Memed, My Hawk, Mèmed Le Mince and İnce Memed as metonymies and rewritings

This article aims to comparatively analyze the first translations of Yaşar Kemal's novel, İnce Memed (1955), into English and French, examine role these in establishing author's international reputation. Mehmed my Hawk (1961), translated by Edouard Roditi, Mèmed le Mince French Güzin Dino, were published same year pioneered way Kemal was known as world-renowned most important Turkish writer until end 1980s. The comparative analysis two using paratextual textual analyses shows that similar different strategies are used translations. Strategies such summarizing, omissions and/or additions paratexts presented together with moved beyond being a his transformed them figures represent metonymically literature. These have been well-received critics readers Western world. Reviews style which they see universal epic narrative, played an reshaping reputation Turkey. Review articles criticisms abroad Turkey, especially novels. In this article, how affected position source culture identity narrator, highly influenced oral culture, rewritten through will be investigated.