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biçem

Biçem is a Turkish noun meaning style, manner, or mode of expression. It refers to the characteristic way in which something is done or conveyed, especially in language, literature, or the arts. The term is closely related to, but distinct from, biçim (form) and üslup (style or rhetoric). Biçem focuses on method and manner—the choices of diction, rhythm, syntax, and imagery that give a writer or artist their recognizable voice.

In literary criticism, biçem is used to describe an author’s distinctive biçemi or the biçem of a

Biçem is applicable beyond literature as well, including music, theatre, and oral rhetoric, where it denotes

See also: biçim, üslup, dilbilim.

particular
period
or
movement.
Analysts
examine
how
patterns
of
sentence
structure,
figurative
language,
imagery,
and
tonal
tendencies
contribute
to
a
work’s
effect.
While
biçim
concerns
the
structural
aspects
of
form,
biçem
addresses
the
performative
and
stylistic
aspects
of
expression.
the
manner
of
presentation
or
performance.
In
Turkish
scholarship,
discussions
of
biçem
often
accompany
studies
of
literary
schools,
genres,
and
authors,
helping
to
articulate
differences
in
voice
and
technique
across
works.