Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2017

Psycho analysis and self introspection in the works of Eudora Welty

Dr. Jolly Bhattacharjee

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 Eudora Alice Welty was an American short story writer and novelist who wrote about American South. Her novel The Optimist’s Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty has availed for herself a unique position among the best contemporary fiction writers of America. Welty’s women are potrayed exhibiting the inner and outer self exploring through introspection unravelling the mysterious of life. The characters in the novels of Welty are mainly concerned with the mysteries of inner life of man’s being in relation to the universe, the confusion and problems in relationships and the meaning of human existence. The characters in her novels have an urge to know the ‘other ’through  the ‘self’ contemplates over life’s journey taking them through different experiences and revealing something new with a universal acceptance of knowing the ‘self’ in relation to the ‘other’ and her psycho analysis of their outer journey ings out the Universal meaning of knowing the unknown . Welty’s novels provide an excellent artistic & creative glimpse into the minds of women.

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DR. JOLLY BHATTACHARJEE, Psycho analysis and self introspection in the works of Eudora Welty, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾7 | July‾2017

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