“My Life” (1896) and “The Betrothed” (1903) by Anton Chekhov: An Adlerian Psychological Study.

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2021-10

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Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou

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The present research paper is a psychoanalytical study of Anton Chekhov works “My Life” (1896) and his short story “The Betrothed” (1903). My major concern is to understand the characters psychological evolvement and motivation and assert each character unique personality and individual differences. To achieve this purpose I have relayed mainly on The Adlerian Theory of Individual Psychology and Personality Types from which I borrowed some main concepts. Inferiority feelings, the notion of strive for compensation and final goal to analyse the characters, understand their psychological stand and gain recognition of their lifestyle in the first chapter. The concept of social interest which helped the identification of the characters Psychological types to treat the second chapter, providing a better understanding of the characters in both works and stressing their individuality.

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30cm ; 52p.

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Literature and Interdisciplinary Approaches