Hyena as a Metaphor in the Short Prose of Siegfried Lenz and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek

Seval Ayne

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Hyena as a Metaphor in the Short Prose of Siegfried Lenz and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek

Authors:

Seval Ayne

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

German Language | Literature and Culture

Journal:

Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur Issue 52, pp.59-76

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

Deutsch (kurzfassung)

Document ID (Org No.):

2001340432

pISSN:

2619-9890

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Abstract:

 In many cultures, animals are used as metaphors to describe and emphasize certain characteristics or actions of people. This becomes most clear in everyday speech when using comparative phraseology such as strong as a bear, hungry like a wolf, stinking like a fox and much more. Such phraseologists naturally also occur in all literary genres, but these animal metaphors are rarely used as titles of prose texts, as is the case in the short stories selected here by Siegfried Lenz 1926-2014 and Necip Fazıl 1904-1983. Lenz titled his text, first published in 1958, The Hyenas Favorite Food, while Kısaküreks text, which was published in 1928, is called Sırtlan English: The Hyena. Both texts deal with the hyena as a symbol of underhandedness, unscrupulousness and opportunistic behavior. In this article, two narrative prose works from German and Turkish literature are analyzed and compared. The following questions are examined: What do the stories Sırtlan and The Hyenas Favorite Food have in common? How does the relationship between humans and animals appear in the stories by Lenz and Kısakürek? What content and behaviors are revealed with the hyena metaphor? Both short prose works irritate in different ways with the hyena metaphor and criticize certain social conditions.

 In many cultures, animals are used as metaphors to describe and emphasize certain characteristics or actions of people. This becomes most clear in everyday speech when using comparative phraseology such as strong as a bear, hungry like a wolf, stinking like a fox and much more. Such phraseologists naturally also occur in all literary genres, but these animal metaphors are rarely used as titles of prose texts, as is the case in the short stories selected here by Siegfried Lenz 1926-2014 and Necip Fazıl 1904-1983. Lenz titled his text, first published in 1958, The Hyenas Favorite Food, while Kısaküreks text, which was published in 1928, is called Sırtlan English: The Hyena. Both texts deal with the hyena as a symbol of underhandedness, unscrupulousness and opportunistic behavior. In this article, two narrative prose works from German and Turkish literature are analyzed and compared. The following questions are examined: What do the stories Sırtlan and The Hyenas Favorite Food have in common? How does the relationship between humans and animals appear in the stories by Lenz and Kısakürek? What content and behaviors are revealed with the hyena metaphor? Both short prose works irritate in different ways with the hyena metaphor and criticize certain social conditions.

 In many cultures, animals are used as metaphors to describe and emphasize certain characteristics or actions of people. This becomes most clear in everyday speech when using comparative phraseology such as strong as a bear, hungry like a wolf, stinking like a fox and much more. Such phraseologists naturally also occur in all literary genres, but these animal metaphors are rarely used as titles of prose texts, as is the case in the short stories selected here by Siegfried Lenz 1926-2014 and Necip Fazıl 1904-1983. Lenz titled his text, first published in 1958, The Hyenas Favorite Food, while Kısaküreks text, which was published in 1928, is called Sırtlan English: The Hyena. Both texts deal with the hyena as a symbol of underhandedness, unscrupulousness and opportunistic behavior. In this article, two narrative prose works from German and Turkish literature are analyzed and compared. The following questions are examined: What do the stories Sırtlan and The Hyenas Favorite Food have in common? How does the relationship between humans and animals appear in the stories by Lenz and Kısakürek? What content and behaviors are revealed with the hyena metaphor? Both short prose works irritate in different ways with the hyena metaphor and criticize certain social conditions.

 In many cultures, animals are used as metaphors to describe and emphasize certain characteristics or actions of people. This becomes most clear in everyday speech when using comparative phraseology such as strong as a bear, hungry like a wolf, stinking like a fox and much more. Such phraseologists naturally also occur in all literary genres, but these animal metaphors are rarely used as titles of prose texts, as is the case in the short stories selected here by Siegfried Lenz 1926-2014 and Necip Fazıl 1904-1983. Lenz titled his text, first published in 1958, The Hyenas Favorite Food, while Kısaküreks text, which was published in 1928, is called Sırtlan English: The Hyena. Both texts deal with the hyena as a symbol of underhandedness, unscrupulousness and opportunistic behavior. In this article, two narrative prose works from German and Turkish literature are analyzed and compared. The following questions are examined: What do the stories Sırtlan and The Hyenas Favorite Food have in common? How does the relationship between humans and animals appear in the stories by Lenz and Kısakürek? What content and behaviors are revealed with the hyena metaphor? Both short prose works irritate in different ways with the hyena metaphor and criticize certain social conditions.

Article Details

Hyena as a Metaphor in the Short Prose of Siegfried Lenz and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek

Authors:

Seval Ayne

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

German Language | Literature and Culture

Journal:

Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur Issue 52, pp.59-76

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

Deutsch (kurzfassung)

Document ID (Org No.):

2001340432

pISSN:

2619-9890

Short Prose

Animal Symbolism

Hyena

Fear and Threat

Existential Situations

Issues

Article Details

Hyena as a Metaphor in the Short Prose of Siegfried Lenz and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek

Authors: Seval Ayne

Publisher: Istanbul University

Main Topics: German Language | Literature and Culture

Journal: Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur Issue 52, pp.59-76

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2024

Document Language: Deutsch (kurzfassung)

Document ID (Org No.): 2001340432

pISSN: 2619-9890

Short Prose

Animal Symbolism

Hyena

Fear and Threat

Existential Situations

Issues

Authors:

Seval Ayne

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

German Language | Literature and Culture

Journal:

Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur Issue 52, pp.59-76

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

Deutsch (kurzfassung)

Document ID (Org No.):

2001340432

pISSN:

2619-9890