Literary Interdisciplinary Research

Needs comparison (survival, love, fun, freedom, power) In selected stories of children and adolescents based on Glaser theory

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

somayeh rezaee 1
Jafar fasaee 2

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

2 Graduated from Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran,

https://doi.org/10.30465/lir.2022.39174.1423
Abstract
Literature and especially stories written for children, if written based on a correct understanding of childish personality and spirits and childhood psychology, can not only help meet some of the child's needs, but also strengthen children's ability to meet their needs. Have an effective role in this and help the parents and educators of the child.

Since the needs of fictional characters shape and direct their behaviors and such story events occur and in fact the arousal of a need creates instability in the storyline, one can analyze fictional characters in children's stories and finally explain the aspect according to Glaser theory. The treatment and the effectiveness of the stories on the personality and improving the mental health of the child audience.

In this study, in order to achieve this goal, selected fiction works (authorship and translation) (works that have won the most awards) in the period 1300-1390, based on the book of lasting leaves (about 145 stories), were selected. After selecting the works, fictional characters (main and secondary) were extracted in all stories; Then, the needs of the characters in the story were explained and what choices lead to the arousal of these needs and what effect the type of choice of the characters has on their destiny, and then a comparison was made between the five needs.

Keywords

Freedom
Survival
Fun
Featured Stories
Love

Subjects

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Stover, E. D., and Stover, M. (1994). "Biblical storytelling as a form of child therapy. Journal of Psychology Christiany. vol. 13(1), pp.28-36
Literary Interdisciplinary Research
Volume 4, Issue 8
Autumn & Winter 2022-2023
January 2023
Pages 182-221

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