BİR "ÖRNEK OKUR" TAHLİLİ OLARAK OĞUZ ATAY’IN “BEYAZ MANTOLU ADAM” HİKÂYESİ

One of the important concepts that Umberto Eco systematized and brought to the literature is the concept of "Model Reader". Model Reader is a type of reader who is aware of the literature that Eco identifies through forest metaphor and at the same time has intellectual capital. According to Eco, the purpose of the text is to reveal the Model Reader. Oğuz Atay, one of the pioneering writers of modern Turkish literature, is a writer who expects intellectual capital from his readers with both his avant-garde style essays and the works he refers to at the intertextual level. The story "Beyaz Mantolu Adam" written by the author is a text that develops criticisms and propositions in its subtext. In our study, we concluded that it is possible to interpret Beyaz Mantolu Adam by Atay from the perspective of "Model Reader" developed by Umberto Eco. In this story of Atay, the experiences of the person incompatible with society are told in a striking language. Atay constructs his text on a multi-layered basis in the intertextual plane so that only the model reader can make sense of it. Thus Oğuz Atay is one of the authors who demanded "model reader" in his texts as systematized by Umberto Eco.