Classical Turkish Literature and Corpus Linguistics: A Case Study on Darir’s Poems

Authors : Esra EGÜZ

Pages : 221-234

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Publication Date : 2021-07-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Historical corpora, the topic of this paper, is one of the research areas in corpus linguistics. In this paper, I will attempt to apply corpus linguistics to analyze the poems of Darir, in order to find his authorship fingerprints and identify his literary style. Darir is a poet who lived during the 14th century. Siretü’n-Nebi is his major work which narrates Prophet Muhammad’s life. His other works include Fütuhu’ş-Şam, Yüz Hadis Yüz Hikaye and Kıssa-i Yusuf. However, recent publications have shown that the content of Yüz Hadis Yüz Hikaye is very similar to another book titled Ferahname written by Hatiboğlu Muhammed. Similarly, another recent study has proved that Kıssa-i Yusuf does not belong to him but to Yusuf-ı Meddah. This study aims to compare his other poems with Kıssa-i Yusuf in regard to word usage and detect the authorship. The result showed that original authorship can be traced by comparing the word frequency of the original and non-original works.
Keywords : Derlembilim, Klasik Türk edebiyatı, İslamî edebiyat, Erzurumlu Mustafa Darîr