UNVEILING THE NEGATIVE FATHER IMAGE IN OĞUZ ATAY’S NOVELS

Authors : Zeynep Çolak

Pages : 29-54

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Publication Date : 2024-12-04

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The father image exerts a profound influence on the identity formation of fictional characters within their narrative worlds. The interaction between paternal authority and individual identity has been a pivotal theme in literature, art, and science since the time of Sophocles. This interaction, especially from the 19th century onward -an era where the effects of modernity became markedly pronounced- has been intricately and often negatively portrayed in the works of towering modernist figures such as Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, D.H. Lawrence, and James Joyce. Based on this context, this study meticulously examines the negative father image in Oğuz Atay’s novels, situating this phenomenon within an expansive socio-psychological framework. Employing Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theories as a foundation, the analysis delves into how these adverse paternal images resonate with the fragmented and atomized reality of modern or ‘late-modern’ periods. This scholarly analysis is further enriched by incorporating Ihab Hassan\'s perspectives, which are fundamental in the discourse of modernist and postmodernist literature. In this regard, the study comprehensively analyses the primary characters in Atay\'s novels.
Keywords : Modernite, Edebiyat, Türk Edebiyatı, Oğuz Atay, Psikanaliz