Analysing İnci Aral`s novels thematically, structurally, linguistically and stylistically

SUMMARYMasters ThesisAnalysing Inci Aral?s Novels Thematically, Structurally,Linguistically and StylisticallyNuray ÖRNEKUniversity of FıratThe Institute of Social SecienceDepartment of Turkish Language and Literature2007; Page: XI + 222The start of studying ?I? problems in the novel more realistically, gains speedwith the ?Enlightenment Philosophy? in 19. century. Existence of Individual?s social,psyhological and philosophical aspects of his past and future metamorphosis inliterature?s fictional structure, has enlarged the novel?s ample scope remarkably.Inci Aral, being a leader among the names in recent period Turkish Literature, isthe one of the writers using that scope, the most and the best. In her novels, at the centreof events that she utters, she sets out from the personal inquiries and shows the commonissues of humankind such as freedom, struggle for existence, sexsuality and socialsanctions in particular and in general.As a Turkish novelist and a woman, she criticises the upbringing of woman andman in her pivot, and the status of feminity and masculinity attributed on them, in aliterary language. As a result, Inci Aral?s novels function such as mirror reflecting theindividual and the society which he has been brought up in.Key Words: Novel, Inci Aral, Individual, Society, Status of Feminity and Masculinity