THE ROLE OF EPIC EDGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF “KITABI-DADA GORGUD”

Abstract

“Dada Gorgud” oguznames which are one of the most magnificent examples of Turkish folk thought, preserve hundreads of years of deep and valuable word creativity with their language, content, phonetic-morphological composition and rich lexicon. In the epic many words and phrases that shed light on the dark layers of our history with the burden of meaning, the exhausted information it has, have been used. One of such words and expressions is the epic bor- ders used in the epic, which are important elements of the “Kitabi-Dada Gorgud” text. Although epic borders are not numerous in the epic, they perform an important function, they aim to facilitate the transition from one event to another by creating a connection between the events and stories narrated in the epos. With the help of epic borders, ozan concludes a story and transitions to a new story without tiring the listener.