A comparison of Orhan Pamuk's "New Life" and Haruki Murakami's "Song of The Impossible" in terms of surrealism

In this study, the influence of the surrealist movement on literature and art has been examined and analyzed through The New Life (1994) by Orhan Pamuk and The Song of Impossible (1987) by Haruki Murakami, two works from different cultural backgrounds. Based on these analyses, the impact of surrealism on literature and art has been explored, and the meaning, characteristics, purpose, and outcomes of surrealism in these fields have been discussed through a practical application on the novels The New Life and The Song of Impossible, which constitute the subject of this thesis. During the examination of these works, surrealist elements such as: opposition to reason, the primacy of the subconscious, automatic writing, humor/irony, the marvelous, dreams/imagination, madness, return to childhood, language and style, escape/search, death and sexuality have been thoroughly researched and the findings have been presented. These two novels have been analyzed using the methodology of comparative literature theory and criticism, focusing on textual comparisons. The comparison of novels written by two authors from Turkish and Japanese cultures in terms of surrealism is significant in terms of the findings obtained and their applicability to other fields of literature and art. The findings presented here will help to understand how surrealist elements are employed in the works of Orhan Pamuk and Haruki Murakami, two prominent authors of world literature. Furthermore, this study is expected to contribute to the field of comparative literature.