In the context of constructing a world, the metaphor of “world” carries multiple meanings, both literal and symbolic. Robert T. Tally Jr.’s “spatiality” theory which he interprets with the “spatial turn” that began in the 1950s, advances through the value of fictional space within the novel. The theme of “world,” which appears in three different works by Ayfer Tunç, Ayhan Geçgin, and Gaye Boralıoğlu, prominent figures in the “21st-Century Turkish Novel,” which we can define as a new era in Turkish literature, will be examined through the lens of spatiality theory, in the context of the fictional space and symbolic value it signifies. Accordingly, the discussion, developed within spatial theory using the concepts of cognitive mapping and geocriticism, will be concretized through literary works. Thus, the spatial commonality seen in the novels Dunya Agrisi (2014), Dunyadan Asagi (2018) and Dunyalararasinda (2024) will be comparatively evaluated along with the authors’ perceptions.
Spatiality, world, Dunya Agrisi, Dunyadan Asagi, Dunyalararasinda.