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Satisfaction and Freedom: A Psychological Feminist Study of Mohsin Hamid’s “Exit West
Abstract
The present study aims at examining the issue of satisfaction and freedom through the Psychological feminist study of Mohsin Hamid’s (2017) Exit West under the theoretical framework of Karen Horney’s (1950) “Neurosis and Human Growth; The Struggle Towards Self-Realization”. The purpose of this research study is to identify the elements of satisfaction and freedom that effect the psychology of women. Horney’s (2013) neurotic theory established the path for the analyzation of such type of elements. The study examines the impact factor of satisfaction and freedom on the life of one of the main characters of the novel named as Nadia. It focused on the issues like Nadia’s separation from her boyfriend Saeed, how she develops an understanding of herself by freedom phenomenon and what are the important points of this study that highlighted the psyche of Nadia. The research inspects how these issues paved their ways in the psyche of a girl since her childhood. The study is based on qualitative paradigm of research which supports the reasons, and findings that are examined with the help of psychological feminist theory.
Authors
Shafaq Mehmood
Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, Government College Women University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Sahiwal, Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
Hafsa Akbar
Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, Government College Women University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords
Feminism, Freedom, Human Growth, Neurosis, Psychoanalysis, Satisfaction
