O. Wilde’in “Dorian Gray’in Portresi”, H. Hesse’nin “Narziss Ve Goldmund” Ve N. Gürsel’in “Resimli Dünya” Adli Eserlerinde Narsisizm Öğelerinin Karşilaştirilmasi

Human-specific some common and general features are called archetypes by specialists. By creating universal and general model archetypes have been effective in myths echoing themselves with the same themes through history. Because of the interrelation between mythology and literature this similar themes that echoing themselves passes through literature and provides the transfer of current one implicitly. Hereby from past to present it’s seen that mythological elements have been subject to literary works. By blending, changing and modernizing these elements with different perspectives artists, poems and writers have tried to create original works. The revelation of these elements led to a better understanding of the literary works. In the works that we analyze there is also the same kind of changing and modernization of the narcissus myth. The aim of this study is to present to what extent coincide the three novels; “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde, “Narcissus and Goldmund” by Hermann Hesse and “Resimli Dünya” (Picture World) by Nedim Gürsel with each other and mythology, and to reveal how the myth of Narcissus is represented in these novels in terms of comparative literature. In this comparative study archetypal criticism and psychoanalytical criticism will be used as it is equally essential to understand the mythological elements and psychology of the novel characters and authors. At the end of this comparative study it has been observed that archetypes have been echoed in literary works by going through some changes and people share common grounds even they have different cultures. It has been identified that each of the three novels is a representation of the myths of Narcissus; however each author narrates the myths by modernizing and changing it.