Nahit Sırrı Örik'in romanlarında narsisist entrikalar
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Tezcan, NuranDate
2009Publisher
Bilkent University
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English
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Abstract
This study focuses on the novels of Nahit Sırrı Örik (1894-1960), one of the
most significant authors of the 20th. century Turkish literature. The novels that have
been analyzed are Kıskanmak (Jealousy, 1937), Yıldız Olmak Kolay mı? (Is it Easy to
Become A Star?, 1944), Tersine Giden Yol (The Road Reversed, 1948), “Gece
Olmadan” (Before The Nightfall, 1951) and Sultan Hamid Düşerken (The Demise of
Sultan Hamid, 1957). The dissertation mainly investigates interpersonal, “love” and
parent-child relationships depicted in the novels from a psychoanalytical perspective.
It is observed that Nahit Sırrı had portrayed a “narcissistic” world in terms of the
value system and the quality of the emotions involved in the interpersonal universe
of his novels. It is also found out that narcissism had also shaped the literary
components of the novels including the constitution of plot, characterization, setting,
language, and style. The plots of the novels are based on “plotting”, which is also an
integral part of narcissistic pathology, and almost all characters have certain
narcisssistic qualities. The settings, too, can be related to narcissism in terms of their
feeding characters’ need for admiration and being temporary in nature. Besides, the
language and style indicate the existence of narcissistic narrators who give great
importance to describing characters’ physical appearances, look down on most of
them, abhor the indications of old age, and in contrast glorify youth and beauty. The
study ultimately focuses on the biographical implications of Örik’s fictional world by
taking a close look at the author’s childhood experiences, his relationship with his
parents, his fantasies as reflected in his childhood plays, and so on. It is concluded
that the author’s childhood experiences had been likely to give way to the
development of a narcissistic personality and Örik, who is observed not to be
reconciled with old age, tended to categorize people as beautiful or ugly, and look
down on them, is very much like the narrators in his novels.