences regarding the translation of the plot, and additions and omissions in the texts and illustrations. These categories, in which the two translations were compared to the source text, are explained within the framework of Lawrence Venuti's 'foreignization' and 'domestication' strategies. As a result of the comparison between the two translations, it is possible to say that the 1921 translation adopted a strategy that brought it closer to the Turkish language and culture, steering it towards the 'acceptability' pole, while the 1955 translation is closer to the source text and French language, placing it in the 'adequacy' pole.