Ottoman Divan literature

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Ottoman Divan literature is the classical high literary tradition of the Ottoman Empire, characterized by highly formalized poetry in Ottoman Turkish that drew heavily on Persian and Arabic aesthetics, themes, and vocabulary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman literature
classical literature
literary tradition
associatedWithMysticism Sufism
associatedWithReligion Islam
challengedBy Tanzimat literature
modern Turkish literature
characterizedBy complex prosody
extensive use of metaphor and imagery
fixed meters
highly formalized style
strict rhyme schemes
use of Persian and Arabic vocabulary
contains Sufi poetry
chronogram poems
court panegyrics
didactic poetry
elegies
country Ottoman Empire
declinedIn late 19th century
developedIn Ottoman court culture
urban literary circles
flourishedIn 16th century
17th century
genre lyric poetry
mystical poetry
panegyric poetry
hasNotablePoet Ahmedi
Ahmet Paşa
Azmizade Haleti
Baki
Enderunlu Fazıl
Enderunlu Vasıf
Fehim-i Kadim
Fuzuli
Hayali
Karacaoğlan (as influenced by Divan style)
Lami'i Çelebi
linked to: Çelebi

Leskofçalı Galib
Mesihi
Nabi
Naili-i Cedid
Naili-i Kadim
Nedim
Nef'i
Nergisi
Nev'i
Seyyid Nesimi
Sheikh Galib
Sümbülzade Vehbi
Taşlıcalı Yahya
Veysi
Yahya Bey
linked to: Yahya Efendi

Zati
Şeyhülislam Yahya
hasPart Ottoman Divan poetry
influencedBy Arabic literature
Persian literature
literaryLanguage Ottoman Turkish
mainLanguage Ottoman Turkish
partOf Islamic literary tradition
preservedIn anthologies (tezkires)
manuscript divans
relatedTo Arabic classical poetry
Persian Divan poetry
linked to: Persian literature
script Arabic script
studiedInDiscipline Ottoman studies
Turkish literature studies
comparative literature
timePeriod 14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
typicalImagery beloved and lover
candle and moth
garden and spring
rose and nightingale
wine and cupbearer
typicalTheme Sufism
love
mysticism
nature imagery
philosophical reflection
praise of rulers
wine and tavern imagery
usesLanguageRegister courtly
highly ornate
usesMetreSystem aruz metre
usesPoeticForm ghazal
kaside
mesnevi
murabba
qasida
rubai
terci-i bend
terkib-i bend
tuyuğ

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Nedim movement Ottoman Divan literature
Fuzuli movement Divan literature
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Fuzuli notableWork Divan (Turkish)
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Fuzuli influenced Ottoman divan poets
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Baki movement Divan literature
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Masnavi influenced Ottoman literature
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Mathnawi influenced Ottoman literature
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Ottoman Divan literature hasPart Ottoman Divan poetry
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Ali-Shir Nava'i influenced Ottoman Turkish literature
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Beng ü Bade literaryTradition Divan literature
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Muhammad bin Suleyman Fuzuli influenced Ottoman Turkish literature
subject linked to: Muhammad bin Suleyman
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature