MARTİN HEİDEGGER’İN ÖLÜM HAKKINDAKİ FİKİRLERİYLE İVAN BUNİN’İN “SAN FRANSİSKOLU ADAM” ADLI HİKAYESİNE BİR BAKIŞ

Analyzing the concept of death that takes place in the last chapter of Ivan Bunin's The Gentleman from San Francisco through Martin Heidegger's understanding of death which is explained in his masterpiece Being and Time forms the subject of our work. By doing so we aim to offer a close reading to The Gentleman from San Francisco in which death comes in a sudden. Martin Heidegger's Being and Time and Ivan Bunin's The Gentleman from San Francisco are the main materials of our work. In addition to this we also have used materials that would help us to understand M. Heidegger's approach to the concept of death. In order to understand what the death in Ivan Bunin's The Gentleman from San Francisco stands for we used M. Heidegger's views on the concept of death to see if we can find any similarities or differences. As a result of our work we have come to the conclusion that M. Heidegger's view on "emminent imminence of death" and "being still remaining not representing a mere corporeal thing" can not be found in the death in The Gentleman from San Francisco of Ivan Bunin. Key Words: Martin Heidegger, Ivan Bunin, Death, Dasein, The Gentleman from San Francisco, Being and Time