Folklor/Edebiyat

Öz

Oral narratives and texts create an effect area from the local to the universal culture
and with temporal approaches from the individual to the society. Many events,
phenomenons and notions which are carried to the mental world of the society with
texts, in time, become settled implementations and behaviours.
In social positioning under changing conditions, the narratives and texts which
include woman provides continuity. The women’s voices whose presences are
shaped with the decisions of other’s and male’s thoughts are heard yet via others
and men.
While passing from the oral narrative to the written, reflecting women’s biological
gender differences , so as to create the perception of “the other” attracts attention.
The thing that take attraction is that the women in the narratives, rather than her
biological gender, is exposed to gender configuration which derives from sanctions
and behaviour forms approved by the society.
In the narratives and works named as Rapunzel, Maiden’s Tower and Hurşidname,
even before their birth, a life area which lives ordinary people is not prepared for
women. Women are not allowed to decide on their bodies and lives. In Rapunzel,
Maiden’s Tower and Hurşid ü Ferahşad, it is seen that men, especially the one who
is closed to the woman character, is in position of decider on behalf of woman.
These works mention about family and society based an asset configuration on
women’s biological gender.
In this work, the tale of Rapunzel who was isolated from society because of
religious and cultural norms, The Maiden’s Tower legend which explains a girl’s
tale to the island-shaped towerby her father fort he purpose of saving her from
dangers and Hurşid ü Ferşad mathnawi which is one of the important ones in
terms of text fiction are approached and compared on account of common sides on
viewing women. Firstly, the fact that these narratives and works are not just a text
and their contexts cause positioning of woman in the plane of family and society
is introduced. These texts give opportunity to search, determine and analyze
samenesses of social viewing comes from beyond centuries towards to woman
even though these samenesses belong to different cultures and improve in different
types.