Abstract
The Artistic Style and the Use of Seci‘ in Riyazü’r-rahme
Riyazü’r-rahme which is about principles of Islam is a religious, scientific and literary work written by Hüseyin Ali Efendi (d. 1058/1648). The work, which deals with the principles of Islam in line with the verses and hadiths expressing the breadth of Allah’s mercy, was written in an artistic style. Seci‘ stands out as an important stylistic feature in the works in which the artistic style is used. This situation is also valid for Riyazü’r-rahme. Seci‘, which is defined as rhyme in prose in the most general sense, is one of the elements that brings prose closer to verse and provides harmony in prose works. In this article, the use of seci‘ in Riyazü’r-rahme will be examined and the effect of seci‘ on the style of the work will be evaluated. The aim of the research is to reveal the uses of seci‘ in Riyazü’r-rahme, which has an important place in Turkish literature from past to present, and to examine the effect of the use of seci‘ on the style of the work. For this purpose, besides the introduction, which was written in an artistic style, the second section chosen randomly among the other sections was determined as the sample. The introduction and the second section will be examined by content analysis method in terms of the use of seci‘, and the detected seci‘s will be classified according to the types and evaluated. This research, which examines a religious work written in the field of hadith in the 17th century, in terms of seci‘, will not only reveal the effect of the use of seci‘ on the style of the work and its author, but also contribute to the studies dealing with the subject of seci‘ in classical Turkish literature in general. The issue of how the unity of meter or the similarity in terms of meter is achieved among the words in seci‘ is one of the controversial issues that has remained unclear for a long time.
Keywords
Prose, artistic style, seci‘, Hüseyin Ali Efendi, Riyazü’r-rahme.