THE EFFECTS OF FEMALE TYPES IN TIFLÎ STORIES ON GENDER ROLES

Abstract

Tıflî stories are narratives that deal with the people's way of life, traditions, customs, clothing, relations between men and women, various professions, the daily life of the people of his time, entertainment culture and the way of thinking from a realist point of view.

Folk tales are an important part of a society's cultural heritage and often offer deep insights into social norms, values and relationships. Tıflî stories also provide important clues about social values and norms. Love is one of the themes that these stories frequently deal with. When we look at the theme of love in Tıflî stories, it is seen that these stories are in a close relationship with gender roles in the context of gender roles. These stories reflect certain social norms, gender roles, gender expectations and perceptions in the society of that period. Therefore, Tıflî stories are an important source that shows how gender roles are portrayed and how themes such as love interact with these roles.

Gender roles are cultural and social norms that a society assigns to certain genders and determine how that gender should behave and what roles they should assume. These roles are traditionally based on specific gender identities such as masculinity and femininity and are shaped by society's expectations. In order to understand the effects and consequences of female characters in narratives on gender roles, it is of great importance to analyze the female characters in these stories.

In this study, the female characters in Tıflî's stories titled Hikâyet, Tıflî Efendi Hikâyesi, Hikâye-i Tayyarzade, Hançerli Hanım Hikâyesi, İki Biraderler Hikâyesi and Letâ'ifname will be analyzed. With an epistemological perspective, which is a design of qualitative research method, the effects of the female types identified in Tıflî stories on gender roles will be tried to be revealed.