Abstract:

Children's literature is a literature that affecting the growth and development of people in childhood, appealing to their feelings, thoughts and enjoyment, entertains while educating to children. Because of "child" always has an important place in Turkish literature and children's literature, even so not fully suitable for contemporary children's education, in this context many writers and poets wrote works in oral and written works. In this paper, in terms of children and education concepts it is aimed to compare that the works titled Hayriyye, which reflects the life experience, knowledge and pedagogical views of the poet Nâbî, one of the 17th century poets, who are among the artists who wrote works in this context, with Gülistan and Bostan , where Sadî Şirazî presented his counseling-educational views to all people towards the end of the 12th century. The universe of the study is consisting of classical works and children's literature works that give moral and counseling messages to children and parents, and the paradigm of the study is Nâbî's work named Hayriyye and Sadî Şirazî's works named Gülistan and Bostan. The research was limited to Nâbî's work named Hayriyye and Sadî Şirazî's works named Gülistan and Bostan, and these works were discussed by comparing with the concepts of child and education in terms of educational messages and advice. The method of document analysis was used in the evaluation, and as a result of the evaluation, it was determined that both works contain positive concepts that can be used in child education in terms of both the development and upbringing of the child and determining their personality and characters. This situation has led to the conclusion that the analysed works are sources that can be benefited for children's literature.

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