“THE TURKE AND SIR GAWAIN”: TÜRK DE YEŞİL ŞÖVALYE KADAR YABANCI MI?

Kral Arthur'un divanına gelen yabancıların veya meydan okuyanları temsil eden romansların yabani figürleri genellikle Yuvarlak Masa Şövalyeleri'nin özelliklerini öne çıkartacak şekilde işler. Birkaç örnekte bu meydan okuyanlar hikâyeyi bir çözüme kavuşturmak için sonunda şekil değiştirirler. The Turke and Sir Gawain (c. 1500) hem şövalyenin iyi yanlarını öne çıkaran hem de bir şekil değiştirmeyi içeren bir romanstır. Meydan okuyan figürü daha muhtemel bir karakter olan ve Yeşil Şövalye gibi büyülü görünmeyen Türk figürü ile temsil edilmiştir. Türklerin giderek artan gücünün Batı Avrupa'nın hayal gücü üzerindeki etkisinin izleri romansta görülebilmektedir. Türk imgesi, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu hakkında artan endişelere rağmen hala yabancıdır. Bu endişelerin bir sonucu olarak da Türk figürü romansta hem büyülü hem de lanetli olarak tasvir edilmiştir. Bu makale gerçek bir endişenin yabancılaştırılmış tasvirini tartışmaktadır.

“THE TURKE AND SIR GAWAIN”: IS THE TURKE AS ALIEN AS THE GREEN KNIGHT?

The alien figures of the romances representing the outsider or the challengers to the courtof King Arthur usually perform as foil for the knights of the Round Table. In several casesthe challengers transform into somebody else to reach a resolution in the end. The Turkeand Sir Gawain (c.1500) is a romance that represents both a foil and a transformation. Thechallenger figure is represented as a more probable character with the Turke figure as hedoes not look like a magical being like the Green Knight. The influence of the emergingpower of the Turks on the imagination of the Western Europe can be traced within theromance. Still, the image of the Turk is an alien one despite the growing concerns about theOttoman Empire. As a result of this concern the Turke figure within the romance isrepresented as a magical and cursed figure. This article discusses the alienatedrepresentation of a real-life concern for the English people.

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