An analysis on the story book Son Emel of Mehmet Rauf

It could be noted that Turkish Language gained Western characteristics in terms of comprehension, content and technique at the end of the Servet-i Fünûn period (1896-1901) experienced with very intense and dynamic studies. Mehmet Rauf (İstanbul, 1875-İstanbul, 1931) is one of the most important authors of Servet-i Fünûn period. Rauf mostly wrote about the subjects of romantic loves, emotions, dreams, inner worlds of the individuals, sorrow and pessimism in compliance with the understanding of Servet-I Fünun in his works; he generally did not address social topics. He used a realistic point of view and reflected the outcomes of the mistakes of characters realistically as well. Mehmet Rauf accepted as one the most productive authors of Servet-i Fünûn period together with Halid Ziya in terms of his stories and novels and his essays were published on Servet-i Fünûn, Mektep ve İkdam, the most important periodical publications of its time. Eylül (1901) written by Mehmet Rauf paying attention to psychological analysis was accepted as one of the first physiological novels of Turkish Literature. Mehmet Rauf, who attracted attention with his own writing style and expression, has been read until today. The story book called Son Emel of Mehmet Rauf has been examined in this study. This story book published in 1923 consists of sixteen stories. In the "Introduction" section of the thesis, information about the prose development in Turkish literature, life and art of Mehmet Rauf has been presented. The stories in the last Emel were transferred to the Latin letters. Thereafter, stories, plot, characters, time, place, language and expression, narrator and point of view in Son Emel have been analysed and the place of this storybook in the storytelling of Mehmet Rauf has been determined. Keywords: Servet-i Fünûn, Prose, Story, Mehmet Rauf, Son Emel