Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Ph.D. Candidate of Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
2 Associate Professor of the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
3 Professor of the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Gilan University, Gilan, Iran.
Abstract
Riyad al-Qazi is one of the contemporary Iraqi writers who has depicted the factors influencing the formation of the personality of different strata of society in the novel "Bait al-Qazi - Al-Arrab al-Akhir". The present research aims to analyze the psychological criticism of Riyad Al-Qazi's novel "Bait Al-Qazi - Al-Arrab Al-Akhir" by descriptive-analytical method and based on Karen Horne's personality theory, and to identify the different personality types of the novel and to analyze its neurotic features and to It looks at the roots of the effective causes in the formation of characters in the novel and examines the author's purpose in creating these types of characters. The findings of the research show that in this novel, the type of aggressive personality or movement against others is more frequent than other types. Among the neurotic needs that Hornay puts forward, one can mention power-seeking, sadistic tendencies and inferiority complex and trying to gain status and social position, discarding competitors, exploiting others, which the authors implicitly criticize and depict the harmful effects of each. pulls. One of the reasons that lead to the formation of these neurotic needs is the cultural environment and the chaotic atmosphere of Iraq, which plays a significant role in shaping the character of each person in the novel and has turned them into anti-social people
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