Eve Between East and West: A Psychoanalytical Study of Elif Shafak`s Three Daughters of Eve

Authors

  • Naveed ur Rehman Visiting Lecturer, Department of English Languages and Literature University of Science and Technology Bannu, KP, Pakistan
  • Manaf Ali Shah M. Phil Scholar,Faculty of languages and literature University of Central Punjab Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Aziz Ullah Khan Assistant professor, Department of English languages and Literature , University of Science and Technology Bannu, KP, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35484/ahss.2024(5-I)24

Keywords:

Childhood Experiences, Ideological Beliefs, Mothering, Psychological Factors, Psychosocial Factors

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to examine how early experiences of childhood leave permanent imprints on human’s personality, determines the conflict between faith and doubt, fanaticism and skepticism in perspective of two different cultural and ideological beliefs, using qualitative research methodology. This work aims to find out that how Shafak’s Three Daughters of Eve (2016) speaks for her identity and what are the psychological factors which lead Peri to a confused state of mind under the lens of Erik Erikson’s Stages of development (1998) and The Reproduction of M¬othering articulated by Nancy Chodorow (1978). This current study’s findings show that, Shafak has uncovered the perpetual effects of family, society and tradition, which are deeply rooted in the psyche of every person from his/her childhood, leaving permenant imprints on one’s innerself. This study recommends that childrens are pliable during childhood, and they can be moulded according to the situation.

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Published

2024-01-12

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Rehman, N. ur, Shah, M. A., & Khan, A. U. (2024). Eve Between East and West: A Psychoanalytical Study of Elif Shafak`s Three Daughters of Eve. Annals of Human and Social Sciences, 5(1), 264–270. https://doi.org/10.35484/ahss.2024(5-I)24