Türk Destanları Üzerine Bir Çalışma: Çocukluk

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Epics, events that have left deep traces in the lives of the nationsthat have witnessed the age of the epic, victories, disasters, and nationalemotions as well as being poetic works, are tools that transmit dailyinformation about the past. In this study, it is aimed to determine theimage of children in Turkish epics and show how Turkish societiesperceive the child. The study, in which the screening model was used,was carried out by qualitative research methods using the documentreview technique. By using the classifications in the literature, 16 Turkicepics from the past to the present day were included. In the analysis ofthe epics, the originality of the selected epics was examined first. Bymaking use of classifications made in the field of Turkish Epics, whichhave been classified many times, Epic of Oguz Kagan, Epic of Alp ErTunga, Epic of Bozkurt, Epic of Atilla, Epic of Ergenekon, Epic of Türeyiş,Epic of Migration, Epic of Creation, Epic of Şu, Epic of Saltuk Buğra Han,Epic of Manas, Epic of Cengizhan, Epic of Ediğe, Epic of SeyyidBattalgazi, Epic of Köroğlu, Epic Of Danişmend Gazi, Dede Korkut Storieswere included in the study. Later, the narratives about child weredetermined in the epics inspected by three researchers, and the themesand sub-themes were drawn from these narratives. Percentage ofagreement between the three investigators was calculated as 81.55%.Epics are divided into seven themes and their sub-themes: desire to havechildren, child birth, child's characteristics, child's growth, child'seducation, expectation from the child and respect for the child. Findingsrelated to themes and sub-themes have been discussed with support ofthe literature.