Reflections of time-space relationship in art and literature on the achievements of art education and training program

This paper examines the time-space relationship and fictions created by authors and artists in the light of social occurrences. The way authors conveyed revolutionary and social happenings in the context of The French Revolution, Industrial Revolution and the Proclamation of the Republic in Turkey as well as the time-space relationship in their works are the subjects of this study. The first section takes a closer look into the time-space relationship of the social changes the French Revolution brought about in literature and art. In the second section the effects of the Industrial Revolution on literature and art are analysed with respect to the time-space relationship. The third section deals with the way the reforms after the Proclamation of the Republic in Turkey altered the literature and art along with the perception of the mutual relationship between time and space in the society. These social occurrences are studied in reference to their impacts on time and space in art and literature. In this context; colours, forms and compositions are correlated with visual and literary works. This research is a qualitative one with the method of descriptive survey model. In the empirical part a focus group session was held. This session involved students attending 5th, 6th and 7th grades. Divided into groups of eight, 24 students participated in the study group. Then they were read out the novels chosen for them and shown certain slides. At the end the students were asked six questions. Their answers clearly show they're aware of the fact that events which take place in a given society at a certain time affect the works of artists and authors accordingly. On the other hand, the members of the study groups were expected to develop their own ideas on the analyses regarding the time-space relationship. Les Miserables, which was written, inter alia, by Victor Hugo after French Revolution; Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities, written by Charles Dickens among his other books after the Industrial Revolution and the paintings by Jacques Louis David and Joseph Wright were the selected works for all the students to analyse and interpret with regard to the times they were composed and the impressions they give respectively. Furthermore, it was another objective of this session that the study group questions the time-space element. 5th, 6th and 7th graders were given an insight into the literary works and demonstrated paintings that were created after the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. Additionally, the slides and the videos that were prepared in advance were the other elements to be utilized before the students were asked to give their own input. The session was run for them to be able to make connections between the literary works and the videos. It was also aimed to develop their creativity as they analyse the time-space factor and its depiction in the literary works and paintings as well as to enhance their ability to perceive, examine and form their understanding and enable them to observe the world with the events surrounding it. Keywords: Conception of time in art, Conception of space in art, Conception of time in literature, Conception of space in literature, Art education and training, Art education and training achievements.