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White Oleander (1999) by Janet Fitch and The Memory Keeper’s Daughter (2005) by Kim Edwards: A Psychoanalytical Reading
(Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou, 2022) Merrad, Lynda; Abboud, Ghania
The present dissertation is a psychoanalytical study of the two novels White Oleander (1999) by Janet Fitch and The Memory Keeper’s Daughter (2005) by Kim Edwards. Our main interest is to analyse the character’s state of mind and their psychological development, as well as the examination of their past experiences and how it affected their present, additionally highlighting each one's distinct personality and individual peculiarities. For this purpose, we have relayed on two main theories which are the Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by Carl Gustav Jung and Matter and Memory by Henry Louis Bergson. The major concern of these theories lies in the fact that it helps us to discuss the psychoanalytic background of the characters during their lives in order to comprehend their responses, behaviours, and the impact of their history on their present.