The influence of depression literature on Tezer Özlü's works

Depression literature which is fed from existentialism, has influenced many artists both in Turkish literature and word literature. This movement which begon to be seen after 1950 continued its influence on the artists who came later on. The trace of depression literature can be seen in the works of Tezer Özlü, one of these artists. Both the author's own psychologicel problems and the authours by whom he wos influenced (Franz Kafka, Italo Svevo and Cesare Pavese) have great importance in the forming of his works. In this work how much Tezer Özlü was influenced by depression literature and how examples found in his works are presented under certain headlines. Keywords: depression literature, existentialist literature, Tezer Özlü, alicnation