Characters and narration in Ertem Eğilmez's films - Softcover

Narrative studies had came into being through the influence of linguistics and semiology to analyze narrative as a structure. Ertem Eğilmez' films made important contributions to Turkish cinema and were analyzed looking through the lens of the possibilities of narrative studies in this book. Character is one of the elements of the narrative. The aim of this book is to analyze Ertem Eğilmez's films as a narrative in all of its elements but especially through his characters and the development process of these characters. I also consider Yeşilçam which defines the parameters of his cinema. The narratives themselves are also influenced by Yeşilçam. In this sense the characters and the narratives of Yeşilçam are also the subjects of this book. The aim of these analyses is to show the roots of this subject.

Mustafa Furkan Özren finished Marmara University Law Faculty-Turkey. After working as a lawyer, he decided to start an academic career in film studies which he desires very much. So he finished an MA program in cinema at Bahçeşehir University-Turkey and now he introduces his master's thesis.