Özet:

In divan literature, long-term stories such as the adventures of two heroes who fall in love with each other, the difficulties they face, and their struggles to be reunited are written in the form of masnavi nazim. Although the main subject in these masnavis is love, the poet spares a place for himself in his work to convey his thoughts and worldview on various subjects to the reader. The poet's own thoughts are often included in the introduction and conclusion sections of the masnavis. In addition to these sections, the poets convey their thoughts on some occasions in the section where the main subject is explained. Through the heroes in the love story told, they express their opinions on issues such as the characteristics of a good ruler, the abilities that a good vizier should have, the responsibilities of women to their families and children, and they try to guide the reader on these issues. Sometimes they do this by talking about the existing features of the hero whose story he started to tell, and sometimes they do this by giving advice to him about a new feature that a hero should have. In our study, five different love masnavis written by different poets in the 16th century was examined. In Fuzûlî's Leylâ and Mecnûn, Taşlıcalı Yahyâ's Yûsuf and Zelîhâ, Celîlî's Hüsrev and Şîrîn, Lamiî's Vâmık and Azrâ and Hamîdî's Hurşîd and Hâver the heroines get advice from an elder who is also a hero of the story when they fell in love or separated from their lovers. These advices are remarkable in terms of reflecting both the view of the poet who wrote the work and perception of women at the time the work was written. In this paper, it will be focused on how the poets of the 16th century expect the female protagonists of the aforementioned masnavis Leylâ, Zelîhâ, Şîrîn, Azrâ and Hurşîd to behave as a young woman falling in love or preparing to marry.

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