Research Article

The Psychological Effects of Parental Guidance in Edward Bond’s The Children (2000)

Volume: 11 Number: 2 December 30, 2022
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The Psychological Effects of Parental Guidance in Edward Bond’s The Children (2000)

Abstract

The world has witnessed various economic, social, and political problems throughout history. People could not overcome the psychological disorders that stemmed from war. Individuals growing up under these conditions surely need parental guidance to find the correct path in puberty. Correspondingly, Freud emphasises the importance of parental protection and supervision. Psychosexual developmental stages, which are part of “Psychoanalysis”, have served as a guide for parents to raise well-behaved children. In this respect, Edward Bond cleverly deals with the social problems in his plays. He touches upon the theme of violence and victimised children by exposing social issues to present solutions to the existing order for the sake of constructing a mentally healthy generation. Bond additionally believes that literary figures should shed light on the violence that people are exposed to in their early ages. For this purpose, he evidently challenges the problems that the society preferred to keep their ears deaf and eyes blind in The Children (2000). In other words, the purpose of this study is to show how Edward Bond successfully reveals the psychological problems of the younger generation by focusing on their main underlying reasons under the light of Freud’s “Psychosexual Development Theory” in The Children.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2022

Submission Date

May 9, 2022

Acceptance Date

December 2, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 11 Number: 2

APA
Kocaçınar, A., & Guven, S. (2022). The Psychological Effects of Parental Guidance in Edward Bond’s The Children (2000). Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 11(2), 177-189. https://doi.org/10.47130/bitlissos.1114236
AMA
1.Kocaçınar A, Guven S. The Psychological Effects of Parental Guidance in Edward Bond’s The Children (2000). Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2022;11(2):177-189. doi:10.47130/bitlissos.1114236
Chicago
Kocaçınar, Ayşegül, and Samet Guven. 2022. “The Psychological Effects of Parental Guidance in Edward Bond’s The Children (2000)”. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 11 (2): 177-89. https://doi.org/10.47130/bitlissos.1114236.
EndNote
Kocaçınar A, Guven S (December 1, 2022) The Psychological Effects of Parental Guidance in Edward Bond’s The Children (2000). Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 11 2 177–189.
IEEE
[1]A. Kocaçınar and S. Guven, “The Psychological Effects of Parental Guidance in Edward Bond’s The Children (2000)”, Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 177–189, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.47130/bitlissos.1114236.
ISNAD
Kocaçınar, Ayşegül - Guven, Samet. “The Psychological Effects of Parental Guidance in Edward Bond’s The Children (2000)”. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 11/2 (December 1, 2022): 177-189. https://doi.org/10.47130/bitlissos.1114236.
JAMA
1.Kocaçınar A, Guven S. The Psychological Effects of Parental Guidance in Edward Bond’s The Children (2000). Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2022;11:177–189.
MLA
Kocaçınar, Ayşegül, and Samet Guven. “The Psychological Effects of Parental Guidance in Edward Bond’s The Children (2000)”. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 11, no. 2, Dec. 2022, pp. 177-89, doi:10.47130/bitlissos.1114236.
Vancouver
1.Ayşegül Kocaçınar, Samet Guven. The Psychological Effects of Parental Guidance in Edward Bond’s The Children (2000). Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2022 Dec. 1;11(2):177-89. doi:10.47130/bitlissos.1114236

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