SYMBOLISM OF NAMES IN ELIF SAFAK’S PINHAN, ARAF AND MAHREM EL F AFAK’IN P NHAN, ARAF VE MAHREM’ NDE S M MGELEM

Today, a piece of literature is open to different spheres of critical reading because it has more than one single semantic dimension, and the reader, in equal terms with the author, has a word to tell about the imaginative outline of the text. In this structure of cooperation, what the author should do is to disappear after granting the reader the possibility to see, and the reader should see the unsaid and the backstage of the text following the path depicted openly or secretly by the author. Here, this study covers from the reader’s perspective the analyses of the symbolic power of names which Elif afak, in her literary works, puts great stress on, and also of the contributively function of the names to understand the overall meaning of the text. Günümüzde, edebiyat eseri birden fazla anlamsal katmana sahip olmas bak m ndan farkl okumalara a k; okur ise yaratma, kurgulama a s ndan yazarla e it s z hakk na sahiptir. Bu anla mal yap da yazar n g revi okuru i in imkan sunup aradan ekilmek; okurun yapmas gereken ise gizli veya a k olarak i aret edilen yoldan ilerleyerek metnin arka plan n , s ylenmeyenleri g rebilmektir. Bu al mada da, okur g züyle, Elif afak’ n romanlar nda s k s k vurgulad “isim”ler vesilesiyle birtak m de erlendirmeler yap lmaya al lm , isimlerin romana katt anlam üzerinde durulmu tur.