Abstract
Taşlicali Yahya Bey’in “Şâh u Gedâ” with Factual Environmental and Space Dimensions Description of the Masnavi
“Şâh u Gedâ”, one of the five masnavis of Yahya Bey of
Taşlıca, in addition to being a copyrighted work with local
characteristics, is significant with the spatial portrayals it
contains. The spaces that the protagonists are embodied
and provide the realistic aspect of the study could be
examined in two sections of ambient and factual
dimensions. Ambient spatial portrayals provide
information on the environment that the protagonist
exists, while factual spatial portrayals reflect the mood of
the protagonist, which we could not observe physically.
Together with ambient spatial portrayals, there are spatial
descriptions to reflect the mood of Gedâ, the protagonist of
the masnavi. Thus, in this study, which scrutinizes the
ambient and factual spatial portrayals in the Şâh u Gedâ
masnavi in particular, examines spatial portrayals in
classical Turkish literature in general, and space-entity
relationship ontologically.
Keywords
Şâh u Gedâ, Yahya Bey, masnavi, space, entity.