Typology of uighur folk epics

The epics which hold an important place in Uighur folk literature and make up the national memory of Uighur are like a mirror held up to the last few hundred years of political and social history of Uighur Turkish. Epics also are value as homing the social, cultural, religious and political elements of the society which they are belong to. The types are important for reflecting these elements. Because they can not be considered independently from society. Detected types also they will help you to understand how the Uighurs place their sense on the types and position placed on them. For this purpose, typlogy method was applied in order to determine the types in examined epics. This study consists of an introduction, four main chaptersand the conclusion. In the introduction, The episode diagram of our study is shown whether gave information about epic tradition of Uighur Turks, type and typology definitions, the episode diagrams. The purpose, scope and method of the thesis are also included in this chapter. In the first chapter, episodes of Uighur folk epics are summarized. In the second chapter, the types detected are examined under twelve titles in Uihgur folk epic In the third chapter, episode and motif structures of the selected epics are formed and the characteristics of the identified types are determined. In conclusion chapter, a general evaluation of our study is given. As a result of this evaluation types reflect the characteristics of the old Turkish culture and have also gained new features under the influence of Islam. Generally, these types show more realistic features. This thesis study ends with a bibliography.