sivrioğlu, şeyda pamukkale university - department of english language and literature, Turkey , zwane, bhekumusa pascal university of kwa-zulu natal, South Africa

THE HEALING POWER OF SELF NARRATIVES: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL AND DEXTER

24856

This paper investigates self-narratives and their characteristics by demonstrating how they are a viable tool for engaging in psychotherapy. This is achieved by examining the narratives of The Diary of a Young Girl (Frank, 1947) and Dexter (Showtime Networks, 2006-2013) in light of Carl Jung’s Four Stages of Psychotherapy (Jung, 1966) to show that the aforementioned narratives generally conform to these four stages. By aligning Jung’s four stages of psychotherapy with the respective self-narratives, and discussing other therapeutic characteristics of self-narratives, it can be concluded that the exploration of self-awareness within self-narratives results in this narrative form being an effective means of therapy.

390

Self narratives , Psychotherapy , Identity , Psychoanalysis , The Diary of a Young Girl , Dexter

Pamukkale University Journal Of Social Sciences Institute

399