Abstract
THE CONCEPT OF TEXTUALITY AND LITERARINESS AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO HASAN ALI TOPTAŞ’S STORY BİR DÜNYANIN AKŞAM RESMİ IN THE CONTEXT OF TEXTUALITY AND LITERARINESS
Textuality is basically a method aimed at analysing the text grammatically based on the criteria of coherence and cohesion. Coherence and cohesion appear as two important elements of textuality. Coherence refers to the relationship between the linguistic elements that make up a text and the order they form while cohesion is aimed at the logical functioning of the text. Since cohesion stems from the semantic integrity formed by many coherent elements, it is evaluated as associated with coherence. It is fairly easy to examine ordinary texts based on the criteria of coherence and cohesion and to make inferences in terms of textuality. However, analysing literary Works, in which fictional language is used and spoken language is mostly abandoned, based on the criteria of textuality is a laborious process that requires referring to different perspectives. First of all, understanding literary work cannot be achieved only by the criteria of textuality as the literary work has a literary feature, which points to its artistic side and is also related to its textual features. To understand the text better, it is essential to reveal the literary feature together with the criteria of textuality. Focusing on the concepts of textuality and literacy, this study examines the story of Hasan Ali Toptaş, Bir Dünyanın Akşam Resmi (The Evening Picture of a World), in the context of textuality and literacy.
Keywords
Textuality, Literariness, Hasan Ali Toptaş, Bir Dünyanın Akşam Resmi.