In atime increasingly characterised by encounters with historical trauma andpersistent psychological vulnerabilities, literature remains one of our mostessential and lasting tools for understanding human suffering and existentialchallenges. Yet, too often, our academic discourse stays fragmented, dividedalong cultural and chronological lines that hinder a truly universalappreciation of this shared human experience.
Separated by overfour centuries and originating from the worlds of Renaissance England andmodernist Türkiye, Shakespeare's Hamlet and Kısakürek's Creating A Man mayinitially seem like unlikely companions. However, as Akgöl and Aydın carefullyshow in their study, the psychological turmoil of Prince Hamlet and theexistential despair of Hüsrev in these two literary works are not simplysimilar; they are deeply connected responses to overwhelming psychologicaltrauma, whether in Englandor Türkiye.