Analysis of Sait Faik Abasıyanık’s “Sarnıç” Book in the Context of Values Education

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the stories of Sait Faik Abasıyanık, one of the most important story writers of the Republican Period, in the context of values education. The research model is document analysis, one of the qualitative research methods. In this context, the storybook "Sarnıç" written by Sait Faik Abasıyanık was selected as the study document of the research. The "Schwartz Values Classification" (1992), which covers a wide distribution of core values accepted in the international literature and includes the relationships between values in a near-universal way, was used as the data collection tool of the research. Descriptive analysis was used to analyze the data obtained. The sub-values of the value types in the Schwartz values classification of the storybook "Sarnıç" were found in all 16 stories (f:133). The sub-values of the value types in the Schwartz value classification in the storybook "Sarnıç" (f:133) are Power (12), Achievement (2), Hedonism (11), Stimulation (8), Self-direction (8), Universalism (35) Benevolence (30), Tradition (8), Conformity (6) and Security (8). When the values contained in the stories within the scope of the research are examined, it is observed that significant information has been reached in the context of values education. When Sait Faik's book "Sarnıç", which draws a different profile at first glance, is examined in the context of values education, the inclusion of many values leads one to think of his value consciousness and knowing his people and society well.