Berna Moran ve Edebiyat Sosyolojisi

Berna Moran is one of the leading figures in the life of Turkish literature, who contributed significantly to literary criticism.He approached the literature in terms of both content and form. Moreover it is not wrong to say that Moran took on diversemethods in his studies. By selecting inter-methodism as a method, he did not give priority one method over another. Moreover,as he attached utmost importance to the inter-disciplinary approach, Moran took advantage of various disciplines such as politicalscience, sociology, economics, psychology and philosophy in his literary criticism. This certainly granted him a morecomprehensive outlook in his critics. Examining literary texts in terms of form, content, theme and background, Moranemphasized that life and literature are interwoven.With his in depth analysis, Moran largely contributed to the climate of Turkish intellectual and literal thought life. With regardto Moran’s writings, one can clearly see that he took the structure of Turkish society into consideration in terms of political andsocial aspects. He did not consider literature as an independent phenomenon but rather a byproduct of societal structure. In thissense, he contributed to the sociology of literature to a great extent and also became a pivotal actor in the development ofsociology in Turkey.In addition to all these, Moran gave specific emphasis to sociological criticism and sociological reading. He sought toconstitute strong ties between author, reader, literary work and society. He, moreover, argues that societal conditions have certaininfluences on the literature. Moran argued that sociological criticism is descriptive to a large extent and it entails neutrality withoutany value driven statements about the literary work. Moran further maintained that this type of criticism should be understood tobe associated with the sociology of literature and the sociology of author. Sociological reading incorporates literature and literalworks into some connections and contexts. Moran tried to understand the nature of literature with various theories. Combiningdifferent definitions, theories and visions, he sought to answer of what the literature is. He probed the concept of literature interms of function, theme, purpose and form. He did not interpret the bond between the literature and reality, yet he debatedwithin the border of different theories. In other words, Moran did not put forth an authentic definition or theory; however heinvestigated the nature of literature by adopting existing approaches.Moran’s place and vitality in the literature of soc