A Librarian′s Biographic Novel: Mustafa Guzelgoz from Perspective of Fakir Baykurt

A biographical novel is a literary work that is fictionalized within the framework of a slice from real life. It tries to present, adopt or depict real people as fictional characters by using narrative techniques that belonging to this literary genre. Fakir Baykurt ' s Esekli Kutuphaneci is an example of a biographical novel that fictionalizes Mustafa Guzelgoz ' s life, who is known to be one of the important names in the history of Turkish librarianship with his mobile librarianship works that he carried out in the provincial town of Urgup. As a biographical novelist, Baykurt brings Guzelgoz to the axis of biographical fiction and presents him with his individual identity. The writer identifies himself with the novel character within the context of his life and thought. The aim of this research is to examine the biographical fiction written by Fakir Baykurt within the fiction-reality relationship context based on the objective-scientific biographies and interviews with Mustafa Guzelgoz. In Esekli Kutuphaneci, Guzelgoz lived in Urgup with his family and his librarianship activities were included in the fiction in detail using the reality principle framework. The period, as witnessed by the protagonist of the biographical novel, was handled in various aspects where social and cultural structures were reflected. In this novel and in line with Mustafa Guzelgoz ' s life, emphasis is placed on librarianship studies in Turkey; however, as a fictional document. Esekli Kutuphaneci, as a librarian biography, gains importance as an alternative narrative regarding the development stages of Turkish librarianship history in a fictional plane.

Journal

FOLKLOR/EDEBIYAT-FOLKLORE/LITERATURE

Year

2023

Volume

29

Issue

1

Pages

161-177

ISSN

1300-7491

eISSN

2791-6057

DOI

10.22559/folklor.2297

WoS UID

WOS:000966720700009