Men who never grew up: Peter Pan syndrome in the modern Turkish novel

The works in modern Turkish literature are influenced by various scientific fields such as history, psychology, sociology, etc., and enrich their material. The subjects that reflect and guide the society in literary works gain diversity with the innovations that started with the Tanzimat period. The fact that the modernizing world takes human beings as its basis brings the concept of psychology to the fore over time. Where there are people, there is also the world of emotions. While literary texts are examined within the framework of psychoanalytic and psychoanalytic literary theory, there is an orientation towards the psychology and unconscious of the character. To study a situation or character; It is necessary to comprehend the world of emotions, thoughts and meanings and to include the distinctive characteristics of people. Literary studies in the modern period have content for character formations with syndromes in the science of psychology. It is known that many psychological syndromes have been detected in literary works and included in research-review studies. In this study, the determination of Peter Pan Syndrome, which is one of the psychological syndromes, through the male characters in the modern Turkish novel is the main subject of the thesis. In the study titled Men Who Never Grew Up: Peter Pan Syndrome in the Modern Turkish Novel, the emergence of Peter Pan Syndrome, its becoming a scientific term, and how it took place in literary works were pursued as a field of research. Six works selected from the period 1851-1959, namely Hançerli Hanım Hikâye-i Garibesi (1851), Felâtun Bey and Râkım Efendi (1875), Araba Sevdası (1896), Aşk-ı Memnu (1901), Madonna in a Fur Coat (1940) and Aylak Adam (1959), were examined from different perspectives from previous studies and this was carefully evaluated. In the works, it has been determined that he has the characteristics of characters with Peter Pan Syndrome. The main factors that reveal this syndrome have been investigated, and it has been tried to explain the personality disorders that occur in the characters who are thought to have the syndrome. Thus, Peter Pan Syndrome was first defined theoretically and examined practically through the determined works. The basic features of this syndrome, which is mostly seen in male individuals in the society, in terms of gender, have been discussed in terms of its relationship with the science of psychology, and a semantic integrity has been tried to be established through theories and syndromes. Keywords: Peter Pan Syndrome, Modern Turkish Novel, Literature, Psychology, Ungrowing Men, Fear, Society, Gender, Literature-human relationship.