Abstract:

The Bab-ı Esrar novel of Ahmet Ümit is a work including fantastic, detective and postmodern elements. In the novel there is a veil of mystery including the real world related with the fire in Yakut hotel and the unrealistic related with the extraordinary experiences of Karen Kimya Greenwood, the insurance expert who came from London to Konya in order to investigate the fire incident. In the intro part of the study, the relation of Turkish novel with fantastic since its beginning was briefly summarized. The development part of the study is based on the detailed examination of the fantastic elements in the Bab-ı Esrar novel. This examination is presented with various sub-headlines. In the conclusion section, all elements approaching the Bab-ı Esrar novel to limits of fantastic literature were expressed holistically and the contribution of fantastic elements to the dimensions of the novel such as fiction, fluency and multi-layered structure were mentioned.

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