Intersensory transference in divans of Keçecizâde İzzet Molla

Abstract

Intersensory transference is a situation that occurs when concepts related to the five basic senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and tasting are associated together or with each other. In this study, intersensory transference in the divans of Keçecizâde İzzet Molla, one of the most important representatives of the nineteenth century in Classical Turkish Literature, is discussed. In study, it is aimed to identify the uses of intersensory transference, which has names such as synesthesia, duality of sensation, hiss-âmîzî (mixing of sensation), in the divans in question, and to classify and evaluate them according to the relationship between the senses. In this context, it is aimed to reveal the use of the five basic senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and tasting in the poems in Keçecizâde İzzet Molla’s divans and the concepts that fall within the meaning of these senses together or in relation to each other. Therefore, the orientations of the uses of these senses identified in the poet’s divans to the senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and tasting have been determined. In this context, it has been revealed which sensory organs the poet tends to focus on more within the framework of intersensory transference in his divans. As a result, this study is important in terms of analyzing and evaluating a poet’s divan in the context of intersensory transference in divan literature and therefore it is thought that this study will contribute to the field of Classical Turkish Literature.