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Authors
1 PhD Candidate in Arabic language and Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2 Associate Professor-Department of Arabic Language and Literature-Dr. Ali Shariati Faculty of Letters and Humanities- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad –Mashhad-Iran
3 Assistant Professor in Persian Language and Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
4 Assistant Professor in Social Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract
Comparative Reading of Identity Reflection in Arabic &Persian Young Adult Novels Based on Erik Erikson's Theory (Case Study: Faten and Hasti)
Abstract
In the present study, identity has been studied in two Arabic &Persian young adult novel based on Erik Erikson 's theory of psychosocial development. In this theory, adolescence is the fifth stage of development and the main challenge of this stage is the identity crisis, although not in its critical sense. The two studied novels are Faten by the Lebanese writer Fatima Sharafeddin and Hasti by the Iranian writer Farhad Hassanzadeh. Faten is narrated in the context of the Lebanese civil war and Hasti in the early of the Iran-Iraq war and the main characters in both novels are young girls. Sharafeddin's young adult novels mainly deal with analyzing and criticizing the social situation in Lebanon, and young adult novels's Hassanzadeh prominent approach is empowering and informing girls. this study emphasizes the importance of the adolescence stage and the necessity of forming a successful identity in this stage and it shows the literary researchers’ negligence of the stage. For this reason, the present study aims to explore the two literary works by using Erikson's theory, a descriptive-analytical method, and the approach of comparative literature. The findings of the research indicated that in tow novels, adolescence characteristics are classified into three categories based on Erikson's theory: Identity crisis; Identity-seeking, which includes: identification, society's support, adolescents' protest to adults' value system, and love in adolescence; and Fidelity. Upon exploring the place of identity and identity challenges of adolescents we might conclude that the main goal of the two novels is to seriously encourage the young audience to acquire a successful identity through education, study and socializing with competent people.
Keywords: Identity, Young Adult Novel, Erik Erikson, Fatima Sharafeddin, Farhad Hassanzadeh
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