An analysis of "gökçen kiz çeşmesi" childrens' story according to greimas' actant model

While analyzing a text, it is necessary to consider about the surface structure of a text to understand the deep structure of it. In this study, determining of surface structure of "Gökçen Ki{dotless}z Çeşmesi", which is a children's story, according to Actants model of Greimas was aimed. The flow sheet of the narrative and the relations between actants were obtained by seperating the story to segments. These results were observed: "subject changes from stative subject to performance subject", "manipulation, competence, performance and sanction phases occur in flow sheet of a narrative" and "ability-enhancing, concluding and honorific experiences also occur".