Abstract:

Hasan Ali Toptaş, one of the leading novelists of our time, has been extensively studied on academic levels. The most prominent ones among these studies are thematic studies. As the author's novels are open to different interpretations, these works allow us to look at the novels from different perspectives. In addition, the author's texts are open to reader response criticism because they have modernist and postmodernist qualities. The concepts of hope and despair are often included in the novels of the author and shape the way in which the characters look at life. With this feature, hope is one of the key words of Toptaş literature. Likewise, one of the prominent and recurring elements in the novels of the author is the word bird. Repeating elements in a literary work can be considered as motifs, but also common elements from different works of the same author can come together to form a motif. The motifs identified in the works are usually interpreted on their own and based on a single work. However, it is possible that the common motifs in different works of the author serve the same purpose. Intertextual research studies support this possibility. The aim of this study is to interpret the bird motif as a commonality in the seven published novels of Hasan Ali Toptaş, and to reveal the function of this motif. Accordingly, the qualities of the bird as an entity will be associated with the hopeful and hopeless condition of man.