Namık Kemal`in tiyatrosu

Abstract

322 ABSTRACT Namık Kemal (21 December 1840/2 December 1888) whose poetry, articles, criticisms, novels and letters provided a leading sample for his aftermaths and who made the foundation for the future of new Turkish literature with his `Celâl Mukaddimesi`, is the real leader of our literature in all ways. Namık Kemal wrote six plays named Vatan yahut Silistre, Za vallı Çocuk, Akif Bey, Gülnihâl, Celâleddin Harzemşah, Kara Belâ of his works, Celâl Mukaddimesi, including his views of literatu re, ' especially drama is as important as at least his plays. With his studies in `Encümen` founded in Ottoman Theatre, he contribu ted to dramaturgy and theatre repertory. According to Namık Kemal no other branch of literature can take the place of drama. The playwright should create more actual, impressive characters for the actual production in theat re In the plays of Namık Kemal, all the characters serve for one prupose only: the imposition of a thought through various mouths The beginning acts of his plays are as similar as the final acts. In Celâl Mukaddimesi, he seperates his plays into two groups: `Generally, the plots of plays are all imaginary; or, they are based on historical happenings. Of my works Gülnihâl, Akif Bey, Zavallı Çocuk take place in the first group, Silistre and Celâl in the second.` His first play, Vatan yahut Silistre that he started in Gallipoli and finished in Istanbul caused some events when per formed in Gedikpasa theatre in April 1 1873; and in the end, Namık Kemal and his friends were sent on exile because of some writings in papers. In this play, which he dedicated to those loosing their lives for the country, he developed the theme of the sanctityof teh country. He wrote Zavallı Çocuk, Akif Bey, Gülnihâl in jail, in Magosa. în the poetry of Namık Kemal thought is more important than aesthetics. His aim is to serve for the unity of the nation.323 The playwright is ruthless for the evil characters. Speech is more significant than action. The character is either totally good or totally evil. long The language of his plays is simple, spoken Turkish except dialogues in Celâleddin Harzemşah.