Due to historically close ties with France, French literature came to constitute the major Western influence on Ottoman literature throughout the latter half of the 19th century. As a result, many of the same movements prevalent in France during this period also had their Ottoman equivalents: in the developing Ottoman prose tradition, for instance, the influence of Romanticism can be seen during the Tanzimat period, and that of the Realist and Naturalist movements in subsequent periods; in the poetic tradition, on the other hand, it was the influence of the Symbolist and Parnassian movements that became paramount.
Due to historically close ties with France , French literature came to constitute the major Western influence on Ottoman literature throughout the latter half of the 19th century . As a result , many of the same movements prevalent in France during this period also had their Ottoman equivalents : in the developing Ottoman prose tradition , for instance , the influence of Romanticism can be seen during the Tanzimat period , and that of the Realist and Naturalist movements in subsequent periods ; in the poetic tradition , on the other hand , it was the influence of the Symbolist and Parnassian movements that became paramount .
What was the biggest influence from the west on Ottoman literature?
What was the biggest influence from the west on Ottoman literature ?
French literature
French literature