Abstract:

One of the main issues that represents that big influence of culture and the Arabic and Islamic literature on the classical Turkish literature is the issue of Arabic proverbs as being mentioned in numerous Turkish literary works whether in poetry or prose. Poets’ Biographies that are written in the sixteenth century, are considered a major example of Turkish art in prose. Those biographies came into existence in the fourteenth century and started to develop in the fifteenth century. Those biographies included many Arabic proverbs. Consequently, this study aims at showing and ascertaining the value of the Arabic proverbs in the Turkish literary works specifically in prose and in poet’s biographies by collecting and analyzing the Arabic proverbs in those books which are composed in the sixteenth century. This study consists of two main parts; the first one tackles and analyzes the amount of the Arabic proverbs and how it is used, and then it indicates the rhetorical arts that are formed out of using Arabic proverbs. The second part inserts the proverbs which are written in Arabic and the ones written in Latin along with translating, explaining, and mentioning their sources, if exists.

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