The psychoanalytic examination of Bodrum Quadruplet of Selim İleri

Literature and psychoanalysis are two different disciplines that focus on people and their emotions. These two disciplines have many common issues like human emotions, individuality, conflict and the emergence of repressed emotion. There is a strong bond between literature and psychoanalysis, and a partnership between writer and psychoanalist. Psychoanalysts, trying to solve the secrets of the unconscious, infiltrate into the depths ofthe author's mind with the works presented as data. With this method, they endeavor tosolve both the work and the author. The emergence of psychoanalysis in Vienna and its subsequent development and it's connection with literature leads us to look at literary work from the perspective of psychoanalysis. The author's adventure of creation and the psychological and psychological solution of his own unknowns and characters highlight theneed for psychoanalysis. This relationship, which began with Freud and developed overtime with analysts such as Jung and Lacan, strengthens the artist-centered approach. As of 1968, Selim İleri writes frequently about the loneliness, spiritual world and personal conflicts of the individual. He reflects one's spiritual world to the reader with many techniques such as flow of consciousness and internal monologue. It is suitable for apsychoanalytic examination of the individual issues with psychological depth. With this study, Selim İleri novels of Bodrum Quadruplet were analyzed from a psychoanalytic perspective. Many psychoanalysts were used, particularly Freud. The novels of Ileri Bodrum Quadruplet were examined in many ways such as personal disorders, internal conflicts, Oedipus complex, dream, sexuality. Key Words : Literature, Selim Ileri, Psychoanalysis, Freud, Bodrum Quadruplet Quantity of Page : 96 Supervisor : Prof. Dr. A. Mecit CANATAK