Ardahan Üniversitesi İnsani Bilimler ve Edebiyat Fakültesi Belgü Dergisi

Abstract

Theme is one of the concepts that Turkish literature borrows from the West. This concept, whose boundaries have not yet been fully drawn, is sometimes confused with the subject. This is because the concept is new and its boundaries have not been determined. At the same time, since more than one theme is included in a work, determining the concept of theme can sometimes be challenging. The concept of theme is also reflected in poems individually or socially. This feature also stands out in Fuat Arpa's poems. Although Fuat Arpa's poems are nourished by a local atmosphere, there are many themes that reflect both the individual aspect and social sensitivity of the poet. While using these themes, Fuat Arpa was not stuck in the narrow area of locality and tried to be the scream and hope of different geographies. He has managed to include Anatolia in some of his poems, Central Asia in some of his poems, the Balkans in some of his poems, and Western sensitivity in some of his poems. Even though Fuat Arpa did not live in a city like Istanbul, where the art world has intense activities, he never lost his connection with poetry. Even though Fuat Arpa is one of the poets who work in the provinces, he has always managed to keep his poetry up to date by closely following the developments in the art world. The cultural texture of Van, the city where he was born and raised, is of course effective in shaping the poet's poems. Even though the poet is nourished by a local atmosphere, he also captures universality with the themes he deals with. At the same time, it manages to bring a social aspect to individual perceptions. In this study, we aim to examine Fuat Arpa's poetry books in terms of social and individual themes and to exemplify the use of the concept of theme in poetry. In this study, we intend to discuss the concept of theme, which is new to us and whose more mature examples have been given over time, with examples and contribute to studies in this field. Document review method, one of the qualitative research methods, was used as the method in the study. First, the evaluation phase was started by collecting and sorting the data, and then our study was created by synthesizing these data.