Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi

The aim of this study is to expound the layered structure in the formation of the
meaning universe by analysing the story presented with folkloric narrative by
semiotics and to examine the narrative personalities in the context of semiotic
modalities. For this purpose, in accordance with the semiotic analysis method, the
narrative was firstly divided into sections and then the schema of actant of each
section was formed and the narrative personalities were evaluated in terms of
modalities. The interbedded narratives were examined and compared together
according to the sequence of presentation of the narration. With this analysis, both a
folkloric text and a narrative formation are dealt with according to the same method.
The story of Hasan Boguldu is a narrative comprised of two interbedded narrations.
The actions expected to be performed in both narrations are similar. The object to be
reached in the general narrative program is the village. The examination of the
people and actions in this narrative within the framework of modalities provided
both exemplification of different modalities and revealing the modal relationship at
the point of connection of two narratives. In terms of narrative fiction, the
relationship of connection points of interbedded narratives with the modality is a
remarkable finding.