Özet:

In modern era, mythological and epic heroes are rarely seen in the classical sense. With novel genre, the story of the average person becomes widespread. However, in literary texts, personas who stand out with their heroism are encountered. In this sense, it seen that a heroic self, a persona, in İsmet Özel's poems in Turkish literature. Özel, who deals with many political, ideological, class and social issues in his poems, also creates a persona wandering around these topics. This persona, which is close to being the voice of the poet, comes to the fore as the heroic self. Özel uses an epic phrasing and style that reveals this persona, especially in Erbain's poems. In this article, the heroic self in İsmet Özel's poem has been examined. It has been argued that the heroic self, which appears quite clearly in the poems in his poetry book Erbain, emerges in three ways. Accordingly, first of all, it has been revealed that the heroic self in the poems is different from the ordinary person; secondly it was remarked that this persona came to the fore as a fighting hero and finally suffered for humanity. The general characteristics of the heroic self in Özel's poems are revealed through these three situations. Attention is also drawn to the epic narrative that emerges with this heroic self.

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