The effect of Transference and a portrayal of Resilience as a Self Defense Mechanism: A Critical Study of Jasmine by Bharathi Mukherjee

K.SivaShankari

Volume : IV, Issue : V, May - 2015

The effect of Transference and a portrayal of Resilience as a Self Defense Mechanism: A Critical Study of Jasmine by Bharathi Mukherjee

K. Sivashankari

Abstract :

The aim of this paper is to throw light on the concept of transference, which sets in the mind of an individual at a very early age, causing dissonance. One tries to overcome it by emacing resilience. This is an attempt to show how a rural girl is affected by transference, and how she wins over the mindset with determination and grit exhibiting resilience, by correlating a few incidences in the childhood of the protagonist Jyothi, in the novel Jasmine , written by Bharathi Mukherjee. Bharati Mukherjee is a gifted writer who can deftly portray womanhood in the contemporary world with its diverse problems, due to emotional conflicts. Her characters undergo many trials and tribulations, in realising their dreams. They adapt to the situations and transform themselves and become successful. They refashion and reconstruct their identity, and attain self fulfillment