Dr Kavitharaj

Self Psychology in the Select Novels of Arun Joshi and Kiran Desai Dr Kavitharaj

Self is the conception that should be unique in any individual to live a meaningful and complete life which makes him to prove his real attitude and his mutual relationship with the world. Living a life of being a socially acceptable and recognized personality of some use to others serves the purpose even in this materialistic life. It is obvious that there are human values and morals which form the basis for mankind as a whole in the past, present and even in the future. Hence the importance ofSelf is explained in this book based on the theory of Self Psychology proposed by Heinz Kohut in 1960s. The theory is applied on the two sets of comparative analysis of the select novels of Arun Joshi and Kiran Desai.

Literature is the reflection of life and so the characters in the novels may resemble or reflect men in general where he runs for money, power and material. But at the end of his life, it is hard to find happiness and peace. So this book would give an idea of what self is, what makes men to live a pathetic meaningless life and what are the ways to live a life of cohesive self of use to others. Living together and being an acceptable person in the society in which we live would really make us feel the worth of being born in this beautiful world. So this book would give the reasons for disorder self and cohesive self amidst individuals to live a better optimistic life