@article{2017,title={ECO-CRITICISM AND BUKET UZUNER’S NOVELS},abstractNode={With the age of enlightenment, humankind has declared the mind as the god of the age with the contributions of science and observation. The exaltation of humanity and intelligence, technological developments, has taken the humankind away from an environment-centered perspective. With the Industrial Revolution, humankind has strenghened his domination over nature. Humankind that consider himself independent from the nature, has turned nature into a stock which can be exploited. Eco-criticism literary texts are evaluated and dealed by an environmentalist point of view. One of the issue that eco-criticism deals, is how living and non-living assets is expressed in literary texts. In this study Buket Uzuner’s novels will be evaluated by an eco-criticism point of view. Uyumsuz Defne Kaman’s Adventures Water and Uyumsuz Defne Kaman’s Adventures Soil, are novels that exemplify the environment and literay relation. Shamanism is emphasized in both novels and the changing nature and woman perception of the Turkish people are given. Another issue to be emphasized in the study is the common aspects of shamanism and environmental criticism.},author={Süreyya DOĞAN},year={2017},journal={Kesit Akademi}}