Examination of Mustafa Çiftci's story books in terms of structure and theme

In this study, Mustafa Çiftci's story texts in the story books Adem'in Kekliği ve Chopin (2012), Bozkırda Alltmışaltı (2014), Ah Mercimeğim (2017) and Ağlaya Ağlaya Öldük Anam Bacım (2021) were analyzed under two main headings as structure and theme. The aim of our study is to reveal the literary idea world of Mustafa Çiftci, one of the last period writers, based on his stories and to reveal his views on storytelling and story as a result of the story analyzes. In this context, his place and importance in our literature is emphasized. After giving brief information about the story, which is an important literary genre, in the introduction section, information about the content of the study is given. Then, in the section on Mustafa Çiftci's Life, Literary Personality and Works, information about the author's life, literary personality and intellectual world is given, followed by general information about his works. In the second section, the story texts are analyzed in terms of structure under the names of plot, time, space, cast of characters, narrator and point of view, narrative techniques. In the last section, the themes of the analyzed stories are analyzed under the headings of Love / Infatuation, Poverty, Marriage, Friendship / Friendship, Tradesmen and Other, and it is tried to determine the place and importance of Mustafa Çiftci in our literature.