Published January 1, 2015
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Underground literature and its influence on youth in Turkey
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- 1. Koc Univ, Dept English Language & Comparat Literature, TR-34450 Istanbul, Turkey
- 2. Bogazici Univ, Dept Turkish Language & Literature, TR-34342 Istanbul, Turkey
- 3. Univ Caddesi, Sabanci Univ, Sch Languages, TR-34956 Istanbul, Turkey
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This paper examines the impact underground literature (yeralti edebiyati) has on influencing the opinions and beliefs of Turkey's youth regarding issues of contemporary importance. In order to understand the relevance of this genre to Turkish youth culture, we have not only examined the debate surrounding the topic in popular and academic circles, but also asked the readers themselves their opinions about their experience with the genre (in both its imported Western and homegrown Turkish variants) and its relevance to their lives. For our purposes, the effect of such texts on readers is the primary focus, and ours is the first mixed-media study to conduct a methodological, data-based investigation into the composition and opinions of underground literature's readers. Thus, our study supplements a lack in the existing scholarship by offering concrete qualitative and quantitative data that will better elucidate our knowledge of the relationship between underground literature and Turkish youth attitudes, as well as the potential the genre might hold for the future of Turkey's youth.
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