Abstract
Legends as a part of intangible culture are known to provide information on their own culture as well as the perception structure of society. From our perspective, the legends, which can be taken into consideration from that dimension, would allow the interpretation of the personality of society in general through the expression and representation of their ‘consequences’. The aim of this study is to understand the cultural structure over the written legends as a cultural heritage product in addition to illustrate the community perception in the most effective and efficient manner. Therefore, critical text analysis was conducted on the written legends and the representation style of every consequence in each legend was analysed. Additionally, in order to contribute the permanence the legends through illustration, the related scenes of the legends were re-structured with the digital collage technique. A mixed method comprised of “ready material use” by Cubism, “exaggerated style” by Dadaism, “manipulation” by Surrealism and “use of neon colours” of pop-Art in addition to the technique ‘ripped paper texture’ which is developed solely by one of three searchers were used in this study. 96 Cypriot legends given in the written records were analysed and only the “denouements” of the legends related with Mountain/Well/Plain and Sea/Lake/Shore covered. As a result, the common feature of the Cypriot Legends was found as “death” as referred by the “denouements”. In other words, the final ending in the Cypriot Community is associated with death and additionally from the discourses of legends the society was identified as having a “patriarchal “socio-cultural structure.
Highlights
Culture, which is comprised of independent pieces, can be defined as a well-ordered, functioning, well-structured system
During the illustration of scenes from the legends that were illustrated with the digital collage technique, only the movements of Cubism, Dada, Surrealism and Pop-Art were taken into consideration for the influence
In consideration with the studies, which reflected that the Greek Cypriot Legends and Turkish Cypriot Legends are not separated clearly in the literature, this study considered not to separate the legends within the scope of this study as Greek Cypriot Legends and/or Turkish Cypriot legends
Summary
Culture, which is comprised of independent pieces, can be defined as a well-ordered, functioning, well-structured system. Each of these pieces is considered as a separate unit with their unique features and places within the system, their borders are generally uncertain. According to Aman (2012), regardless of a specific consistency among the parts of culture, there is no need to have a complete harmony through underlining the conflict between individual- group-entity as in every culture. In consideration of such remarks, the existing culture can sustain itself provided to absorb the conflicts and tensions (Aman, 2012). Culture has various definitions in the literature, yet it can be a common subject for social anthropology, history, sociology, ethnology etc. (Arslanoğlu, 2000)
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