Psychological Trauma in Bessie Head’s a Question of Power
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
Bessie Heads’ style of writing appeals to psychological matters. In A Question of Power, she digs into the realm of abnormal psychology, hence fixing the work relevant to an interdisciplinary study. In the novel, the problematic situation of a child produced by the South African society in the days of apartheid is portrayed. The kid is passed up by social institutions because though her mother was White, she herself does not look White. Her mother’s family disowns her. She does not really know her mother. At maturity, she receives a bizarre marriage and finally decides to migrate to Botswana. She faces discrimination, isolation and culture conflict and leads off to show abnormal behaviour. The novel, though arriving from an era of apartheid, which has been abolished, makes more or less universal and lasting statements about human societies. One sees that under traumatizing social and political situations, children and women suffer acutely and in a special way.
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Mary Surya Kala, Shibila K
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