Abstract
Negative Views about Marriage in Classical Turkish Literature
Contrary to a popular opinion, Classical Turkish
Literature is a literature which is directly connected with
the social life and it also possesses materials about any
feeling and thought in the community. This wealth of
topic shows itself in the variety of the literary genres.
One of the issues which the poets discourse with
reference to the social life is the concept of marriage.
Marriage which is very necessary for a healthy social life
and for the continued of the generation is a condition
which is generally encouraged. However, some poets by
glorifying to remain single have opposed to the marriage.
They have shared their reasoned negative views about
marriage with the other people. The poets which opposed
to marriage, may have experienced any problem and for
this to give advice to the other people against marriage.
The negative expressions about marriage shared in this
article, are not general judgement of the society or the
poets of this period; but they are just personal opinion of
some poets.
In this article under three titles; the woman perception
of some poets, the marriage perception, and their views in
cases where the marriage is inevitable, were shared with
sample verses, and also the verses have translated by us to
today’s Turkish as prose. And in the end, additionally
were given two gazelles concerning woman /private parts
and marriage/matrimony.
Keywords
Classical Literature, Divan Poet, Marriage, Matrimony, Wedlock, Woman.