| Abstrakt: |
This paper aims to analyze the personality of the main character of the novel Pedar-e aan Digari (Father of the Other One) by Parinoush Saniee, using the Neo-Freudian psychoanalytic theory of Karen Horney, especially her theory of Neurotic needs and personality types. Horney emphasized on the significance of the role of culture, environment and family on the development of personality. Analytic reading of those literary works that found their narrative on the basis of representing people’s healthy/unhealthy personality development, through narrating the childhood and youth events, can and may be of interest to interdisciplinary scholars. Horney has introduced three trends that arise from different needs which are; a) movement towards others, b) movement against others, and c) movement away from others and lead to three personalities, or character styles (i.e., compliant, aggressive, and detached). Integrating qualitative deductive content analysis, data and multiple examples in the text, which reveal how the main character of the novel responds to his neurotic needs in his childhood, have been gathered and, then, analyzed. Furthermore, how he chooses the trend of moving away from others and becomes a detached person in his adulthood has also been addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
