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DOI :10.18345/iuturkiyat.322925   IUP :10.18345/iuturkiyat.322925    Full Text (PDF)

THE ROLE OF ALEXANDRIA AS A PLACE IN CAVAFY’S POEMS

Esra Özsüer

The famous Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy used Alexandria city, where he was born, in his poems. Therefore the city has very important role both in his life and poems. Especially in his poems that were subject of Hellenistic Alexandria, he successfully showed all elements of those periods. Alexandria was a main subject of his poems. Especially city’s cosmopolitan side caused his poems being unique and interesting. Therefore it is very important for us to understand the effect of the city in his poems. The value Greek culture and language was effected by Eastern Culture in Cavafy’s Alexandria. Even tough Alexandria was the centre point of his poems, the Greek culture and its values commonly used as core metaphorical elements in its poems. 

DOI :10.18345/iuturkiyat.322925   IUP :10.18345/iuturkiyat.322925    Full Text (PDF)

YUNAN ŞAİR KAVAFİS’İN ŞİİRLERİNDE MEKÂN: İSKENDERİYE

Esra Özsüer

Ünlü Yunan Şair Konstantinos Kavafis, şiirlerinde mekân olarak doğduğu yer olan İskenderiye şehrini kullanır. Bu sebeple İskenderiye, şairin hem kendi hayatında hem de yazdığı şiirlerinde önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Özellikle Helenistik dönemin İskenderiye’sini konu alan şiirlerinde Kavafis bu döneme ait tüm unsurları başarıyla sergilemiştir. İskenderiye Kavafis’in şiirlerinde merkez noktadır. Nitekim şehrin kozmopolit yapısı şairin şiirlerinde çok sesliliğe ve çok renkliliğe olanak sağlayacak etkiler de yaratmıştır. Şairin şiir anlayışının temelinde İskenderiye’nin yerinin belirlenmesi şiirlerini anlamamızı sağlayacak önemli bir veridir. Kavafis’in İskenderiye’sinde merkezde Yunan kültürü ve dili olmak kaydıyla sahip olduğu değer doğu kültürünün izleridir. Şiirlerinde temel nokta İskenderiye olmasına rağmen aynı zamanda Yunan kültür ve değerleri de önemli ölçüde şiirlerine yansımıştır. 


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Özsüer E. THE ROLE OF ALEXANDRIA AS A PLACE IN CAVAFY’S POEMS. Journal of Turkology [Internet]. 19 May. 2025 [cited 19 May. 2025];27(1):225-247. Available from: https://doi.org/10.18345/iuturkiyat.322925 doi: 10.18345/iuturkiyat.322925


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Özsüer, Esra. “THE ROLE OF ALEXANDRIA AS A PLACE IN CAVAFY’S POEMS”. Journal of Turkology 27/1 (May. 2025): 225-247. https://doi.org/10.18345/iuturkiyat.322925



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