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Pertev Naili Boratav

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Pertev Naili Boratav

Aliases: Mustafa Pertev

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1907-09-02 (Darıdere (now Zlatograd), Bulgaria)
Died
1998-03-16 (Paris, France) age 90
Nationality
Turkish
Languages
Turkish, French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Istanbul, Turkey → Ankara, Turkey → Paris, France

Career

Occupations
folklorist, folk literature researcher
Active Years
1927-1998
Affiliations
Istanbul University, Ankara University Department of Folk Literature
Influenced By
Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Mehmet Fuat Koprulu, Georges Dumézil, Arnold Van Gennep, Wolfram Eberhard

Education

Istanbul High School
Literature Department
Period: 高校時代
Country: Turkey
Acquired basic knowledge on folklore from high school teacher Hilmi Ziya Ülken

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Köroğlu destanı

1931 Epic

The Köroğlu epic

Turkish folklore

Halk hikâyeleri ve halk hikâyeciliği

1946 Folklore

Folk Narratives and Folk Narration

Folktales

Typen türkischer Volksmärchen

1953 Folktale Types

Types of the Turkish Folktale (with Wolfram Eberhard)

Turkish folktale classification

Les histoires d'ours en Anatolie

1955 Folktales

The Bear Stories of Anatolia

Bear stories

Türkische Volksmärchen

1967 Folktales

Turkish Folk Tales

Folktales

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Emphasis on performative aspects of folklore
Recurring Motifs
Classification of Turkish folktales

Legacy

Characterized as 'the founding father of Turkish folkloristics during the Republic'

Trivia

  • Established Turkey's first Department of Folk Literature
  • Accused of promoting socialism in 1947 trial but acquitted