Geç Viktorya dönemi Gotik edebiyatında ikiz kişilik motifinin incelenmesi

In the first chapter of this study, the origin of the concept of Gothic, how it took part in literature, how and why the first Gothic novel emerged and the main characteristics of the first Gothic works are explained. In the second chapter, the political, economic, and social issues of the Victorian period are covered to explain the reason behind the contextual change in Gothic fiction during this era. Addressing the psychological traumas caused by the repressive attitude of the Victorian period, the "doppelganger" motif which has been applied frequently especially by Gothic writers is explained. In the last two chapters of the study, the "doppelganger" motif in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) by Oscar Wilde, the most popular authors and the novels of the era, are analysed according to Lacanian psychoanalytic theory. The split personalities of the main characters in these novels are analysed putting particular emphasis on Lacanian concepts of "desire" and "alienation". The aim of this study is to discuss the purpose behind the application of the "doppelganger" motif in these novels by exploring how and why the protagonists experience self-alienation.