Abstract:

Transfer of folkloric products which are created within oral cultural environments to written texts and afterwards adaptation of these products to television via screenplays and updating them by this process is a widely used method practiced by the entrepreneurs who work in the field of cultural economy within the globalized world. ∗ Gediz Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü, Türk Halk Bilimi Ana Bilim Dalı, [email protected]ğlan folk tales which exist within the oral and written environments have been broadcasted as animated cartoons on the TRT Children’s Channel after being adapted to screen play by Animaks Animasyon Company that is a significant part of Turkey’s animated cartoon industry. Within this article, it is analyzed that what kind of changes the Keloğlan folk tales have faced on TV screen, which elements of these folk tales have remained, which element shave been modified, by a comparative method while taking texts, patterns, social conditions and environment in to consideration. By this analysis, it will be possible to view the size of the update within the Keloğlan folk tales.

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