Underground literature elements in Hakan Günday novels

Underground Literature is a quite controversial topic in Turkish and World literature. Such that even the existence of this literature is open to debate. While some literary circles ignore this formation, some literary circles consider to be temporary. On the other hand, in some literary circles aims at providing scientific qualifications this understanding by dealing with what is. Therefore, the beginning or formation process of this literary movement can be evaluated differently by everyone. The purpose of creating this thesis is to make a compilation about the definition and perception forms of Underground Literature, to explain the concepts specific to Underground Literature, to examine the novels of Hakan Günday, who wrote works containing the qualities unique to this understanding. There are eight novels that are subject to the study. These novels; Kinyas and Kayra, Zargana, Piç, Malafa, Azil, Ziyan, Az and Daha. The works have been evaluated to based on the examination methods of novel that is written academically. As a result of these methods, the findings obtained are written in sections. The thesis is divided into three main parts and the first part is investigated the phenomenon of underground literature. In the second section, the works written by Hakan Günday is evaluated. In the third section, the underground elements that is inside in these works is tried to be detected.