This book inspects the reflections of the ideological aspects of a nation-state’s over childhood issue of the political powers of both the early Republican era and the AKP government concerning two different children’s magazines called Gürbüz Türk Çocuğu and Sevgi Bir Kuş. Hence, it is significant to examine the literary products in the children’s magazine published by the “Children’s Protection Agency”, one of the official instruments of the State, to see how the discourse of the power changed over time in the context of children’s policies and a nation-state. This book deals with following questions: What characteristics did children’s magazines possess concerning the language and the wording? Was the language used in the magazines appropriate for the child readers and leveled with the daily language? Was the wording used in the magazines didactical and peremptory? Who were the readers or the targeted audience of these magazines? Did the magazines only address the children? What were the ethical elements that were idealized? What kind of bond was established between the analyzed era and the ethical understanding that was valorized? How did this situation affect the idealized ethical virtues? Did the ethical understanding have a discourse shaped in the axis of the necessities of the daily practices? Did ethical values have different determiners or definitions for boys and girls? How did they cover these cases in the narratives?

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İçindekiler

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

General Introduction

Literature Review

Sources and Methodology

CHAPTER II

DECODING IDEOLOGY IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Van Dijk's Critical Discourse Analysis

Hollindale's Level of Ideology in Children's Literature

Ideology in Children's Magazines in Early Republican Turkey

Himaye-i Etfal Cemiyeti in Publishing Sector: The Aims of The Publications

CHAPTER III

THE PICTURE OF A GOOD "SMALL CITIZEN" IN THE MAGAZINE OF GÜRBÜZ TÜRK ÇOCUĞU

Can Literary Fictions Lead the way to a Society's Children?

The example of "Uyanıklar Kasabası'nın Çocukları (Children of the Nimble-Minded Town)"

The Examples of "Konca'nın Hikâyesi (Konca's Story)" and "Üç Arkadaş (Three Friends)"

The Characteristics of Good Children in the Stories

Ideology in the Poetry of the Magazine Gürbüz Türk Çocuğu

Girls Are Good Mothers, Boys Are Good Soldiers in Gürbüz Türk Çocuğu

CHAPTER IV

THE POWER'S CHANGING IDEOLOGY IN THE MAGAZINE OF SEVGİ BİR KUŞ

From Gürbüz Türk Çocuğu to Sevgi Bir Kuş

The Robust Turk vs The Religious Generation

Literary Teachings of the Magazine of Sevgi Bir Kuş

The examples of "Bizim Sanatlarımız (Our Arts)" and "Bizim Vakıflarımız (Our Foundations)"

The example of Kadim Dede's Narratives

The example of Yesevi's Narratives

CHAPTER V

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX