Ottoman Divan literature

E316487

Ottoman literature classical literature literary tradition

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Divan literature	3
Ottoman Turkish literature	2
Ottoman literature	2
Divan (Turkish)	1
Ottoman Divan literature canonical	1
Ottoman Divan poetry	1
Ottoman divan poets	1

Statements (99)

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) ⓘ Çelebi ⓘ surface form: Lami'i 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 Efendi ⓘ surface form: Yahya Bey Zati ⓘ Şeyhülislam Yahya ⓘ
hasPart	Ottoman Divan literature self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 literature ⓘ surface form: Persian Divan poetry
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nedim → movement → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ

Fuzuli → movement → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Divan literature

Fuzuli → notableWork → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Divan (Turkish)

Fuzuli → influenced → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman divan poets

Baki → movement → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Divan literature

Masnavi → influenced → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman literature

Mathnawi → influenced → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman literature

Ottoman Divan literature → hasPart → Ottoman Divan literature self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Divan poetry

Ali-Shir Nava'i → influenced → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish literature

Beng ü Bade → literaryTradition → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Divan literature

Muhammad bin Suleyman → influenced → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ

subject surface form: Muhammad bin Suleyman Fuzuli

this entity surface form: Ottoman Turkish literature