Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Çocuk, Edebiyat ve Dil Eğitimi Dergisi, cilt.4, sa.1, ss.62-79, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
This study aims to analyze the children's book with titled “Kuş Olsam Evime
Uçsam” (I Wish I Were Bird, I Would Fly to My Home) in terms of migration. In the study,
document analysis method was used for data collection and content analysis was used to
analyze the data. This work has been analyzed in detail in terms of the events and situations
causing migration, the basic problems caused by migration, the emotions caused by
migration, and the desires of the migrant characters. Various events and situations (exposure
to violence, gangs, psychological traumas, etc.), basic problems (unemployment,
psychological trauma, accommodation, etc.), emotions (fear, yearning, hope, anxiety,
curiosity, etc.), expectations and wishes of migrant characters (desire to survive, home,
getting education, not leaving homeland, returning to their homeland, etc.) were reflected in
the analyzed book. It can be said that the work of children's literature, which is handled from
these aspects, reflects the inner world of individuals who experience migration in many
ways. Apart from this study, the phenomenon of migration can be examined by different
researchers in children's literature.