ONTOLOGICAL THEORY IN LITERATURE

Ontological theory has developed with unnamed ideas since Aristotle. Roman Ingarden talked about the layers of being in his works of art. Ontology has come to the fore especially when analyzing the texts of poetry. Ontological theory works by not paying attention to extra-textual elements in the analysis of a text. It focuses on the text itself. It tries to understand the layers of literary text. Ontological Theory in Turkish Literature came to the forefront with Takyettin Mengüşoğlu and İsmail Tunalı's work called Art Ontology. İsmail Tunalı's work named Art Ontology has been published. After the publication of Art Ontology, it is seen that the publications on ontology have increased. Later, Ontological Theory gradually became one of the criteria for evaluating the work of art in our literature. Key words: Ontology, Theory, Art, Work, Criticism.