| Abstrakt: |
Psychological analysis of character is one of the sub-branches of psychological criticism, in which the fictional character is analyzed like the character in the real world, and the behavior patterns of the characters are explained by analyzing the content of the story. In the theory of mutual behavior analysis, Eric Berne divides human states and personalities into three behavioral patterns: parent (imitated and introjected beliefs), child (excited behavior and uncensored instincts), and adult (processor and rationalist) and states that the above three personality dimensions exist in all humans; however, one dimension is more dominant and the evolved human must be able to use all three dimensions in their place because this leads to mutual understanding and improvement of relations between people. In this research, referring to the interdisciplinary nature of psychological criticism of literary works, two novels, namely, A Fraction of the Whole work of Steve Tolts and Dead Poets Society by N. H. Kleinbaum have been compared and analyzed using Eric Burn's interactional behavior analysis theory in a descriptive-analytical way. The results of the research show that the main characters in the mentioned novels change freely and at their own will by using the power of choice and give logical answers to new stimuli. In addition, although the main characters of the two selected novels were created in two different languages and two different cultural environments, and with a difference in the time span of about 10 years, in two different countries, they follow a similar pattern from the perspective of mutual behavior analysis, in such a way that the framework, structure, base and main message of both novels are based on the formation of mature thoughts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
