A STORY GIVEN SHAPE BY CONTRADICTIONS: SHEIKH SAN?AN
ZITLIKLARIN ŞEKİLLENDİRDİĞİ BİR HİKÂYE: ŞEYH SAN?AN

Author : Özgür KIYCAK
Number of pages : 246-272

Abstract

It is possible to recognize classical literature, by recognizing and understanding the sources that feed this literary tradition. Islamic thought begins with the understanding that "everything is known with its opposite". The meaning codes of Islamic thought have an important place in the classical literature shaped by the common Islamic civilization. In "Sheikh San?an Story" taking place in the piece of art created by Ferîdüddin Attâr's named “Mantıku't-Tayr", structures constituting the literariness such as meaning, message, aesthetic code, fiction, etc. have gained existence entirely within this understanding. It draws attention to the meaning and aesthetic codes that feed the literary work of the thought life. In the story, it is seen that the opposite elements such as Muslim-Christian, profanity-faith, prostration to Allah – prostration to icons and so on, feed the understanding of love and mysticism in the center of the story. The notion of love and mysticism, which is the axiom of the story, is embodied by the natural shaping of Attâr's conscious preference and tradition. Using the expressions of thought in the meaning and aesthetic codes of classical literature and handling them by history, philosophy and sociology reading, gives original and accurate results. Attar's Sheikh San?an story contains the traces of “Assumption of Conscience” which is originated by Persian mysticism, as well as being a story shaped by the idea of Islamic thought in the sense of "everything is known with its opposite" in a unity. Evaluation of the story in this context, presents a rich material.

Keywords

Sheikh San?an, Contradiction, Love, Sufism, Islamic Thought

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