Abstract
BRAVERY CONCEPT AND CHARACTERİSTİCS OF BRAVE MEN İN DEDE KORKUT BOOK
Dede Korkut Book is one the significant literary works of Turkish World particularly of Turkey and Azerbaijan. What makes this work so important that is language, telling and esthetics manners being portrayed terrifically and also information regarding Ghuzz Turks’ conventions, customs, moral values, belief systems, sorrows, joys, weaknesses e.t.c. Bravery is an important concept in Dede Korkut book. This concept which is directly related to chivalry and conquests has a deep effect on the plot of the work with not only usage of different words such hero, saint, galahad, valiant but also description of the people who have these characteristics. In this study firstly, the words which can be considered as having the same meaning with bravery will be handled by the method of conceptual field theory within the context of word and text. Then, characterics of the people who are considered as alp (brave) in Dede Korkut Book will be told. <
Keywords
Dede Korkut Book, Concept, Bravery Concept, Valiant, Brave