Irfan Yalçın's novels and his novelism

In this thesis titled "İrfan Yalçın's Novels and Novelism", İrfan Yalçın's novels and his understanding of the novel are analysed. İrfan Yalçın has produced works in different literary genres such as poetry, translation, criticism, story and novel. He won various awards with his works in the genre of criticism and novel. He described people from all segments of the society, their troubles and life struggles in his novels. In his artistic life, he depicted people from various segments of society in his works with a realistic understanding. The author benefited from observation while creating his novels. He created his works in daily spoken language. In his novels, he tried to reflect the state of the society based on the lives of the people belonging to the society he lived in. Yalçın, who could not remain indifferent to the period and society he was in, reflected what he thought about society in his works based on individuals whose lives were corrupted. As a place, he used Zonguldak, his hometown, and Istanbul, where he studied and lived for a while. The time element bears traces of the periods described in his novels. In his novels, time is one of the important parts of the plot. Despite the awards he has received and the works he has produced, there are not enough academic studies on İrfan Yalçın. With this study, it is aimed to eliminate the lack of academic studies on İrfan Yalçın and to contribute to the literature by analysing the novels and novelism of the artist. Key words: İrfan Yalçın, novel, novelism.