Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
TURK DILI VE EDEBIYATI DERGISI-JOURNAL OF TURKISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, cilt.63, sa.1, ss.17-36, 2023 (ESCI)
An author may approach the time of an event differently in objective time. The fact that time flow does not have a certain tempo also determines an author's perspective toward time. In this context, this study aims to reveal Kyrgyz author Kasimali Bayalinov's perspective toward time in his novel Kiyin otkool [Hard Times]. This study attempts to evaluate time in terms of its philosophical, subjective, and psychological dimensions based on Genette's (2011, p. 21-164) categorization of structuralist time, assessing time within the narration according to the categories of duration and order, both within and beyond the text. The analysis observes temporal flashbacks to be used to establish a connection between past and present and to enable comparison. The destruction experienced during and after the revolt in the time of Tsarist Russia is emphasized by the breaks in time, while the use of ellipses is used for the moments when positive developments were not being experienced by the Soviet regime, as well as for the moments that were not desired to be remembered on behalf of Kyrgyz. The stage technique was seen to be used for the new regime, with the message of "we are all equal" being presented in an environment where no hunger or poverty was present. Past tense is used to symbolize unrest, present tense is used to symbolize life that comes with peace, and future tense is used to symbolize the transfer of peace to the future. As a result, Bayalinov can be said to handle the factor of time along an ideological axis with an understanding that serves the Soviet regime and contributes to the establishment and adoption of the new system.