Document Type : Original Article

Author

• Mandana Mangeli

Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature. South Tehran Branch. Islamic Azad university. Tehran. Iran

Abstract

David Yalom considers solitude as the first principle of anxiety and sufferings of human existence. His principle mostly deals with existential solitude and isolation. Most of the fictional characters of Bilghees Soleimani experience tribulations due to loneliness and desperation and are in a state of quandary. Present research by employing descriptive-analytical method seeks to evaluate the aspects of solitude in the fictional works of Bilghees Soleimani from David Yalom’s perspective. On the basis of the finding of the present research, it becomes known that most of the fictional characters of Bilghees So leimani-especially women- despite their encounter with the social shortcomings, seek to find and create their individual identity but they do not succeed in their efforts which ultimately results in their self annihilation and suicide. Meanwhile family plays fundamental role in the loneliness of the fictional characters of Bilqees Soleimani and their pursuit of education in a foreign land further draws them to isolation. Identity and acceptance plays an effective role in the life of a person and his relations with the others. According to research findings, the anxiety in loneliness arises from an individual's severely shattered relationship with the surrounding world.

Keywords

• Character
• loneliness
• loneliness among individuals
• individual isolation
• Existential isolation

Main Subjects

• Literary interdisciplinary research