How Karacaoglan Said His Pseudonym?

• Published in: Millî folklor Vol. 12; no. 91; pp. 51 - 59
• Main Author: Yildiz, Naciye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Turkish
• Published: 01.10.2011
• Subjects: Creativity; Cultural dynamics; Folk poetry; Folklore; Literature; Oral literature; Poetry; Said, Karacaoglan; Tradition; Word Meaning

Nicknaming (Tapsirma) is a term that belongs to the folk poetry tradition and can be defined as "the telling by the minstrel his or her pseudonym in the last stanza of a poem." Utilization of a name or a pseudonym by a poet is not the convention that is merely authentic to folk literature....