It was concluded that, in order to replace their losses and to build their sense of selves, the characters in both novels fulfilled the oedipal prophecy. In Killing Commendatore, the protagonist's murdering of the commendatore symbolizes patricide, and his dreaming of having an intercourse with his wife suggests the symbolic violation of prohibition. The lad, Kafka could not avoid the fate of Oedipus as a result of the oedipal prophecy made by his father, and performs the incest violation and patricide through a surreal narrative. In addition, how and where the sense of uncanny arose in these novels will be discussed. In this study, oedipal conflicts in the psyches of the protagonists and their corresponding meanings will be examined. Considering the common characteristics of these protagonists – also the narrators of the novels, it is seen that both characters are isolated from the society, have lost someone significant in their life and want to find their selves.
The aim of this study is to examine the suppressed feelings and anxieties of the protagonists in Murakami's two novels namely, Kafka on the Shore and Killing Commendatore in the context of Freud's oedipus complex, castration anxiety and uncanny.
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