Short story criticism in modern Turkish literature (1950-1970)

The aim of this study is to reveal the place and importance of short story criticism in Turkish literature within general literary criticism. In this context, it is aimed to determine the prominent themes, subjects, methods and tendencies in short story criticism and the writers of short story criticism. To understand correctly how short story criticism may have played an important role in the change and development of Turkish short story writing, to reveal the contributions of criticism in the development of the short story form, to look at Turkish short story writing through the eyes of the criticism of the period and to investigate the nature of this view, and also to examine the short story's criticism of the period. One of the aims of this study is to examine how it may have influenced and directed the issue. Due to the abundance of sources, the field was first limited in the study. In this respect, the study is limited to the years 1950-1970 and the influential culture, art and literature magazines of the period. The magazines in question were accessed and articles related to the short story were identified. The articles in question were examined using the content analysis method and it was seen that they focused on certain topics and themes. In the first part of the study, the subject of criticism and short stories is discussed in terms of concept, theory and history. In the second part, articles that deal with the short story in terms of genre and structure and approach the short story from a theoretical and technical perspective were examined. In the third section, articles focusing directly on short story writers and their short stories and short storytelling are included. In the fourth chapter, various prominent issues and debates regarding the short story between 1950 and 1970 are discussed. When the culture, art and literature magazines regarding short story criticism were examined between 1950 and 1970, it was seen that short story criticism shaped the short story of the period. It is known that the short story was also very powerful in this period. Therefore, it has been observed that short story and short story writers were also influential on the criticisms of the period in question.