Transformation of the satirical exaggeration of a literary text in a film narrative: On the example of the novel “Yashar is neither Alive nor Dead”

UDC 821.512.161-7
DOI 10.20339/PhS.2-26.145

Vdovina Anastasiia O.,

Assistant of the Altaic,

Turkic and Central Asian Studies Department

Kazan Federal University

e-mail: ashvdovina@mail.ru

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-6217

Nigmatullina Alsu M.,

Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor of the Altaic,

Turkic and Central Asian Studies Department

Kazan Federal University

e-mail: alsunigmatullina@mail.ru

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9502-5371

Mankova Liana I.,

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Altaic, Turkic

and Central Asian Studies

Kazan Federal University

e-mail: Liana-23-23@mail.ru

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3492-061X

Nafikov Ilsur Z.,

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor

of the Department of Altaic, Turkic, and Central Asian Studies

Kazan Federal University

e-mail: ilsur.nafıkov@gmail.ru

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9016-7944

The peculiarities of the reproduction of satirical exaggerations in novels and film narratives are examined. The study data were collected in as part of the analysis of the novel “Yasar Is Neither Alive Nor Dead” (turk. “Yaşar ne Yaşar ne Yaşamaz”, 1977) by Aziz Nesin and the 1975 film of the same name by director Ergin Orbey. The analysis of the transformation of satirical techniques in these works is presented by the authors for the first time. The aim of the research is to find strategies for reproducing satirical attitudes in the narrative of Aziz Nesin and Ergin Orbey. The objectives are to highlight the scenes created by the use of exaggeration using literary analysis, to bring together invariant elements and their technical reproduction in two narratives, and to identify the difference in the recipient’s perception of satirical works created with use if exaggeration. The analysis showed that exaggeration appears as an independent method of expressing a satirical attitude or as an auxiliary method of caricature, parody, buffoonery, etc. Aziz Nesin uses comparison, gradation and repetition to achieve maximum effective satire. The film uses tropes in favor of visual and audio effects. Furthermore, Orbey’s narrative strategy is different from that of Aziz Nesin. Therefore, the main character’s advantages as a focal character are reduced.

Keywords: Turkish literature, Aziz Nesin, satire, literary techniques, narratology, film narrative, focalization

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