POVERTY AND DREAMS IN TURKISH CINEMA IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE

Abstract

In this study, which focuses on poverty and the change of dreams in the social atmosphere, it is emphasized that multicultural and interdisciplinary approach to the phenomenon of poverty is based on conceptual definitions of poverty. Emphasizing the adoption of neoliberal economic system in Turkey it has focused on the study of the cinema reflected this system. From this point of view, the relationship between poverty and Turkish cinema was also mentioned in the 1980s and 2000s. In the study, At (1981) and Kara Köpekler Havlarken (2009) were selected as the research object. In this study, the Kara Köpekler Havlarken film, which coincided with the 2000s when rent and gentrification practices became widespread, and the film At made in 1981, which was immediately after the January 24, 1980 decisions, were evaluated with critical discourse analysis. Within the framework of the macro and micro titles of critical discourse analysis, the titles, stories, prominent words and sentences of the films were interpreted in the context of social atmosphere, poverty and dreams. As a result of the research, it was determined that the narrative of poverty and the dreams of the poor evolved into different practices and discourses in the 1980s and 2000s and this situation was associated with the transformation in the context of social atmosphere.